London – Best New Bands’ Tony Hardy was one of 40 U.K. based music writers invited by Glastonbury Festival to select a long list of 120 artists from thousands of entries to the 2015 Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition. A panel including festival hosts Michael & Emily Eavis then had the similarly daunting task of choosing
The Dunwells, (a promising group that Best New Bands has taken notice of over the past few years) an indie rock quartet hailing from Leeds, England, have announced the release of a new track off their forthcoming project, Lucky Ones. The extended play is due to be released in late May. Showing an abundance of motivation and plenty of
Next week, indie pop act, Geographer, will be back with their newest record, Ghost Modern. (Best New Bands contributor, Sean Kayden, first reported on the upcoming record here.) The five piece San Franciscan band has been working to leave no ear un-intrigued and no playlist without a spot for filling, in the time leading up the the release and the group
Courtney Barnett’s full-length debut album, Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit is out next Tuesday, via Mom+Pop Music. Anxious fervor has been growing in the months and weeks leading up to the release and things have only reached a new high with Barnett’s latest promotional effort. This past Monday, Barnett and her band made
New York – Two heavy hitters of the music world, synth-pop artist, Grimes (Claire Boucher), and indie pop act, Bleachers (Jack Antonoff), recently teamed up to create and release a completely new track titled, “Entropy.” The new collaborative creation debuted on the most recent installment of the HBO program, Girls and was co-written by both artists specifically for the show. Viewers
New York – Noise-inspired indie pop band, Surfer Blood, has announced a set of national headlining show dates, in support of their tertiary record, 1000 Palms. (The band’s last release, 2013′s Pythons, was reviewed by Best New Bands.) The West Palm Beach based group recently performed a special acoustic version of the single, “I Can’t Explain,” during a studio session the band
Iceland’s Of Monsters And Men are back with an ambitious fury, releasing a new song, announcing the date for their sophomore release and revealing a list of stops for an extensive spring tour, with plenty of stops in North America! (Including their previously reported participation in the Sasquatch Music Festival.) June 9, 2015 is the day to
New York - The Bright Smoke are a uniquely profiled duo based out of Brooklyn. A self-described, “indie-noir” band, Quincy Ledbetter (guitar, bass, piano) and Mia Wilson (vocals, guitar, piano) certainly have some bright endeavors to look forward to, despite the slightly sonically dark associations that come to mind when cueing up their music. Wilson and Ledbetter
New York – There’s always something fun about hearing and then following along with a band’s story of steadily increasing success. This enjoyment is only augmented when a band’s players turn out to be entirely made up of people with familial ties. Mother and song duo, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, are one of the
New York – The three piece electronic group that is Mansionair, has just hit a noteworthy break in their band’s career. The New York City based record label, Glassnote Entertainment Group, home to highly acclaimed artists that include the likes of: CHVRCHES, Mumford & Sons and Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, among many notable others,