New York – BestNewBands.com, the leading website for reviews, news and interviews with emerging recording artists, is presenting two official showcases for this month’s CMJ Music Marathon. Both concerts will be in Brooklyn; BestNewBands.com’s long-time Brooklyn-based writer curated the lineups, identifying and selecting local talent, led by Nick Cave back-up singer Shilpa Ray, and Caged
Los Angeles – Chad Valley, aka Hugo Manuel (of Oxford, UK’s Jonquil) has announced a fall tour with Cascine labelmates Keep Shelly In Athens. In anticipation of his upcoming tour, Manuel debuted a free download ‘Real Time’ and will be releasing a mixtape entitled ‘Peace and Understanding’ to coincide with the first date of the tour on Oct. 9th. At
Iceland composer Ólafur Arnalds and Berlin-based contemporary composer Nils Frahm (above), along with the German pianist and composer known as Hauschka, are performing this Tuesday, October 1st at the First Unitarian Church in Los Angeles. Frahm’s string of west coast concerts are to pre-promote his album, Spaces, due Nov. 19 on Erased Tapes, and
New York – The Speed of Things, the second LP from Josh Epstein and Daniel Zott, the Detroit duo better known as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., will be released by Warner Bros. Records on October 8. Paste Magazine recently named the album’s lead single, “If You Didn’t See Me (Then You Weren’t On The Dance
Jasmine van den Bogaerde, better known to audiences as Birdy, will release a US-only EP, Breathe, on Atlantic Records this Tuesday, September 24. The 17-year-old British singer-songwriter, known for winning a UK singing competition, has seen her cover of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love” rack up nearly 50 million views on YouTube. The five-track Breathe includes
We were introduced to the band, The Lone Bellow, earlier this year when we reviewed their self-titled Americana debut, on Descendant Records. Our Nashville-based writer said “the collection is rooted in a Southern upbringing, a gospel-folk sensibility and a tragic past” in his review. What a surprise, then, to discover that the trio is based,
Welsh-trio The Joy Formidable have just released the Passion Pit remix of their song “Silent Treatment,” from their recently released Silent Treatment EP. Many critics noted that “Silent Treatment,” a centerpiece on the band’s acclaimed sophomore album Wolf’s Law, was a different direction for the band. Pitchfork noted, “Most Joy Formidable songs start at heart-pumping and turn up
Static Jacks have unveiled a new video for “Wallflowers” from the forthcoming In Blue LP. On making the video the band explains: “We wanted to make an old school music video that told a story which is pretty different from what most music videos are today. We had the idea to riff on the plots of both
We’re excited to announced that we’ve added three new members to our rapidly growing writing staff. To cover Los Angeles’ thriving live music scene, we’ve added two: Ian Joulain and Katie Booth. We’ve also hired a London-based writer, James Somerside, to cover British acts and news. Ian has covered the local music scene extensively for
Los Angeles-based rock-duo Deap Vally will be touring next month with UK-based rock band Arctic Monkeys for a handful of dates. The band will be supporting the Arctic Monkeys in Nashville, Birmingham, and Chattanooga from October 7through October 9. For the band’s full updated itinerary, please see below. The band has already made a name for