Start your weekend off right with a selection of music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com “The Honest Truth” – Typhoon Liz Livengood caught the “epic” Portland dodectet (that’s a 12-person group, she says) at the Doug Fire Lounge in Portland last week. Liz wrote, “I can’t say enough good things about Typhoon. Their
In this week’s bonus BackStory installment, The Grouch shares the story behind Zion I and The Grouch’s “Drop It On The 1.” Z&G will perform at the Majestic Theatre in Madison, WI tonight. Amp originally gave me the skeleton of that beat to do a song with Eligh (of Living Legends) and Slug (of Atmosphere).
NOTE: Read here to catch not only an awesome video, but a mini-review of Kina Grannis’ recent reissue of Stairwells! BestNewBands.com (Read my past review of Kina Grannis’ December 2010 concert at the El Rey in Los Angeles!) Kina Grannis is a great example of the internet-age way to rise into the music business; this
In this week’s episode of BackStory Jon Plett of Canadian-based band “The Details” gives us the details on their single “weightless in the dark!” The song Weightless in the Dark is about two people (in my mind, it’s a man and a woman) who meet spontaneously on a elevator. The elevator breaks down, the two
Picked By: Liz Livengood Who: AgesAndAges Where: The Woods, Portland, OR When: Tuesday, April 12th at 9pm Cost: $8 in advance, $10 day of show Age Restrictions: 21+
Start your weekend off right with a selection of music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com “The Fear” – Lovett Laurel Kathleen chatted with Ben Lovett over the weekend about his upcoming tour and his recently-released debut album, Highway Collection. Here’s some of their conversation: LK: How do you feel now that the album’s
BestNewBands.com I2W is a hip-hop/rap collective from Sacramento. They stay afloat in the underground-indie-rap-sphere, and while they don’t seem to quite yet possess the skill, eloquence, and unbreakable flow that indie-rap-underdog-turned-frontrunner Atmosphere possess (oh, Slug, how I love you), they do have at least one killer hook (Weeest Coast is baaack), a lot of energy,
For this week’s episode of BackStory, Texas’ Love Inks took a moment to tell us the story behind their new single “Blackeye” off their upcoming album, E.S.P., due to drop on May 10. blackeye is a simple song. it was the band’s first song, and it utilizes the theory that every instrument and person will
Paid Dues Festival took place this weekend, and our very own Rebecca Haithcoat was covering the scene! Since the musical madness and mayhem will take a while to recover from we thought we’d give you the soundtrack to detox to on Sunday Funday! ( HipHop2011.com ) Lil B ft Jean Grae & Phonte – Base
Picked By: Claire Gallagher Who: Neil Finn (of Crowded House) with Matt Costa Where: The El Rey, Los Angeles When: Tuesday, April 5th at 7pm Cost: $39 Age Restrictions: All Ages