Picked By: Kristina Villarini Who: The Hold Steady w/ The Gay Blades Where: Music Hall of Williamsburg, NYC When: Monday, January 31st at 9pm Cost: $25 Age Restrictions: 18+ ***
BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 1/31/11
Weekend Playlist – Jan. 28, 2011
Hello, BestNewBands.com readers! Ready for the weekend? Yeah, we are too. To aid you in your musical pre-funking, here’s a look (and listen) back on what we featured this week. “Livin’ The Dream (I’m On A Float)” – Super Mash Bros. Kristina Villarini caught the mash-up artists at Irving Plaza in New York this weekend,
New Range Rover Songs- Barely Used!
Range Rover, a trio of teens from San Diego, CA are hard at work on their sample-filled, experimental synth pop debut album. You hear ‘sample’ and you think “oh no, another DJ record,” right? Wrong. Range Rover is unabashedly original, incorporating the weirdest noises into densely layered mini-symphonies that please the mind for their pure
BNBTV Spotlight: The Sunshine Factory, “Twisted and Clover”
BestNewBands.com Call me ignorant, but for some reason I don’t usually connect Mobile, Alabama with psychadelia—especially psychedelic rock. However, this might change thanks to The Sunshine Factory. We have before us a dynamic trio somehow creating a simultaneously different and accessible sound, thanks to fuzzy guitars, screaming guitars, and a balance of haunting vocals. I
BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 1/24/11
Picked By: Daniel Kohn Who: White Lies Where: The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA When: Monday, Jan. 4th at 8:00 pm Cost: Sold Out Age Restrictions: All Ages
Weekend Playlist – Jan. 21, 2011
Happy Friday! It felt like it would never get here, huh? Before you start your weekend, listen to the latest compilation of music from the artists we’ve featured last week on BestNewBands.com. “Hook, Line & Sinner” – Texas in July Lauren Novik started the weekend off by interviewing metal-based Texas in July. Here’s some of
BNBTV Spotlight: Sunshine Factory, “Cassini”
CORRECTION: The interview I had posted before this was with a band called THE Sunshine Factory, not Sunshine Factory–totally different. They will get their time in the BNBTV Spotlight. My bad, readers! But, until then, enjoy this rad band. BestNewBands.com In this video, we get a little taste of sunshine from the fusion of sounds
BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 1/17/11
Picked By: Jesse Diener-Bennett Who: Broken Social Scene Where: Terminal 5, NYC When: Tuesday, Jan. 18th at 8:00 Cost: $11 advance, $13 day of show Age Restrictions: 21+ ***
Weekend Playlist – Jan. 14, 2011
Today’s Playlist includes a little bit of everything BestNewBands.com has featured this week, from folk to punk-rock to dubstep – everything your music-loving hearts could desire! Listen and enjoy… “Shoeshine” – Black Taxi In this weekend’s BackStory Bonus, the guys of Black Taxi tell us about their single, “Shoeshine.” “Shoeshine is a song written by
BNBTV Spotlight: Ill, “A”
BestNewBands.com This week we have before us a video that has long been in the queue for recognition. I have talked to the band Ill a little and, in true rock star fashion, they deferred from consistence responses. I have not heard from them since. So, I figured why not give them a little credit