Best New Bands » Featured Artists http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 The Wild Feathers Check One Off The Bucket List http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/the-wild-feathers/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/the-wild-feathers/#comments Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:49:27 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33911 Chicago - This summer, The Wild Feathers recorded its first official live album, Live at the Ryman (Warner Bros. Records), at the band’s triumphant, sold-out homecoming show in Nashville, at the fabled Ryman Auditorium on June 25, 2016, which marked the final date of a tour in support of TWF’s acclaimed album Lonely Is A Lifetime,

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  1. The Wild Feathers: One of the Most Exciting Bands Around Los Angeles - Just a few weeks ago the Troubadour night club hosted one of the biggest comebacks in music history when Axl Rose and Slash performed on stage together for the first time in over two decades. Despite being one of the...
  2. The Wild Feathers Return with “Lonely is a Lifetime” Los Angeles – Nashville rockers The Wild Feathers knew they wanted to do something a little bit different for the follow-up to their 2013 self-titled debut. While their sound has had a bit of a rough around the edges quality, the four...
  3. The Wild Feathers Perform on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live – Tonight Burbank – Critically acclaimed rock quartet The Wild Feathers will perform live on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight,March 8th. Tune in to ABC stations at 11:35pm PST / EST and 10:35pm CT to watch the band perform “Overnight” and “Goodbye Song”...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/the-wild-feathers/feed/ 0 Love Won’t Tear Us Apart http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/ariana-grande-love-wont-tear-us-apart/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/ariana-grande-love-wont-tear-us-apart/#comments Tue, 06 Jun 2017 23:45:17 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34420 London – The dreadful terrorist attack at the concert by Ariana Grande at Manchester Arena on 22 May followed by a further indiscriminate assault on people out for an evening in London just 12 days later cast a huge shadow over the simple pleasures of enjoying live music and socialising. The young singer understandably flew home, putting

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  1. LANY Found Love in Chicago Chicago – L.A. trio LANY played two back-to-back shows at the House of Blues in Chicago, supporting Troye Sivan on the Blue Neighbourhood Tour. Best New Bands was at the second sold-out show on Tuesday night, to catch LANY –...
  2. Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Multi-Love Los Angeles - Following each of their two full-length releases, Unknown Mortal Orchestra gained an uptick in attention from places far outside of their psych-pop niche; with Multi-Love, the band yet again adjusts the formula, eschewing much of the guitar heroics...
  3. Wolf Alice Release Their Highly Anticipated “My Love Is Cool” New York – North London quartet Wolf Alice, comprised of Ellie Rowsell, Joel Amey, Joff Oddie and Theo Ellis, officially release their debut LP My Love Is Cool June 23rd on Dirty Hit Records.  The album is highly anticipated after the release of...
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  1. Featured Artist: MAGIC GIANT Chicago – Imagine packing your bags with the bare minimum and spending three months road-tripping across North America with some of your best friends. Now imagine yourself documenting your adventures and experiences through art. Sounds pretty darn amazing, right? Well,...
  2. Miike Snow Holds a Kind of Magic that Can’t Be Disputed San Francisco – A man once sang, “Every man wears a symbol.” It’s a loaded statement, and one that can be interpreted in any number of ways. That symbol could be some kind of badge, a mask, or even a projected image...
  3. The Magic of Gold Star Chicago – Marlon Rabenreither is a magical man of many talents. The Los Angeles painter and mixed media artist turned musician first drew attention to himself with his persona Johnny Ruby, the founding member of Sister Ruby Band. Now he’s...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/music-manchester/feed/ 0 Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition Winners Announced http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/glastonbury-emerging-talent-competition-winners-announced/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/glastonbury-emerging-talent-competition-winners-announced/#comments Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:21:02 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34327 Somerset, UK – Saturday night. The Old Pilton Working Men’s Club & Village Hall was once again hosting the finals of the annual Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition which is supported by PRS for Music and the PRS for Music Foundation. Eight acts chosen from thousands of entries, earlier narrowed to a longlist of 120, were

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  1. Glastonbury Festival Announces The Winners Of The Emerging Talent Competition London – The annual Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent Competition, supported by PRS for Music and the PRS for Music Foundation, reached its climax on Saturday evening in the Somerset village of Pilton, close to the actual festival site. As a first round...
  2. Glastonbury Announces 2017 Emerging Talent Competition London – Glastonbury Festival has just announced details of its Emerging Talent Competition 2017, once again generously supported by PRS for Music and PRS Foundation. The free-to-enter competition offers new UK and Ireland-based acts of any musical genre the opportunity...
  3. Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition 2017: The Last Eight London – BestNewBand’s Tony Hardy was one of 40 music writers invited by Glastonbury Festival to settle on a long list of 120 acts from the several thousand entries to the 2017 Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition. Once the long list...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/glastonbury-emerging-talent-competition-winners-announced/feed/ 2 New Albums In The Pipeline From Hey Violet, The Districts & More http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/new-albums-hey-violet-districts/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/new-albums-hey-violet-districts/#comments Tue, 25 Apr 2017 07:04:08 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34313 London – Los Angeles alt-pop band Hey Violet is set to release its debut album, From The Outside, on 16 June. The band recently released a further taster in the shape of single “Break My Heart”, the video to which strongly focuses on lead singer Rena Lovelis in a kind of high school crush of

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  1. The Districts Pack Lincoln Hall With A Diverse Crowd Chicago – While patiently waiting to see the baby-faced PA boys of The Districts, a group of college kids talked conspiracy theories, asserting Courtney Love killed Kurt Cobain and Biggie and Tupac faked their deaths. The band they were “so...
  2. The Districts Make Discomfort…Comforting On ‘A Flourish And A Spoil’ San Francisco – ‘A routine malaise’:  It’s one of the most basic, often unrecognized human emotions.  We all get bored, we all feel unsatisfied, we all wish for prospects to make our lives grander. One of the most popular indie...
  3. 10 Albums You Might Have Missed In 2014 London – Let’s face it; there is just so much music out there. If you are privileged enough to get to write about music, one trick friends then play on you is to try to find new bands you’ve never...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/new-albums-hey-violet-districts/feed/ 1 New Videos From Paradisia, The Kings Parade And More http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/new-videos-paradisia-kings-parade/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/new-videos-paradisia-kings-parade/#comments Tue, 18 Apr 2017 01:07:42 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34291 London – UK three-piece Paradisia has been on Best New Bands radar since we first caught the band live last year. Soon to release its debut full-length, Sound of Freedom, Paradisia has shared a video for “Warpaint”, the third track to be aired to date. The song is a powerful endorsement of sisterhood, visually reinforced

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  1. Paradise Found with Paradisia London – The Waiting Room nests underneath the Three Crowns pub in the drab North London neighbourhood of Stoke Newington. It may not be the smartest part of town but the venue, described as an intimate basement space, was hosting an event...
  2. Kevin Morby Hits The Cities London – Having crafted one of 2016’s finest albums in Singing Saw, Kevin Morby has hardly been resting on his laurels, announcing a full-length follow-up, City Music, due for June release. Promising to be the yang to the former’s yin,...
  3. Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition 2017: Round 1 London – The annual Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition offers unsigned artistes based in the UK or Ireland a more even playing field in the quest to reach a wider audience. Only a handful of the several thousand acts who are...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/new-videos-paradisia-kings-parade/feed/ 0 Plan Your Great Escape http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/plan-great-escape/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/plan-great-escape/#comments Wed, 12 Apr 2017 00:42:11 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34371 Brighton, UK – The Great Escape is often referred to as Britain’s SXSW; a festival for new music that has mushroomed somewhat since it was first staged in 2006. This year’s event, which runs from 18 to 20 May, showcases 450 emerging artists from across the world in over 30 venues across the elegant seaside

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  1. Lower Dens ‘Escape From Evil’ – Their Best Yet? Los Angeles – As we enter what is known as “festival season,” there are always a few bands that make an enormous impression on the audiences, their songs going on to be considered the “songs of the summer” for the...
  2. The Ty Segall Band: Loud And Fuzzy At Great American Music Hall San Francisco – Ty Segall returned to his hometown last week to play a couple of shows at some of the City by the Bay’s most revered venues.  His show at the well-known Great American Music Hall was one for...
  3. Fort Lean ’s ‘Quiet Day’ Is Great On Any Day Los Angeles – Quiet Day has been in the making for some time for the Brooklyn quintet, Fort Lean. The group has been active since 2011 when they first released their eponymous EP. Throughout the years of discovery, searching for...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/plan-great-escape/feed/ 0 Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition 2017: The Last Eight http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/glastonbury-emerging-talent-competition-2017-last-eight/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/glastonbury-emerging-talent-competition-2017-last-eight/#comments Mon, 10 Apr 2017 01:02:27 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34270 London – BestNewBand’s Tony Hardy was one of 40 music writers invited by Glastonbury Festival to settle on a long list of 120 acts from the several thousand entries to the 2017 Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition. Once the long list was announced a judging panel, including festival hosts Michael & Emily Eavis, then wrestled with

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  1. Glastonbury Announces 2017 Emerging Talent Competition London – Glastonbury Festival has just announced details of its Emerging Talent Competition 2017, once again generously supported by PRS for Music and PRS Foundation. The free-to-enter competition offers new UK and Ireland-based acts of any musical genre the opportunity...
  2. Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent Competition: Final 8 London – Best New Bands’ Tony Hardy was one of forty U.K. based music writers invited by Glastonbury Festival to decide on a long list of 120 acts from thousands of entries to the 2016 Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent Competition. Once the...
  3. Glastonbury Announces 2016 Emerging Talent Competition London – Glastonbury Festival has just announced details of its Emerging Talent Competition 2016, giving new UK and Ireland-based acts of any musical genre the chance to compete for a spot on one of the main stages at this summer’s...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/first-look-glastonbury-2017/feed/ 1 Kevin Morby Hits The Cities http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/kevin-morby-hits-cities/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/kevin-morby-hits-cities/#comments Sat, 25 Mar 2017 19:34:58 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34221 London – Having crafted one of 2016’s finest albums in Singing Saw, Kevin Morby has hardly been resting on his laurels, announcing a full-length follow-up, City Music, due for June release. Promising to be the yang to the former’s yin, the new record takes its cues from an urban rather than rural perspective. Morby has

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  2. Kevin Morby Sings of Peace on Election Night London – Texas-born Kevin Morby has arrived as a solo artiste augmented by a regular touring band, via spells, as the bassist for psych folk act Woods and co-vocalist alongside Cassie Ramone of Vivian Girls with The Babies. The solo label...
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