Swedish singer/songwriter Jens Lekman is a music staple back in his hometown of Gothenburg. With his deep, rich vocals stunningly reminiscent of Morrissey, to his witty and romantic lyrics of lost loves and straight-up randomness (“His mom had once been attacked by a dog, so a pig was the closest thing he could get. This
James & Evander are an electronic music production duo that create some incredibly lush synthesized landscapes for your listening pleasure. The group consists of Oakland’s very own Adam Myatt and Glenn Jackson, who met in college and decided to flex their synthesizing muscles and make some recordings while gaining momentum for a string of live
Will Knox is not your average troubadour. The British-born Knox has spent the better half of the past decade living in the United States, which has given him a boatload of material and topics to use in his songs. Having attended Berklee College of Music and having trained under the acclaimed Lauren Passarelli, Knox brings
For the past few years, Samantha Mollen has been a fixture on Los Angeles’ singer/songwriter scene. She’s played venues ranging from the Troubadour to Hotel Café and everything in between. Mollen has been wowing audiences with her strongly introspective song lyrics, sultry voice and her inescapable beauty. Her voice is very distinct and isn’t something
Florence and the Machine, already a success in frontwoman Florence Welch’s home country of England, has been bursting to the surface everywhere I turn in recent months. I heard inklings of the powerful rock/soul/pop group last summer and fall, and now Ms. Welch’s songs are appearing on my favorite TV shows (So You Think You
The minute Genevieve Schatz, lead singer of Company of Thieves pranced on stage, she blew me away! Don’t let her adorable pint-sized stature fool you- her voice is unbelievably strong! She had the now-rocking House of Blues is Chi-town at complete capacity with her alluring songs and effortlessly seductive sound. She invited bestnewbands.com up to
It all began with a psychedelic story. Edward Sharpe was a character that Alex Ebert developed during his stint in a 12 step addiction program. In an interview with Paste magazine, Ebert explained that the story was about this Jesus-esque persona being sent down to save the Earth but instead becoming troubled by women and
Its been an interesting journey so far for Lithuanian born pop singer Loreta. Performing since the tender age of 4, Loreta has taken the stage at some of the biggest and most famous venues in Europe. Not too long ago, she moved across the pond to seek stardom in the Western hemisphere. Recently, Bestnewbands.com caught
Seattle’s five-piece Black/Thrash Metal band Black Breath has recently announced their first European tour since forming in 2005. Their rush onto the international scene has a lot to do with the outstanding success of their 2008 EP Razor to Oblivion, which alternated between sounding like1990’s-era early black metal (alla Bathory) and, sporadically, punk—especially in its
Now, usually I refrain from accepting invitations to the back of a van with two dudes, but two things put me at ease. One, the van was not in fact, windowless. Two, J.P. Caballero and Mickey from White Arrows were as charming as they were disarming, so I crawled into the Honda Odyssey (sidenote: Hondas