Best New Bands » Previews 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 5 New Bands To See At Coachella http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/5-new-bands-to-see-at-coachella-2/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/5-new-bands-to-see-at-coachella-2/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2014 20:25:06 +0000 Los Angeles – It’s time for Coachella. It seems that every year it gets harder and harder to figure out where you want to be and who you want to see. We’ve come up with some recommendations to help you find some new bands to include in the mix. We’ve seen most of these bands

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  1. Sisyphus – Album Preview New York – It takes a lot to surprise longtime fans of Sufjan Stevens. The man’s discography is a sonic yoga saga in itself, stretching from quiet folk, to ambient techno, to Christmas box sets. So, when Stevens teamed up...
  2. Album Preview: Wye Oak – Shriek New York – With a new record on the horizon, Wye Oak is branching out from the heavy guitar work that characterized their sound over the course of three studio albums. The forthcoming LP is due out on April 29th and...
  3. Album Review: The Young Evils, Foreign Spells For the past few months, Seattle’s The Young Evils have been gearing up for the release of their EP, Foreign Spells, by playing a few shows here and there while tactically planning their next steps. Well, that time has come...
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  1. Album Preview: Big Ups, Eighteen Hours of Static Seattle – Big Ups is a four-piece band from New York whose name is ideally indicative of the group’s future. Unlike the band name, however, Eighteen Hours of Static is not so literal and cannot fill almost an entire day with loud,...
  2. Sisyphus – Album Preview New York – It takes a lot to surprise longtime fans of Sufjan Stevens. The man’s discography is a sonic yoga saga in itself, stretching from quiet folk, to ambient techno, to Christmas box sets. So, when Stevens teamed up...
  3. Album Preview: Jack Name, Light Show Seattle – Sensory perversion isn’t often given enough credit. When a sound truly assaults your ears, it tends to be viewed (or rather, heard) negatively; this kind of reaction might be automatic but it isn’t necessarily the one that should...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/boots-dust/feed/ 0 5 New Bands We Want To See At SXSW – Part 2 http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/5-new-bands-we-want-to-see-at-sxsw-part-2/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/5-new-bands-we-want-to-see-at-sxsw-part-2/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2014 23:50:27 +0000 New York – A week closer to SXSW and we’re back with our part 2 of New Bands We Want To See At SXSW. You know we can’t just stop at 5 artists to watch out for and pretend we really could narrow it down to just that many out of the clusterf*ck of shows

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  1. Pure Bathing Culture – Moon Tides New York – One part El Perro del Mar, two parts Beach House and seven parts incomparably emotive dream pop, Pure Bathing Culture will win the war for your heart with their penchant for nostalgia and the sense of glory...
  2. 5 New Bands We Want To See At SXSW – Part 1 New York – We’re getting ready for the huge music, food, panels, and party convergence that is SXSW, and it seems that every year trying to pick out the must-see gems gets exponentially harder with the mammoth proportions this festival...
  3. SKATERS Capture all the Punk Energy of the City on Debut LP Manhattan New York – On Manhattan, the debut full length from Skaters, the band has honed a city into an album. Singer Michael Ian Cummings, drummer Noah Rubin, guitarist Joshua Hubbard, and bassist Dan Burke embody the kind of motion and energy...
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  1. Album Preview: Blondfire ‘Young Heart’ Nashville – The brother/sister duo of Blondfire kind of have an unfair advantage. Most bands are lucky if they start working together in high school, but Erica and Bruce Driscoll have been at it since they were little kids. They’ve...
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