It’s Friday. You’ve been at SXSW for at least forty-eight hours now, and you’ve slept for about eight of them- in a non-consecutive manner. You’re finally getting ready to head to your 6th Street haunt, because the musical masochist in you is giving you a gentle reminder that you can sleep when you’re dead. So
An anthem like “#BETiGOTSUMWEED,” from a California rapper nonetheless, invites assumption. But despite the drawn-out vowels billowing throughout, ScHoolboy Q still manages to keep the smoke out of his eyes, and his lyrics. Q’s got a knack for anthems (check out “Figg Get Da Money” after the jump), and his show, a taste of which
So it’s Tuesday, you’re counting the minutes left in the day, let alone the week and if Friday had a phone number you’d be sexting it. Thankfully, Saint Motel is here to answer your prayers with a little mid-week gift in the form of auditory awesomeness. The four boys are sending you one-way ticket style
If you happen to be lucky enough to live in Denton (like I once was), then you already know what’s happening this weekend. But for everyone outside of the ever-expanding musical mecca, this weekend is something to mark on your calendars with a big star. This Thursday, the small college town will be flooded with
It’s exactly ONE week (and some odd hours) until I trade in Los Angeles for some Austin insanity, and since there are about an infinite number of bands worth checking out (I’ll be the tornado blowing down 6th street in 27 different directions) we here at bestnewbands.com wanted to make it easier for you to
This Thursday I will be attending my first-ever LA dubstep show at The Music Box, and you should too! The headliner is Excision, whose song “Swagga” with Datsik is the one you’ve most likely already heard (see video below). I think it’s a perfect title for the song and dubstep in general, as it sounds
Artist: Portugal. The Man Genre: Psychedelic/progressive rock From the political uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East to the Midwestern United States, a sense of awareness and community seems to be spreading throughout the globe. Personally, I can’t get enough of that hope-y, change-y feeling – but then again, I’m about as far to
Last month, I reviewed the debut album by Brooklyn-based, electronically-rooted but every other genre but country-fused band MEN, which you can read HERE. Talk About Body is a very accomplished debut for a trio of individuals who have an accomplished musical lineage. JD Samson, of celebrated band Le Tigre has created a robsut combination of
Congratulations to Sebastian! You’ve won a pair of tickets to see The Parlotones at New York’s Mercury Lounge on March 8, and before the show, you’ll be meeting the band! Here’s the winning comment: Me, my wife and my best friend Jego went to South Africa for the World Cup. We all felt in love
If you were a teenager in the mid- to late 90s, you probably remember The Get Up Kids in their heyday, before the genre “emo” became so distorted with the cringe- worthy connotations it has now. After making music for about a decade, they called it quits as a band but many members went on