Young the Giant Genre: Alt-rock If you’re looking for something to do on this potentially stormy Saturday night, head on down to The Roxy on Sunset to check out Young the Giant with We Barbarians and Kitten for an awesome night of in-your-face alt-rock. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Young the Giant play an
Hollerado sent us their newsletter to let us know that they just finished an epic three week tour with none other than THE GANG OF FOUR and are celebrating by playing a show this Saturday at The Satellite (formerly Spaceland) in Los Angeles. These friends of BestNewBands.com are pretty awesome, and definitely worth checking out! This
Photograph by Johnny Leather While I’m super excited to see a highly anticipated show with High Highs tonight at Glasslands, I’m equally bummed to be missing Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers playing their only show in New York on their current tour tonight. And although I can’t be there, I thought I’d do my
Congratulations Lynn on winning tickets to check out the first ever Desert Weekend brought to you care of The New L.A. Folk Fest! They have an insane amount of events in store for you desert goers and the weekend is set to make waves- far from the city! Lynn won tickets by commenting on our
South African rock darlings (and former BestNewBands.com Artists in Residence) The Parlotones are touring the United States, and we want to help YOU meet the band and see a show for free! This February and March, BestNewBands.com will be giving away chances to meet The Parlotones in New York City, Portland (Oregon) and Los Angeles.
New Orleans based band Empress Hotel has decided to give bestnewbands.com an exclusive behind the scenes look as they get ready to rock 6th street for some SXSW insanity! Check out what they have in store for you- and be sure not to miss their sets!
With just a few weeks left to go, the Madison Square Gardeners took us on the road, and behind the scenes as they get ready to rock at this year’s SXSW! The Brooklyn-based sextet will be playing two night’s at this year’s southby, and we can’t wait to catch them live! Can’t wait a couple
Anyone living in Los Angeles knows they’re pretty lucky. You’ve got several show options any night of the week for you self-proclaimed music fiends, a city that never sleeps for those artistically nocturnal types, and an endless array of musical genres to fit any one of your moods. Sometimes, however, when the going gets tough,
The last time I caught Air Waves was last year at Zebulon, and when I briefly met singer/songwriter Nicole Schneit after the show, she told me that she was moving to Texas. I was bummed that I had just discovered her band and now she was moving away, but I picked up their self-titled EP
Meet the latest addition to bestnewbands.com’s “Don’t Miss At SXSW List”- Vanaprasta! If you follow the L.A. music scene, then you pretty much know who Vanaprasta is by now (especially if you’re a rock-a-holic- they were 98.7FM’s resident artist of the month in January!) With a Los Angeles residency already conquered, Vanaprasta will be taking