Philip Woodbury has been writing music since his mid-teens, recording songs in his bedroom on a cheap digital 8-track and compiling them onto CDs for his family and friends. But as he aged, his recording proficiency grew—as did his means to purchase quality equipment—and in 2009 the Austin, Texas native released his first official album,
Los Angeles-based rock band Dawes are proud to announce the first single from their upcoming album, Stories Don’t End. Titled “From A Window Seat,” the song recently premiered on RollingStone.com and is the first song singer Taylor Goldsmith penned for the upcoming full-length. Produced by Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Kings of Leon, Norah Jones, etc.)
Though it may be the dead of winter, it is always summer in Pacific Air’s book. Hailing from Southern California, the brotherly dream-pop duo of Ryan and Taylor Lawhon manage to bottle up all of the sun, luxury and lust for life of their home and export it into sparkling, chiming, weightless songs. The video
Though Oceanography’s roots seem to be planted in gothic Americana, there is one thing founder Brian Kelly wants to make clear: this is not a folk outfit. He’s not just some guy singing and playing guitar. And after hearing tracks off the band’s newest EP, Parachutes of Plenty, this sentiment is made abundantly clear. Though
We don’t usually feature videos on BestNewBands.com unless they are brand-spankin’-new, but we decided to make an exception for thatwasthen’s “Angel Gabrielle.” Though the video was released only earlier this month, it has already garnered an impressive 39,000+ views (and counting) on YouTube. And rightfully so. The band self-produced and self-directed the video near Malibu,
Leave it to a guy/girl duo to create a new type of seductive, lucid dream pop. Love Echo has self-described its music as “post-dreampop, post-chillwave, post-electroindiepop, post-post-twee, post traumatic stress disorder,” and oddly enough, that’s not far off. Consisting of producer Vic Miranda and vocalist Vicki Glass, the two-piece strives to make goosebump-inducing music and
The Winter Sounds is a dedicated band, to say the least. The quartet has been making music together since 2007, and in that short amount of time has played 500 shows and released five records, three of which were full-length LPs. In November, the indie pop collective dropped its latest album, Runner , and today
This year has been one of mind-altering psychedelic rock, and Tame Impala has led the way with its hazy, disorienting sound. But there’s another band to look out for from Down Under, and they’re called Sherpa. Hailing from Auckland, New Zealand, the psychedelic/power-pop quartet implements dizzying, reverbed guitars, layered instrumentation, and droning synthesizers, but these
If you are the kind of music enthusiast who consistently travels and are thinking of your next destination for early 2013, you shouldn’t think twice about heading to this side of the globe that is Southeast Asia. This region is known for its mix of unique cultural elements, world-class beaches (ask Tom Cruise, he will
Hailing from San Francisco, the Mecca of psychedelia, Electric Shepherd harnesses the powers from bands that came before (The Grateful Dead, Blue Cheer, Quicksilver Messenger Service) to create hazy, time-warped psychedelic rock. Led by guitarist/vocalist Mark Nelsen, the Bay Area natives act as a jam band to produce slow burning, intricate tracks featuring focused guitar