Best New Bands » Second Stage 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 Cordero http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/cordero/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/cordero/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:18:39 +0000 Ani Cordero created and fronted a new bilingual indie-rock band in Tucson, Arizona in early 1999. She borrowed members of Tucson’s Calexico and Giant Sand and called the group by her Puerto Rican family name, Cordero. By 2000, Ani had moved to New York City and reformed the band with her husband, music/art star, Chris

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/chromeo/feed/ 0 Christa and the Adjustments http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/christa-and-the-adjustments/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/christa-and-the-adjustments/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:45:22 +0000 Christa Mae was given an old guitar, back in the formative years of junior high school, by her older brother, Dave. It was so big she had to lay it across her lap like a pedal steel in order to play it. In the years since Christa and her guitar have grown into each other.

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/christa-and-the-adjustments/feed/ 0 The Happy Hollows http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/the-happy-hollows/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/the-happy-hollows/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:44:46 +0000 The Happy Hollows are a raucous three piece indie-rock band from Los Angeles that plays fast and irreverent noise-pop. The group is fronted by Sarah Negahdari (vocals/guitar) and held together by the rhythm section of Charlie Mahoney (bass/vocals) and Chris Hernandez (drums/vocals). The L.A. Times has described their sound as a “pugilistic mix of stinging

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/the-happy-hollows/feed/ 0 The Henry Clay People http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/the-henry-clay-people/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/the-henry-clay-people/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:44:04 +0000 The Henry Clay People formed in 2002 as Vallejo by Knife. After some lineup changes they officially changed their name to The Henry Clay People in 2005, after which they’ve played hundreds of shows, have toured the United States multiple times, and have performed at Lollapalooza, SXSW, Austin City Limits Festival, and Sasquatch Music Festival.

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/the-henry-clay-people/feed/ 0 Michelle Armstrong http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/michelle-armstrong/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage/michelle-armstrong/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:43:31 +0000 If “up and coming” weren’t a way to capture your yearning for the latest independent artist then I would say Michelle Armstrong is anything but….with over 90 songs written and two released albums she is more of  a shooting star than a rising one. However there is more than singing and song writing in her

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