Monophonics Go Heavy on the Psych and Soul at Sullivan Hall
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Live Reviews
Sunday, 24 June 2012 19:26
Here at BestNewBands.com, we tend to focus mainly on what’s generally lumped into the “indie” genre; “indie” being a word that has come to be used more as a categorization for a certain sound and image of a band, as opposed to simply meaning a band that is “independent.” Ironically, the bands that tend to fall into that genre are generally more w...
“Do we have any knitters in the house?” asked Disjecta Art Center Executive Director Bryan Suereth this past Friday night. It wasn’t until two hands quickly shot up in the audience that I realized this question wasn’t a joke. The second annual Quiet Music Festival would be exactly what it advertised to be: quiet.
Until then, I had forecasted thi...
Yuna Shares Her Songwriting Process, Life As A Muslim Singer In The States
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Interviews
Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:16
Last week we presented part one of our interview up-and-comer Malaysian singer Yuna. Here's part two of our conversation with the emerging singer/songwriter.
What are the differences between American and Malaysian crowds?
I guess it’s the way they perceive things? For example, the things they listen to in a song or what aspect of a live perform...
Festival Preview: 5 New Bands At Benicassim 2012
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Festivals
Wednesday, 20 June 2012 10:26
Benicassim Festival, or The Festival Internacional de Benicàssim, as it is rightly called, is a 4-day music fest that takes place on the east coast of Spain. This year it’s happening from July 12-15th. It’s no big enlightenment to say that Europe hosts some of the best festivals in the world, and this is arguably one of them. For one thing, the m...
We profiled them in our Artist of the Week feature a few weeks ago, but today, after months of waiting, Chester French have finally released their sophomore album for mass consumption. A bit different from their debut, Love The Future, D.A. Wallach and Max Drummey took a much different approach on Music 4 Tngrs. For starters, the album is a bit t...
Mayer Hawthorne On His Past, Touring and Kid Rock
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Interviews
Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:00
As we profiled last week in our Artist of the Week feature, Mayer Hawthorne is an artist on the rise. He’s in the midst of a month and half tour with some headlining dates with his band The Country and will opening for Foster The People on others. Crowds seem to like what they hear, check the photo below as an example of what greeted the singer a...
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TV Appearance: LA rockers @BewareoDarkness just made their network TV debut on @ConanOBrien. New album and tour. http://t.co/F2bkpYkoKR
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Interview: Samuel and Sinosa of LA avant pop band @folchen discuss their latest album and musical etch-a-sketch. http://t.co/yzE3rFnINV
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Los Angeles-based rock band Beware of Darkness made their network television debut this week on Conan. The three-piece tore through their loud, bold, blues-rock single "Howl," a s...
Fol Chen on Their New Album, Musical Inventions, and Making a Whole New Kind of Sense
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I’ve always kind of imagined the members of Fol Chen writing songs the way scientists would conduct experiments in a laboratory, with beakers and Petri dishes and controlled explosions and all that....