BestNewBands.com Co-Presents DWNTWN April Residency At Los Angele’s Central SAPC
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Tuesday, 30 April 2013 07:59
It’s almost May—the flowers are in bloom and spring has officially sprung—and what better way to celebrate the sun than with a Tuesday night residency at Central SAPC featuring the sparkling, synth-heavy sounds of DWNTWN?
The Los Angeles-based dream pop trio has set up shop in the intimate Santa Monica venue for the month of April, and BestNewBa...
Stroik has been receiving praise for his charmingly lo-fi bedroom recordings, and today we are excited to premiere “James,” the third single from the North Carolina-based songwriter. Where his previously released songs featured quaint keyboard sounds, this track centers on vigorously strummed guitar chords and robotic drum machines/claps.
“’J...
We Were Lovers Talk About Their Upcoming Album, Pyramids, and Why They Decided To Become A Duo
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Interviews
Thursday, 21 March 2013 05:15
Ash Lamothe and Else Gebremichael have been making music together for years, but they haven’t molded their project into what each of them really wanted until recently. After a number of member changes, the two decided that they were tired of trying to make a full band work and moved forward as a two-piece. In this incarnation, We Were Lovers hav...
A Conversation With Los Encantados’ James Armstrong
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012 12:03
For a band that has only been playing music together for a year, Los Encantados has accomplished a tremendous amount. The New York-based sextet has released not one, but three EPs since March, all acting as installments of a larger concept called The Same Damned Soul.
Aside from copious amounts of writing and recording, the band has also been pl...
Cari Rae and Jordy Asher’s music outfit, Blonds, gets compared to groups like Tennis and Cults. Why? Because they are a boy and a girl making pop music. These are not bad comparisons by any means, but Rae and Asher’s project is not a rip-off of the pioneers of cutesy indie pop. In fact, it’s not cutesy indie pop at all.
Music writers stamped the...
Album Review: Jesca Hoop, The House That Jack Built
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Album Reviews
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 16:16
Though this is her third album, Jesca Hoop is still a relative unknown to many music listeners. What is known, and should who aren’t familiar should know, is that Hoop has hobnobbed with some of the biggest names in the biz. She’s cut her teeth by working with the iconic Tom Waits (for whose kids she was the nanny for), Peter Gabriel (who sang ba...
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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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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Showcases New Material at The El Rey
19 May 2013
Whenever a band uses extensive synths and heavy, yet interesting production in their sound, there will always be a challenge in trying to get that music to translate well in a live setting. This is ...
Beware Of Darkness Perform Single, "Howl," On Conan
17 May 2013
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...