Album Review: Heliotropes, A Constant Sea Bonnaroo’s Small Stages: The Faces of The Festival Javier Dunn Chats About Signing To Red Parade Music And How Sara Bareilles Changed His Life Young Empires Bring Dance Rock to Seattle's Folky Tractor Tavern FM Radio Talks About Their OneRepublic and Sheryl Crow Pasts, Songwriting and What the Future Holds James Bay Clicks With the Troubadour on His First U.S. Tour Mixtape 28: Laura Marling, Father John Misty and more Northside Fest Day 1: Bennio Qwerty, A Place to Bury Strangers, and Iceage Album Review: Thundercat, Apocalypse Featured Artist: Local Natives Album Review: Surfer Blood, Pythons Of Monsters and Men Are In Prime Form In Austin
Album Review: Heliotropes, A Constant Sea
A Constant Sea is the debut album from the Brooklyn quartet Heliotropes. Released June 18 on Manimal Vinyl, A Constant Sea is a sturdy and creative first album but moreover, it’s a remarkably - - - READ MORE
Bonnaroo’s Small Stages: The Faces of The Festival
Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Jack Johnson, we adore you – we do. Today though, we’re taking a step back and spotlighting the new bands, the emerging musical progenies of the 21st century. All those - - - READ MORE
Javier Dunn Chats About Signing To Red Parade Music And How Sara Bareilles Changed His Life
It takes a fair amount of dedication and passion to step out from behind the shadow of a star and make a name for yourself. Many musicians make incredible livings playing in studio or touring bands, but - - - READ MORE
Young Empires Bring Dance Rock to Seattle's Folky Tractor Tavern
The Tractor Tavern is typically the home of Seattle’s local and travelling folk and blues groups. The relatively small club has hosted acts such as Langhorne Slim and The Proclaimers. In the past few - - - READ MORE
FM Radio Talks About Their OneRepublic and Sheryl Crow Pasts, Songwriting and What the Future Holds
The mainstream is polluted with pop-leaning hooks and melodies, and sometimes, it takes a bit of digging to uncover an artist to really strike a chord with listeners. For Schuyler Fisk and Tim Myers - - - READ MORE
James Bay Clicks With the Troubadour on His First U.S. Tour
It’s tough going for singer-songwriters. If you’re not a natural poet or have some truly unique angle, you better have one hell of a voice and a perfect live act. At this point, the guitar-toting James Bay out of - - - READ MORE
Mixtape 28: Laura Marling, Father John Misty and more
This week's mix is a combination of old and new tracks, because discoveries are fun, but sometimes re-discoveries are just what we need. Best Coast is on because Kristen saw them at The - - - READ MORE
Northside Fest Day 1: Bennio Qwerty, A Place to Bury Strangers, and Iceage
Northside Music Festival has commenced in northern Brooklyn, and it’s bigger and heavier than ever. Last night was the first night of the music portion, and I already feel like I barely made it out alive - - - READ MORE
Album Review: Thundercat, Apocalypse
Sometimes great music comes from obscure places. Other times it’s so obvious that the music is overwhelmingly amazing that impossible to put your finger on the pulse of why that’s the - - - READ MORE
Featured Artist: Local Natives
With Bonnaroo around the corner, there are so many awesome new bands that are playing at the extravaganza in deep in the heart of Tennessee. We’re proud to say that a fair share of site alumni - - - READ MORE
Album Review: Surfer Blood, Pythons
Surfer Blood might have set all future expectations a bit high for themselves with their 2010 debut album Astro Coast. The band’s immediate knack for hypnotizing hooks (“Floating Vibes” has been - - - READ MORE
Of Monsters and Men Are In Prime Form In Austin
Of Monsters and Men have made significant strides. In a short three years, the Icelandic masterminds released debut album My Head Is An Animal to critical acclaim (Photo By Carlos Legarreta) - - - READ MORE
Bonnaroo’s Small Stages: The Faces of The Festival

Bonnaroo’s Small Stages: The Faces of The Festival

18 June 2013

Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Jack Johnson, we adore you – we do. You have given the listening community fulfilling tunes for decades and to...

Javier Dunn Chats About Signing To Red Parade Music And How Sara Bareilles Changed His Life

Javier Dunn Chats About Signing To Red Parade Music And...

17 June 2013

It takes a fair amount of dedication and passion to step out from behind the shadow of a star and make a name for...

Album Review: Heliotropes, A Constant Sea

Album Review: Heliotropes, A Constant Sea

18 June 2013

A Constant Sea is the debut album from the Brooklyn quartet Heliotropes. Released June 18 on Manimal Vinyl, A Constant Sea is a sturdy...

Features

Mixtape 28: Laura Marling, Father John Misty and more

Mixtape 28: Laura Marling, Father John Misty and more

14 June 2013

  This week's mix is a combination of old and new tracks, because discoveries are fun, but sometimes re-discoveries are just what we need. Best Coast is on because Kristen saw them at The Mohawk, and also because it’s summertime. There's also an older track from Shilpa Ray,...

Featured Artist: Local Natives

Featured Artist: Local Natives

12 June 2013

With Bonnaroo literally around the corner, there are so many awesome new bands that are playing at the extravaganza in deep in the heart of Tennessee. We’re proud to say that a fair share of site alumni are at the event, in fact way too many too...

Grouplove Unveils The First Single From Their Upcoming Album

Grouplove Unveils The First Single From Their Upcoming Album

10 June 2013

Canvasback Music/Atlantic recording group Grouplove has announced early details of their much-anticipated new album. Produced by the band’s own Ryan Rabin, “SPREADING RUMOURS” arrives in stores and at all online retailers on September 17th. “SPREADING RUMOURS” – which follows Grouplove’s acclaimed 2011 debut, “NEVER TRUST A HAPPY SONG”...

Mixtape 27: Crystal Fighters - DIIV - Michael Kiwanuka and more

Mixtape 27: Crystal Fighters - DIIV - Michael Kiwanuka and more

05 June 2013

 Summer is already starting to feel like it’s blowing up, as we’ve had a busy week with new breezy tunes to chill in your beach chair by, as well as some fresh jams to sweat it out to. In live reviews, Zach Klassen was up at Sasquatch!...

Featured Artist: Bleached

Featured Artist: Bleached

05 June 2013

  Today’s styling of punk music is harder to find than before. This can be attributed to the watered down version of pop punk that nearly destroyed the genre and turned punk from a lifestyle and attitude into just another cash cow. While bands we won’t mention did...

Mixtape 26: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Cayucas and More

Mixtape 26: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Cayucas and More

02 June 2013

After a short hiatus, we’re back with a new mix, summing up our best new coverage, plus the new tunes that really struck me during the week of May 19-25. Kristen hung out at Hangout Festival in Alabama, citing The Kingston Springs as the band that topped...

Featured Artist: Laura Marling

Featured Artist: Laura Marling

30 May 2013

If you were to tell someone in, oh let’s say 1995, that Britpop would be kaput and West End British folk would be on top of the world nearly 20 years later, many people would have laugh and likely think that you should be institutionalized. Yet here...

New Trixie Whitley Video: Breathe You In My Dreams

New Trixie Whitley Video: Breathe You In My Dreams

29 May 2013

  Trixie Whitley has premiered her new video. The video is for the deep and soulful stunner, "Breathe You In My Dreams," one of the centerpieces from her debut, Fourth Corner (Strong Blood). Matthu Placek, who also directed the gorgeous video for "A Thousand Thieves", directed the clip.  "The way Matthew expressed the...

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It's time for Los Angeles to get in on the action with South African superstars (and former BestNewBands.com Artists in Residence) The Parlotones! This is the chance for California fans to meet the band and see a show for free! The Parlotones will be playing the Viper Room next Wednesday, March 30, and you and a friend could be there. Leave us a...
Ah, St. Patrick’s Day.  When the beer is green, the tattoo parlors are filled, and the spirit is rowdy.  This St. Patty’s Day, I headed down to the Key Club on the Sunset Strip to check out a showcase of some LA bands: Phathom, Culprit, thatwasthen, and Bethpage Black.  The crowd was surprisingly small, given the festive feeling of the night, and t...
(Photo from The Hush's Facebook Page) The Hush is a Los Angeles based band with a modern rock edge backed by killer vocals and a big dose of drama.  They boast an accessible, upbeat sound along the lines of Queen that is the inspiration behind many an "I-whip-my-hair-back-and-forth" dance party.  The band has all the makings of a glam-rock ...

On The Road With Will Knox

Published in Interviews
Sunday, 27 February 2011 08:00
When we last left our friend, the affable Brit and the most ardent Arsenal supporter since Nick Hornby, Will Knox, he was playing a gig at the Hotel Café in Hollywood before heading back to New York to begin work on his latest project. In the interim, we caught up with Knox somewhere in North Carolina, where he is opening for singer/songwriters B...
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 exhilarating set at UCLA (read abo...

Walsh Dazzles The Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood

Published in Live Reviews
Wednesday, 23 February 2011 13:00
  Whether it’s the overpriced food, the merchandise or the cheesy tourists, for better or worse, the Hard Rock Café has a particular stigma attached to it. However, the new Café at the Hollywood and Highland shopping center in Los Angeles has been trying to rebrand itself as a home to live music. On Tuesday night, as part of her month long resid...