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Album Review: Kisses, Kids In L.A. Featured Artist: Cayucas Holy Ghost! Lights Up The Troubadour New Song By Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros Mixtape 23: The Holydrug Couple, Elephant Stone And More Album Review: The Lone Bellow Laura Marling Charms Seattle at The Columbia City Theater Album Review: Savages, Silence Yourself Premiere: Armed With Legs - “Little Sinner” (Video) Hangout-Y’all: A Recap of Alabama’s Beach Festival Hangout Festival Album Review: The Weeks - Dear Bo Jackson
Album Review: Kisses, Kids In L.A.
It’s been three years since Kisses released its first album, and in that time Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson have looked outward, replacing the punch-drunk mood and theme of their debut with - - - READ MORE
Featured Artist: Cayucas
Over the past few years, along with electronic music, indie pop bands have found themselves in the unfamiliar position of becoming fixtures on alt rock stations, but also pop radio. Groups like Grouplove - - - READ MORE
Holy Ghost! Lights Up The Troubadour
Monday night’s Holy Ghost! Show at the Troubadour confirmed that in-the-know music listeners could turn literally any venue into a dance party. Even the most hallowed of rock halls in Los Angeles. - - - READ MORE
New Song By Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros
We're excited to share a new song from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero! "Better Days" will appear on the band's forthcoming self-titled third studio album out July 23rd via Community Music. - - - READ MORE
Mixtape 23: The Holydrug Couple, Elephant Stone And More
More new bands discovered at APF. Brigit came out digging The Holydrug Couple, who was one of “those new bands that maybe you didn’t come into the festival knowing but came out of loving.” - - - READ MORE
Album Review: The Lone Bellow
When an album of incredibly dizzying heights, regardless of textbook genre definitions, is ignored by the populous and somehow taps into the euphoric balance of heartfelt storytelling, melodic - - - READ MORE
Laura Marling Charms Seattle at The Columbia City Theater
Laura Marling is simply too charming. Marling played the Columbia City Theater in Seattle’s Columbia City last week. The old Baroque-style theater housed a quiet night of female singer-songwriters who - - - READ MORE
Album Review: Savages, Silence Yourself
When it comes to Savages’ debut album Silence Yourself only one thing is certain: this is a confrontational piece of music. It’s a smack of spittle to the face; the recoil of a revolver blast; the hang time of - - - READ MORE
Premiere: Armed With Legs - “Little Sinner” (Video)
Jim Vermillion and Nick Krivchenia have been making music together for several years, and on June 11, the duo is releasing its debut, self-titled album, Armed With Legs. To celebrate its release, - - - READ MORE
Hangout-Y’all: A Recap of Alabama’s Beach Festival Hangout Festival
Hangout Festival is a festival for everyone – the kind of music celebration that takes relaxation to the next level of intimacy. Located on the stunning beaches of Gulf Shores, Ala., the three-day festival - - - READ MORE
Album Review: The Weeks - Dear Bo Jackson
The Weeks are a band to watch for. There is much to say about this raucous group of four and their extremely talented surrogate keyboardist Alex Collier who has taken a full forward position on their - - - READ MORE
The Jacob Martin Band Blazes a Trail at Nashville's 12th and Porter

The Jacob Martin Band Blazes a Trail at Nashville's 12th...

24 May 2013

The Jacob Martin Band is electrifying. Possessing mainstream country-pop appeal blended smoothly together with a rock and blues-infected charm, the group -- comprised of...

Tom Van Buskirk of Javelin Talks Boom Boxes, Hi Beams and Familial Telepathy

Tom Van Buskirk of Javelin Talks Boom Boxes, Hi Beams...

20 May 2013

Javelin is Tom Van Buskirk and George Langford, two cousins from Providence, RI who began playing music together in 2004. But unlike many of...

Album Review: Kisses, Kids In L.A.

Album Review: Kisses, Kids In L.A.

24 May 2013

  It’s been three years since Kisses released its first album, The Heart of the Nightlife, and in that time Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson...

Features

Featured Artist: Cayucas

Featured Artist: Cayucas

23 May 2013

Over the past few years, along with electronic music, indie pop bands have found themselves in the unfamiliar position of becoming fixtures on alt rock stations, but also pop radio. Groups like Grouplove, fun. and Passion Pit, have redefined what it means to be a popular band...

Mixtape 23: The Holydrug Couple, Elephant Stone And More

Mixtape 23: The Holydrug Couple, Elephant Stone And More

22 May 2013

More new bands discovered at Austin Psych Fest. Brigit came out digging The Holy Drug Couple, who was one of “those new bands that maybe you didn’t come into the festival knowing but came out of loving.” Kristen was there too, and raved about the effulgent future...

Los Angeles Kicks Off Summer With The Jubilee Music And Arts Festival

Los Angeles Kicks Off Summer With The Jubilee Music And Arts Festival

21 May 2013

  Nothing says summer like outdoor music festivals, and though there are plenty of heavy hitters spanning the country and beyond in the next few months, Los Angeles is celebrating early with the Jubilee Music and Arts Festival - a two-day all-ages event that includes indoor and outdoor...

Premiere: Armed With Legs - “Little Sinner” (Video)

Premiere: Armed With Legs - “Little Sinner” (Video)

19 May 2013

Jim Vermillion and Nick Krivchenia have been making music together for several years, and on June 11, the duo is releasing its debut, self-titled album, Armed With Legs. To celebrate its release, we’re proud to premiere the Seattle-based two-piece’s first official music video for “Little Sinner”. The video documents the evening of...

Featured Artist: The Neighbourhood

Featured Artist: The Neighbourhood

15 May 2013

In a time when the Internet is a kingmaker, it’s hard for a band to come from literally nowhere to land on the airwaves across the globe. But when you’re a band from the farthest stretches of Los Angeles county and have only been together for 18...

Mixtape 22: Warpaint, Pyyramids And More

Mixtape 22: Warpaint, Pyyramids And More

14 May 2013

This week we're revisiting our coverage of the Austin Psych Fest. The first day of the festival Kristen immediately took to some awesome bands between hitting up $1 Lonestars and salt lick BBQ, including the brilliant ladies of Warpaint. Kristen also reviewed Pyyramids’ (the duo of Tim...

Featured artist: Born Ruffians

Featured artist: Born Ruffians

08 May 2013

The varying equation of determining what is a best new band, a rising band or a potential star is often a complex one. But above anything else, the one prerequisite that’s more important than anything else is that band needs to be great and have its brighter...

Of Monsters And Men, Vampire Weekend, Kanye To Close SNL Season

Of Monsters And Men, Vampire Weekend, Kanye To Close SNL Season

03 May 2013

Season 38 of NBC standby Saturday Night Live will finish with a musical flourish after a three-week hiatus.  This Saturday (4), guest host Zach Galifianakis will be joined by Of Monsters and Men.  A week later (11), SNL alum Kristen Wiig hosts musical guests Vampire Weekend.  And...

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Album Review: Atlas Genius – When It Was Now

Published in Album Reviews
Monday, 04 March 2013 01:18
  Whoever said hard work doesn’t pay off is a liar. Nearly four years ago in Adelaide, Australian brothers Keith, Michael and Steven Jeffery decided they wanted to form a band. Without any songs in their pocket, they chose their favorites from legends like The Beatles and Rolling Stones to play during hometown gigs. As they got their bearings in a...

Album Review: Tame Impala, Lonerism

Published in Album Reviews
Monday, 01 October 2012 17:09
A breathy, rhythmic voice starts chanting, “I gotta be above it” with chugging drums following suit. Vocals introduce the melody; sounding like a life-changing revelation has just taken place. Grandiose synths interject, creating the feeling of lifting off into the air. This is all a call to get on the psychedelic rock train. All aboard, we’re li...

Interview: Isaac Emmanuel of Young Magic

Published in Interviews
Wednesday, 14 December 2011 10:57
I discovered Young Magic almost one year ago when the collective’s first single, “You With Air/Sparkly” fatefully landed in my inbox. Needless to say, it was love at first listen. At the time, the only information I knew about this new music was that it was the brainchild of an enigmatic Australian native by the name of Isaac (I didn’t even kno...
It’s summertime in Australia and The Falls Music and Arts Festival ending the year with a few days of fun in the sun with warm weather and hot new bands. Making the trek are BestNewBands.com favorites Grouplove (shown above, Photo by Dan Cordie), Metronomy and The Jezabels. Besides the music, one of the things that make The Falls a really specia...

Architecture in Helsinki Brings The Fillmore Alive

Published in Live Reviews
Saturday, 05 November 2011 10:10
Australia’s electronic indie band Architecture in Helsinki landed at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium last night, flooding the dance floor with infectious grooves.  This show was a part of a long tour that has spanned most of the year in support of Moment Bends, which was released in April. Before taking the stage the crowd had filled the r...

Young Magic and Youth Lagoon Rejuvenate The Echo

Published in Live Reviews
Thursday, 03 November 2011 22:02
There was an obvious theme in Wednesday night’s lineup: youth. Not only was it in each band’s names, but also in their music and stage presence. Young Magic boggled the minds of the sold out Echo with their experimental brand of electro-pop. Led by the mysteriously low-profile multi-instrumentalist, Isaac Emmanuel, the Australia-via-New-York outf...