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Mayer Hawthorne On His Past, Touring and Kid Rock

Published in 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...

Record Store Day Is This Saturday. Here Are Five Awesome Releases You Need To Pick Up.

Published in Previews

Wednesday, 18 April 2012 14:46

If you’re not one of the lucky ones going to Coachella, fear not, for Record Store Day 2012 is here. (Now that I think about it, even if you will be in the desert this weekend there’ll be a tent there, too. We just can’t win...) If you aren’t familiar with Record Store Day, it’s an annual event held by independently run records stores around the...

The Kooks Return To The U.S. For March Headlining Tour Dates

Published in Breaking News

Wednesday, 18 January 2012 11:12

After a sold-out US tour late last year, The Kooks are thrilled to announce their return to the U.S. in 2012 for a February/March headlining tour. Tickets go on sale this Friday, January 20th. This will be succeeded by dates as special guests of Foster The People, of which both Central Park NYC shows have sold out five months in advance. The Ko...

Festival Preview: 96X Winter Meltdown, 12/1/2011

Published in Festivals

Tuesday, 15 November 2011 20:14

Just when you thought the festival season was over in the northern hemisphere along comes the 96X Winter Meltdown. Okay, you might not want to camp out, but it's still 9 bands and two stages and the line up includes some of our favorite new bands. Not bad for $45.00 - Day Of. (Young The Giant shown above). Here's the information:...

Artist of the Week: We Barbarians

Published in Featured Artist

Monday, 07 November 2011 19:33

Although the band has its roots in California, there is something far more east coast about We Barbarians’ post-punk revivalist sound. The grandiose hard-pop of their new EP, Headspace, sounds more at home darting between skyscrapers and roaming the 8 million person blob of New York, than basking in the laid-back fun in the sun of LA. It call...

BestNewsBands.com Brings You The Sights and Sounds From San Francisco's Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival

Published in Festivals

Monday, 15 August 2011 15:18

This past weekend, I made the journey up to San Francisco from Los Angeles to the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in Golden Gate Park. Here is my story.
FRIDAY 12:35 p.m. Looking for parking in the Outer Richmond, a foggy neighborhood with limited spaces. K-Flay is on in 10 minutes. Fuck. Is that a parking spot? Nope. Keep drivi...

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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 and creative first album but moreover, it’s a remarkably dusky ...

Northside Fest Day 2: Xenia Rubinos, Sinkane, Lazyeyes and The Meaning of Life

18 June 2013

The second day of Northside I started with the early show at Brooklyn Bowl, where I caught Xenia Rubinos and Sinkane. This is where I got my dose of eclectic tropical music with Afro-beat roots. Xen...

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 you we are forever grateful. Today though, we’re taking a st...

James Bay Clicks With the Troubadour on His First U.S. Tour

17 June 2013

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 Ja...

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