Best New Bands » 2:54 http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 2:54 Live At Echoplex http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/254-live-echoplex/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/254-live-echoplex/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2015 05:29:37 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22473 Los Angeles – Despite the extended daylight and blisteringly warm weather outside, 2:54 preferred to keep things a little darker inside Los Angeles’ Echoplex.  The band’s brooding yet melodic sound is best enjoyed with the lights turned way down and a healthy helping of machine-made fog flooding the stage.  Led by the sister-duo of Colette

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/254-live-echoplex/feed/ 0 Set Your Clocks For 2:54: ‘The Other I’ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/set-clocks-254/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/set-clocks-254/#comments Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:20:38 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=20350 New York – Sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow make up the Irish-born, English-raised alternative rock group 2:54. The two wrote their self-titled debut, which was released on Fiction/Fat Possum in 2012. Two years later they’ve followed it up with their just-released second album, The Other I. The ambient record is a natural progression from their

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/set-clocks-254/feed/ 1 Widowspeak Brings Mellow Vibes to Troubadour http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/widowspeak-brings-mellow-vibes-to-troubadour/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/widowspeak-brings-mellow-vibes-to-troubadour/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:47:49 +0000 Tuesday night, Widowspeak won over the hearts of Angelinos at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, as the opening act for the British shoegazing girlie duo, 2:54. Led by vocalist/guitarist Molly Hamilton, the indie rock quartet swooned the audience during its 30+ minute set. Usually, it is difficult for an opening act to draw a large,

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