Best New Bands » alt-J 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 alt-J Announces a Headlining Tour of North America http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/alt-j-announces-headlining-tour-north-america/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/alt-j-announces-headlining-tour-north-america/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34767 LOS ANGELES - alt-J announces a headlining tour of North America starting on April 7 at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, CO. The tour includes festival stops at Coachella, Bonnaroo, Firefly and Mountain Jam. A show at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY will mark the largest venue the band has headlined in North America. That show will

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  2. alt-J Announce More Tour Dates -Share New Video New York – Leeds based band, alt-J, is proud to announce their largest North American show to date, at the Hollywood Bowl on October 15, 2015. The band will also play Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre on October 13,...
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  1. ALT-J Premiere Video for ‘Pusher’; Announce Tour Dates Los Angeles – Today, alt-J premiere the video for “Pusher” – the latest track to be lifted from their critically acclaimed album This Is All Yours. Created by renowned collective Division Paris and directed by Thomas Rhazi, the video focuses on a...
  2. Alt-J Have Added New Tour Dates! New York – The Leeds based foursome that are alt-J, have just announced a fresh batch of performance dates to the tour announced back in February, planned for this summer throughout North America –the first of which happens tonight in Cleveland, OH. Past that, there...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/alt-j-added-new-tour-dates/feed/ 0 ALT-J Premiere Video for ‘Pusher’; Announce Tour Dates http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/alt-j-premiere-video-pusher-announce-tour-dates/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/alt-j-premiere-video-pusher-announce-tour-dates/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:22:28 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=21963 Los Angeles – Today, alt-J premiere the video for “Pusher” – the latest track to be lifted from their critically acclaimed album This Is All Yours. Created by renowned collective Division Paris and directed by Thomas Rhazi, the video focuses on a man trying to speak louder to a uninformed society, addressing both freedom of choice, and

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/best-new-bands-announces-2014-newbie-awards-nominees/feed/ 2 Alt-J Live: Letting The Music Speak For Itself http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/alt-j-live-letting-music-speak/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/alt-j-live-letting-music-speak/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2014 02:32:40 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=20083 Chicago – English experimental rock band alt-J has come along way since its formation in 2007 in a Leeds University dorm room. With a new member and new album, the band has been selling out show after show, including two sold-out dates at Chicago’s Riviera. Joe Newman (singer & guitarist), Thom Green (drummer), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboardist), and

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