Best New Bands » Angel Olsen 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 More New Bands At Fun Fun Fun Fest: Angel Olsen, Deafheaven And More http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-fun-fun-fun-fest-angel-olsen-deafheaven/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-fun-fun-fun-fest-angel-olsen-deafheaven/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2014 02:41:00 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=20243 Austin – Reaching the end of Fun Fun Fun Fest was downright depressing. It was a bummer saying goodbye to festival friends after three short days, and remembering that 1) you don’t do something enviably cool every night and 2) your body exists, and needs a lot more sleep than you’ve been giving it. The

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  1. 5 New Bands At Fun Fun Fun Fest – Day 2 Austin – By Saturday morning Fun Fun Fun Fest had gotten the gates under control, by which I mean it was elbow-to-elbow in the festival grounds.  I can only assume things got weird in the designated make out area. Very...
  2. 4 New Bands Worth Seeing At Fun Fun Fun Fest Austin – Everyone recovered from ACL? Cool. It’s time for Fun Fun Fun Fest. Austin’s third-favorite festival starts this Friday, November 7, and while the name is trying a little hard, the lineup is enticing. The headliners are a mix...
  3. 4 New Bands Dazzle At Fun Fun Fun Day 1 Austin – Fun Fun Fun Fest definitely front-loaded its lineup. The five bands I wrote about played on Friday, along with Alt-J (who Best New Bands reviewed earlier this month), 2 Chainz, Dinosaur Jr., Death From Above 1979, Judas Priest,...
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  1. This past weekend: MS MR and Xylos at Glasslands MS MR is somewhat of a mysterious new band. They seem to have just emerged from the Internet, using the most random web images they could find in their media, and labeling themselves as “Tumblr Glitch Pop, Soul Fuzz, Electroshock”...
  2. Chet Faker’s Debut Album – Built on Glass Nashville – Even before listening to the music of the Australian artist Chet Faker, I knew he had to be an interesting guy. His debut album, titled Built on Glass, was released on April 15 on Futuristic Classic/Downtown/Opulent Records. The...
  3. Angel Olsen at Red 7 Austin – It’s that odd season in Austin—winter—when it could be anywhere from 20 to 80 degrees and anywhere from a light dusting of snow to rain.  After a week of heat and sun, the weather cooled down, the rain...
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  1. More New Bands At Capitol Hill Block Party Seattle – After a successful kickoff on Friday, the sun continued to grace the streets of Seattle as day two of the Capitol Hill Block Party commenced. Festival goers cultivated a beach party vibe with hitting beach balls, spraying water hoses,...
  2. 5 New Bands at Capitol Hill Block Party – Day 1 Seattle – Three days, 6 city blocks, 100 artists. The Capitol Hill Block Party certainly has grown since its humble beginnings back in 1997, when it had only one small stage, a handful of DJs, and five bands. Today, the...
  3. 5 New Bands To See At Capitol Hill Block Party Seattle – Summer is almost in full swing, and with the change comes my favorite seasonal activity- block parties. Growing up, “block party” meant water balloon fights, watermelon slices, cornhole, and s’mores, but since moving to Seattle I’ve learned that...
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