Best New Bands » Animal Collective 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 Album Review: Animal Collective, Centipede Hz http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-animal-collective-centipede-hz/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-animal-collective-centipede-hz/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:18:32 +0000 What happens when a band hits its peak? In the case of Animal Collective, the answer is reverting back to the past. The most obvious indication of going back to the old days is the return of Deakin, the band’s keyboardist/percussionist/sample-maker/electronics whiz. As a quartet, the band agreed to move back to its hometown of

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-animal-collective-centipede-hz/feed/ 0 Nurses is back with its third release, Dracula http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/nurses-is-back-with-its-third-release-dracula/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/nurses-is-back-with-its-third-release-dracula/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:14:04 +0000 Aaron Chapman and John Bowers have been through it all. Upon meeting in middle school, the two have moved together from Idaho to California to Chicago, and finally Portland, traveling with a musical project they call Nurses. Once settling in the City of Roses, the avant-pop outfit recruited a third member, percussionist James Mitchell, and

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/nurses-is-back-with-its-third-release-dracula/feed/ 0 Yawn Releases Their Long Awaited LP “Open Season” http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/yawn-releases-their-long-awaited-lp-open-season/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/yawn-releases-their-long-awaited-lp-open-season/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:00:14 +0000 There is something magical about listening to a new album in full, not just a single, or a random track here or there, but to listen to a creation that a band has spent much time debating and configuring until they were ready to release their “baby” into the world. Chicago natives Yawn’s new album

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/holy-crap-shilpa-ray-is-playing-with-man-man-on-tuesday-night/feed/ 0 North Carolina Duo Brings The EAR PWR On Their Second Album http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/north-carolina-duo-brings-the-ear-pwr-on-their-second-album/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/north-carolina-duo-brings-the-ear-pwr-on-their-second-album/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:25:06 +0000 On their second album, North Carolina natives EAR PWR’s sophomore effort explores an expansive set of auditory contours and certain themes that are due to the growth in their songwriting. Devon Booze’s homemade synthesizers make their debut on the duo’s self-titled follow up to 2009’s Super Animal Brothers III. The album opens up with Booze-led

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/north-carolina-duo-brings-the-ear-pwr-on-their-second-album/feed/ 0 A Show Preview: FYF Fest 2010 For the Win! http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/a-show-preview-fyf-fest-2010-for-the-win/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/a-show-preview-fyf-fest-2010-for-the-win/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0000 Finally! What we’ve all be waiting for. FYF Fest 2010 is ONE DAY away from gracing Los Angeles Historic Park with myriad musical and comedic performances to satisfy your eardrums.  BNB.com staffers Lauren Novik and Laurel Kathleen will be on the scene, but here are a few advance nuggets to get your mouth watering… Among

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