Best New Bands » Arc Iris 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 10 Songs You Might Have Missed In 2016 http://www.bestnewbands.com/new-releases/10-songs-might-missed-2016/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/new-releases/10-songs-might-missed-2016/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2016 00:48:37 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34027 London – Any day now and we’ll have to get used to writing down 2017. But before we are quite there it’s time for a quick reprise. So, settle down and listen to 10 songs you might have missed in 2016 that you won’t find on too many year-end lists. Give you yourself marks if

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/new-releases/10-songs-might-missed-2016/feed/ 0 Arc Iris Proves Extraordinary http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/arc-iris/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/arc-iris/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2016 22:22:38 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33728 London – On its latest album, Moon Saloon, the Providence, Rhode Island trio Arc Iris, comprised of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jocie Adams, Zachary Tenorio-Miller (keyboards) and Ray Belli (percussion), demonstrated a shift away from Americana territory towards a more experimental terrain. Similarly, in a live set mixing songs from the recent album with some new material, there was

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/arc-iris/feed/ 0 Arc Iris Returns with ‘Moon Saloon’ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/arc-iris-moon-saloon/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/arc-iris-moon-saloon/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:55:32 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32511 London – If 2014’s inventive eponymous debut recording by Arc Iris whetted the appetite for the strange and beautiful, then its follow-up, Moon Saloon, provides a veritable banquet. The Providence, Rhode Island trio of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jocie Adams, keyboard meister Zachary Tenorio-Miller, and percussionist Ray Belli has cast aside some of the debut’s trappings of Americana in

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  2. Braids Provide Deep Storytelling With ‘Deep In The Iris’ Los Angeles - There is a specific calmness beneath the atmospheric Deep In The Iris (on Arbutus Records), the third LP from the Montreal trio, Braids. The electronic art-rock act brings an accessible melodic charm to the new record, which serves...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/arc-iris-moon-saloon/feed/ 1 Arc Iris’ Jocie Adams Orchestrates Her Dream Life http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/arc-iris-jocie-adams-orchestrates-dream-life/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/arc-iris-jocie-adams-orchestrates-dream-life/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:01:20 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32424 London – Arc Iris, the new band formed by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jocie Adams after her departure from The Low Anthem, presents an escapist vision in a world heading, however reluctantly, towards serial uniformity. Currently operating as a trio, complete with keyboardist Zachary Tenorio-Miller and percussionist Ray Belli joining Adams, the Providence, Rhode Island band straddles musical genres with

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