Best New Bands » Arcade Fire 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 Tune-Yards Confirms Fall Tour, P4K Fest + Arcade Fire For Summer http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/tune-yards-confirms-fall-tour-p4k-fest-arcade-fire-summer/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/tune-yards-confirms-fall-tour-p4k-fest-arcade-fire-summer/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2014 17:38:55 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/wp_bnb/?p=17638 Los Angeles – Tune-Yards just wrapped the first leg of their North American tour with two triumphant SOLD OUT shows at Webster Hall and played a jubilant set at the Glastonbury festival in the UK this weekend. They have just confirmed 27 North American and European dates for the fall. Tune-Yards will kick off the

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  1. Hannah Georgas Confirms Summer Tour With Sara Bareilles Nashville – Acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Hannah Georgas will embark on an extensive U.S. tour this summer supporting Sara Bareilles. including coveted stints at New York’s Madison Square Garden and L.A.’s Greek Theatre. In conjunction with the tour, the official music video for...
  2. tUnE-yArDs Live At The Fillmore San Francisco - Every musician dreams of having ability to fully command an audience’s attention, but it’s a skill is one that takes years and years to perfect. I know of many bands that have yet to achieve such fluidity and...
  3. The Head and The Heart Add Midwest and Southern Stops to 2014 Fall North American Tour Los Angeles – The Head and the Heart have tirelessly toured the world in support of their lauded sophomore effort, Let’s Be Still, since its release in late 2013 on Sub Pop Records. The band is set to play at...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/tune-yards-confirms-fall-tour-p4k-fest-arcade-fire-summer/feed/ 0 Album Review: Of Monsters and Men, My Head Is An Animal http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-of-monsters-and-men-my-head-is-an-animal/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-of-monsters-and-men-my-head-is-an-animal/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:53:34 +0000 Of Monsters and Men, a clever play on Of Mice and Men are a fun band. They exude fun, there’s really no better way to put it. They’ve been all over our site recently and with good reason. The group’s album, My Head Is an Animal, dropped April 3rd and it is absolutely beautiful. For

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  1. Of Monsters and Men Win Over SXSW Having spent the majority of my time at SXSW indoors checking out new bands, I was elated to head to Stubbs BBQ‘s outdoor area to catch the new band Of Monsters and Men.  Having never been there, I had no idea...
  2. Album Review: Standard Fare – Out of Sight, Out of Town Growing up’s a bitch, ain’t it? As you ascend into your twenties and thirties and beyond, you take on new sets of responsibilities and your mindset matures, at least you hope. You stop thinking so much about potential sexual partners...
  3. OF MONSTERS AND MEN Announce U.S Tour Dates and New Album Alt-folk artisans OF MONSTERS AND MEN have set April 3, 2012 as the release date for their debut album, My Head is an Animal via Universal Republic Records. My Head is an Animal follows up their debut Into the Woods EP, which garnered unanimous...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-of-monsters-and-men-my-head-is-an-animal/feed/ 0 Q&A: Louis-Jean Cormier of Karkwa http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-louis-jean-cormier-of-karkwa/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-louis-jean-cormier-of-karkwa/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:29:51 +0000 It’s been a very solid year and a half for Montreal-based rock outfit Karkwa. After winning Canada’s Polaris Music Prize in September 2010 for their album Les Chemins de Verre (The Glass Pathways), the band has toured extensively in Europe, and played key US dates including SXSW, a packed house at Piano’s in New York

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  1. Interview with Montreal’s Winter Gloves Unbeknownst to me before this interview, Montreal is apparently a pretty awesome place. The rent is cheap, the coffee is good, the girls are beautiful, and the music is great. Although that’s all fun and good, Winter Gloves are preparing...
  2. Words with The Bewitched Hands of France photo by Melanie Elbaz French sextet The Bewitched Hands is a busy bunch. In addition to playing both CMJ and South by Southwest here in the US, they have plans to play several festivals in Europe over the summer. They recently...
  3. Young Galaxy: The Smartest Band You’ve Never Heard Of Young Galaxy are not just another dream-pop band. They’re not another Canadian indie-pop band, either. So what are they? Well, they are a consistently great and dedicated band that has suffered the highs and lows of the music industry. They...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-louis-jean-cormier-of-karkwa/feed/ 0 Q&A: Stephen Ramsay of Young Galaxy http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-stephen-ramsay-of-young-galaxy/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-stephen-ramsay-of-young-galaxy/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:02:24 +0000 It’s been a busy year for Young Galaxy. The Montreal-based electronic duo-turned-quintet released its third LP, Shapeshifting, and then hit the road, touring with fellow experimental electro-poppers Austra. With a month left in the year, the group figured it could squeeze in two more releases. On December 13, Young Galaxy will release a deluxe edition

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  1. Stephen Ramsay of Young Galaxy: On their latest album, anarchy, and being a “musical terminator” Young Galaxy is a Canadian quintet whose latest album Shapeshifting sums up the group’s tumultuous transition from record label to independent music makers. With the help of Swedish producer Dan Lissvik (who they’ve never actually met), they have crafted tracks...
  2. Preview: Austra, Young Galaxy and Tasseomancy at the Empty Bottle in Chicago Canadians invade the Empty Bottle on Monday (11/28). Headliner Austra is a Toronto-based band consisting of former members of Galaxy and Spiral Beach. Lead vocalist and chief songwriter Katie Stelmanis seizes crowds with her mystique and beckoning arm movements, while inviting everyone...
  3. Young Galaxy: The Smartest Band You’ve Never Heard Of Young Galaxy are not just another dream-pop band. They’re not another Canadian indie-pop band, either. So what are they? Well, they are a consistently great and dedicated band that has suffered the highs and lows of the music industry. They...
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  1. Album Review: Two Guns- Far Away Places After listening to Two Guns’ self-titled debut album, I was thoroughly impressed. Kevin Poush, the lead singer and guitarist, had such a melancholy affable tone on the first album, which was a bit reminiscent of Jeff Tweedy at his most...
  2. Album Review: Indians I was sitting in front of my new laptop today lamenting the death of Punk Rock…again. Punk has lived and died more times in the past twenty years than Paul McCartney during the Abbey Road years. Then I listened to...
  3. What’s in a Name?- The Crystal Castles (II) Album Review When Crystal Castles was done crafting their second full-length album, they felt no need to come up with an original album name. The 14 hypnotic tracks speak for themselves, and the Canadian dance duo can self-title every single one of...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-dreamers-of-the-ghetto-enemy-lover/feed/ 0 Preview: Austra, Young Galaxy and Tasseomancy at the Empty Bottle in Chicago http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/preview-austra-young-galaxy-and-tasseomancy-at-the-empty-bottle-in-chicago/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/preview-austra-young-galaxy-and-tasseomancy-at-the-empty-bottle-in-chicago/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:32:36 +0000 Canadians invade the Empty Bottle on Monday (11/28). Headliner Austra is a Toronto-based band consisting of former members of Galaxy and Spiral Beach. Lead vocalist and chief songwriter Katie Stelmanis seizes crowds with her mystique and beckoning arm movements, while inviting everyone to join her and feel their songs. The music is electronic, fused with Stelmanis’ powerful

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  1. Live Review: Yawn impresses at The Empty Bottle in Chicago I’m a huge believer that the crowd is a main factor in live shows, however on certain special nights in certain venues bands can help bring you into their bubble where the sound is the only thing encompassing you. That...
  2. Young Galaxy: The Smartest Band You’ve Never Heard Of Young Galaxy are not just another dream-pop band. They’re not another Canadian indie-pop band, either. So what are they? Well, they are a consistently great and dedicated band that has suffered the highs and lows of the music industry. They...
  3. The Field, (Axel Willner) at Chicago’s Empty Bottle When I told my girlfriend that I was taking her to a techno show at Chicago’s Empty Bottle, she was more than a little hesitant.  After all, the Empty Bottle is largely known for its punk, garage, and metal shows,...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/preview-austra-young-galaxy-and-tasseomancy-at-the-empty-bottle-in-chicago/feed/ 0 PAPA Celebrates Their EP Release at The Bootleg http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/papa-celebrates-their-ep-release-at-the-bootleg/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/papa-celebrates-their-ep-release-at-the-bootleg/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:41:10 +0000 On Wednesday night, Los Angeles’ Bootleg Theatre hosted a celebratory show for local punk-meets-soul outfit, PAPA. RACES and THE FRANKS also hailing from the City of Angels, joined the duo-turned-quartet for a kickass night of rock ‘n’ roll. The guys (and gal) of The Franks set the night off to a playful start with their

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  1. Aqualung @ The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, with Krista Polvere I went backstage at the Aqualung show, and everyone touched my nuts. Monday’s show at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles gave me a tiny taste of what it’s like to be on the road for a national tour. I...
  2. Sleeper Agent Wakes Up the Bootleg Driving to the Bootleg Theater last night, I was yawning the whole way there.  School had just started, and I had spent the past two hours reading Shakespeare (seriously…).  I was in serious need of a pick me up, and,...
  3. Preview: Ana Tijoux & Nocando @ The Bootleg Theater Ana Tijoux will be playing LA’s Bootleg Theater on February 12 with Nocando. We’ve been following Ana for a while, and this is a show worth catching. When Cornell Wedge caught her in Washington DC last year, he had this...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/papa-celebrates-their-ep-release-at-the-bootleg/feed/ 0 Races and Duniven Play Bardot in Hollywood http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/races-and-duniven-play-bardot-in-hollywood/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/races-and-duniven-play-bardot-in-hollywood/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:49:11 +0000 Bardot–a Los Angeles club tucked into Hollywood’s dense layout–is swanky.  Swanky like an old-school mansion with dark weaving hallways, swanky like tentatively walking in on some exclusive party, unsure of where you belong.  Old friends met and chatted holding colorful drinks in dim light, surrounding me as I squeezed onto brocaded couches. People old and

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  2. Walsh Dazzles The Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood   Whether it’s the overpriced food, the merchandise or the cheesy tourists, for better or worse, the Hard Rock Café has a particular stigma attached to it. However, the new Café at the Hollywood and Highland shopping center in Los...
  3. Thatwasthen and The Hush Rock The Troubadour This past Saturday night, I saw thatwasthen and The Hush take on the Troubadour again.  I arrived to venue under the impression that The Hush was taking the stage after thatwasthen, but as I walked in The Hush’s lead singer,...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/races-and-duniven-play-bardot-in-hollywood/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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  1. Artist Profile: Nurses Nurses, a Portland favorite in the thriving indie scene, is the psych-rock project of Aaron Chapman, John Bowers, and James Mitchell. The Oregon transplants combine vocal harmonies, a slew of unusual instruments, and electronic production for a cozy, homemade sound....
  2. Redwood Son Double Album Release! This month saw a double album release from Portland’s Redwood Son, a self-described ‘West Coast Americana’ band. New Beautiful Day and Summer of ’77 are, admittedly, somewhat minimal and lyrically simplistic, but isn’t that kind of the point? Filled with...
  3. Deleted Scenes Release New Album, Young People’s Church of the Air Today is the day for Deleted Scenes’ much-awaited new album, Young People’s Church of the Air. We previewed their single “Bedbedbedbedbed” that came out a few months ago, which also now has a video to go with it, (see below)...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/nurses-is-back-with-its-third-release-dracula/feed/ 0 Q&A with Tanya of Sherlock’s Daughter http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-with-tanya-of-sherlocks-daughter/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-with-tanya-of-sherlocks-daughter/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:00:00 +0000 photo by Victoria Stevens On Sherlock’s Daughter’s Facebook page their music is described as “indie/electronic/psychefaeriedelica”, and I think that sums it up quite nicely. The last word was the first thing to pique my interest about the trio-turned-quartet, and only one of the many things that lead singer Tanya Horo and I discussed last Monday

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  2. Making Funny Sounds with Me and Jessie Stein of The Luyas Canada has produced many indie greats like the Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene.  The Luyas are next on that list. Hailing from Montreal, the Luyas are a four (sometimes five thanks to violinist Sarah) piece ensemble of Jessie (vocals),...
  3. Hooray for Earth are Surrounded by Their Friends, and Like to Get Psyched After Hooray for Earth played their third residency show at Pianos, I got to chat with frontman and main songwriter Noel Heroux right outside the venue next to their van. Noel had the appearance of just getting out of bed,...
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