San Francisco – Brooklyn quartet HAERTS burst onto the scene with the release of their 2013 EP Hemiplegia, beckoning listeners into a sugar-tinged realm of bustling pop and heartfelt melancholy. With the release of their self-titled debut last fall, they have already solidified a concrete position as one of the most fascinating new pop bands
Seattle – A second album – particularly following a critically acclaimed debut – can perhaps be one of the hardest aspects of an artist’s career. Many consider it a make-or-break point. As The Lone Bellow’s frontman Zach Williams told Best New Bands back in October, “The sophomore record is clutch.” Fortunately, The Lone Bellow’s upcoming
New York – Jib Kidder’s bandcamp bio reads “no genre, no hometown, hard to pin down since Y2K.” This is true: Sean Schuster-Craig has lived all over the country (grew up in Georgia, spent time in the Midwest and on the West Coast, currently based in New York) and experimented with genres from Southern hip-hop
Nashville – Electro-pop duo Generationals answered the call of expectant fans at Cannery Row’s the High Watt—a sister venue to the legendary Mercy Lounge. Best New Bands reviewed Alix, their latest studio album (via Polyvinyl) in September, and the band stopped by Nashville in order to promote this most recent release. Although they remained faithful
Los Angeles – With Weird Moons being Jack Name’s second album in two years, the enigmatic artist is displaying the trademark prolificacy of his peers on the Castle Face Records roster. Released this week, the follow-up to Light Show is a short album which explores a variety of niches within the psychedelic genre, while never
Sonoma, CA – It’s not often I travel up to a random auditorium in the middle of wine country to see a concert, but for Father John Misty’s show at the Sonoma Veterans Memorial Hall, I did just that. Josh Tillman—the man behind Father John Misty—will be releasing his second LP under the FJM moniker—I
Los Angeles – Electronic rock trio Geographer performed to a bouncy crowd on Saturday night at The El Rey. They’ve embarked on this small headlining tour in order to introduce new songs off their forthcoming third LP, Ghost Modern due out in March. This marks the San Francisco band’s first material since 2012’s Myth. No
Los Angeles – Des Moines singer-songwriter Max Jury is excited to announce his Spring North American headlining tour dates today. The tour begins on April 9 in Minneapolis before heading throughout the Midwest and East Coast, including a show on April 15 at the Mercury Lounge. For the full list of Max Jury’s tour dates, please see below. Jury
New York – Grammy-nominated breakthrough artist Charli XCX officially unveils her new single “Doing It” (feat. Rita Ora) with a dazzling video, directed by Adam Powell (The 1975), produced by Nina Dluhy-Miller, and written by Charlotte Aitchison (aka Charli XCX). The video was filmed in the desert outside of Los Angeles and was inspired by iconic movies such as Thelma & Louise and Natural Born Killers. Watch as the two partners-in-crime cruise through the
Nashville – Following the 2014 release of his third studio album, Bahamas (a.k.a. Afie Jurvanen) has since embarked on a North American tour, visiting Music City along the way. This past Saturday, the Canadian artist played a sold-out show at the Mercy Lounge and, unsurprisingly, fans arrived seriously early to stake their claim at a