New York – If you can forgive a fair share of lewdness, ceo’s outlandish work will light up your life like surprise fireworks. Keeping in mind freedom of expression and sonic exploration, approaching this music with an open mind is essential. If you’re game, the payoff here is huge. Wonderland is ceo’s forthcoming album, and
Nashville – The more banjos the better. That’s the case made by The Lowest Pair on their new album. 36¢ is the debut from the folksy duo of Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee. They made 36¢ sitting across from each other in a room, without tracking instruments and vocals separately. It was recorded and
New York – Speedy Ortiz opened up for Los Campesinos! at Irving Plaza last night, but I wish I had caught their show someplace else. I’m starting to believe more and more that you can’t get a real taste of punk, grunge, art rock, noise rock, or any music in that realm, the way it’s
New York – It was another fun night at Matchless last night, where BestNewBands.com hosted our first showcase of the New Year, in usual fashion of friends, fun, and a lot of music to open your ears to. The biggest goal of hosting these monthly showcases is to bring music fans and music makers together
Austin – It was a chilly and wet night in Austin, TX when the husband and wife duo of Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley (a.k.a. Tennis) took the stage at the Parish. Already having been an unremarkable day in an unremarkable week, I was hoping that this particular night would break the pattern of monotony
New York – Radiating from The Bay in glossy and cascading lo-fi pop, Painted Palms’ sound will warm you straight through the teeth of winter. Vibing in sub-tropic atmospheres, their music teleports audiences to a warm, wild escape. Exotic like an imagined neon botanical garden, their sound is infused with 60’s-style psychedelic rock, yet anchored
Nashville – The brother/sister duo of Blondfire kind of have an unfair advantage. Most bands are lucky if they start working together in high school, but Erica and Bruce Driscoll have been at it since they were little kids. They’ve written a treasure trove of songs together that dates back to the eighties, so it’s
New York – In this week’s music roundup of a mixtape, we have a little something for everyone, as there’s been a lot of great coverage and new releases of sounds of a great variety of genres. Caroline reviewed Foreign Fields’ live show in Nashville, a duo who brought Sufjan Stevens circa Seven Swans to
Seattle – Sensory perversion isn’t often given enough credit. When a sound truly assaults your ears, it tends to be viewed (or rather, heard) negatively; this kind of reaction might be automatic but it isn’t necessarily the one that should last. Art can be shocking, can be jarring, can be painful – what makes it
New York – In our time, most people are unaccustomed to elevator operators. So when Best New Band’s CMO Greg Brodsky and I were greeted politely by one Thursday evening, on arrival at the Birdy Showcase in NYC, it was quite a shock (the elevator man does pushups to pass the time). The evening was