Have we mentioned Gauntlet Hair too much on BestNewBands.com? Our Katrina Nattress listed their self-titled debut album as a top 5 album of last year, and said she was “confident that the duo will receive the recognition it deserves in 2012,” after having many good things to say about the record in her review as
When we last checked in with Seattle’s The Young Evils, we were in rainy Wisconsin for PJ20 and they were opening for bands like Pearl Jam, Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, Liam Finn, Joseph Arthur and others. At the time they were a relatively new band, at least to the masses, the quintet
EP Release Party on Friday, March 30th at Cameo Gallery In Brooklyn Debut EP Out Now On Neon Gold / Columbia Records Even in the urban wilds of Brooklyn, there may be no one else like Jean-Philip Grobler, otherwise known as St. Lucia. Originally from Johannesberg, South Africa, Jean grew up performing with the Drakensberg
Over the past few weeks, we’ve taken an extensive look at one of our favorite new bands, Memoryhouse. The Canadian duo’s brand of dream pop has won them legions of fans across the globe. Signed to Sub Pop, the band’s album The Slideshow Effect was released last month to much acclaim, as was their month
Today I decided to go against what I normal instincts and actually go the industry/member of the press route. Usually I prefer shows that are for the fans rather then industry folk, but I made an exception for Mr. Justin Townes Earle. He is nowhere close to being “new” on the music scene but he
A couple days after I wrote my Top 5 bands to see down here list, Rolling Stone came out with their 25 can’t miss acts, low and behold we had one in common Motopony. We are both on to something with this band. After being introduced to them because of SXSW get to know the
The Joy Formidable are going to be performing on tonight’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, which you can watch on ABC at 12 pm/11 Central. The band just began their first 2012 tour of the US this week with two shows in San Francisco and a show last night in Los Angeles – with more
ANR caught my ears as I was shuffling through the many of the unknown acts (to me) that would be part of a showcase. They impressed me so much that they made my Top 5 acts to see down here. Well at The Firehouse, an unofficial showcase, I was able to catch their brief set.
THE TREWS are returning to the U.S. for another round of tour dates this spring in support of their fourth full-length studio album, Hope & Ruin. The band returns on April 17 and will kick off a 16-city tour in Bridgeport, CT. They will play throughout the northeast hitting Boston, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Nashville and more before wrapping
Preps for U.S. Tour And Releases A Music Video for Their New Single “A Heavy Abacus” The Joy Formidable are about to embark on their first headlining US Tour of 2012, beginning on March 12 in San Francisco, CA. A number of the tour’s dates have already sold out, including two straight nights in San