Best New Bands » ben folds 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 Lady Danville Album Art Contest http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/lady-danville-album-art-contest/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/lady-danville-album-art-contest/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:33:49 +0000 GUYS. Everyone’s favorite down-to-earth, sweet-honey harmonizing Los Angeles band, Lady Danville (fresh off the release of their gorgeous new EP, Operating–listen below), is holding a album art design contest!  You, oh lucky one, get a chance to design the art for singles “Sophie Roux” and “Kids (MGMT Cover)” which are being released soon on iTunes. 

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  1. Concert Preview: Lady Danville Headlines a Sold Out Show at the Troubadour this Saturday Lady Danville, everyone’s favorite indie-rock-nerd-chic UCLA grads, returns to headline a sold out show at the Troubadour this Saturday, the 26th.  Lucky for me, I will be in attendance.  Lucky for you, this means a review will follow, so you...
  2. Concert Review: The Ladies Love Lady Danville Another night, another amazing concert. Let me just start by saying, I never cease to be blown away by the amount of talent abounding in the fine city of Los Angeles.  That said, I found myself once again at the...
  3. Lady Danville Returns to UCLA for Acoustic Coffee House Charity Benefit Show Last night, I made the quick jaunt up to the Covel Grand Ballroom on “The Hill” at UCLA (essentially, the heart of on-campus housing/dorm life/pajama-clad kids sipping coffee at 10 pm and giggling loudly) to see a concert held by...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/lady-danville-album-art-contest/feed/ 0 Concert Review: Dawes Plays L.A.’s Orpheum Theater http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/concert-review-dawes-plays-las-orpheum-theater/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/concert-review-dawes-plays-las-orpheum-theater/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:00:00 +0000 On Saturday night, I got the chance to see a band called Dawes open up for Brett Dennen at the Orpheum Theater.  Walking in downtown L.A. to the brightly-lit theater, I realized there really was a world beyond the seemingly impenetrable haze of the city’s skyline, and I found myself excited to have discovered this—like

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  1. Concert Review: The Black Angels Steal the Show at The Fox Theater The Black Angels in a haze of awesomeness. On Saturday night, I had the chance to see The Black Angels, Cold Cave, and The Kills at The Fox Theater in Pomona.  So I drove east to the city, parked in...
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  3. Concert Review: St. Patrick’s Day at the Key Club with Phathom, Culprit, thatwasthen, and Bethpage Black Ah, St. Patrick’s Day.  When the beer is green, the tattoo parlors are filled, and the spirit is rowdy.  This St. Patty’s Day, I headed down to the Key Club on the Sunset Strip to check out a showcase of...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/concert-review-dawes-plays-las-orpheum-theater/feed/ 0 Back to School: An Interview with Lady Danville http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/back-to-school-an-interview-with-lady-danville/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/back-to-school-an-interview-with-lady-danville/#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Following their show at UCLA, I sat down with Lady Danville’s keyboardist Michael Garner to learn a little more about the band.  We chatted about their hometown of Danville, California, the goofiness of Ben Folds, celebrity doppelgangers, a particularly inspiring mysterious-hippie-kindergarten teacher, and the ups and downs of going on the road.  An amicable and

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  2. An Interview with the Enlightened Youth of Dominant Legs In the wake of their etherial set at UCLA, I got to catch up with Dominant Legs in a particularly collegiate courtyard outside of UCLA’s Kerckhoff Grand Salon.  They were a curious pair to see.  Ryan Lynch, the guitarist, is...
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