Chicago – If you live in Chicago, chances are you’ve at least once made the trek out to Highland Park, through the suburban enclaves of the uber wealthy, to check out a show at the beautiful Ravinia Festival. The outdoor venue has become a staple for summer concerts, though it usually tends to attract a
San Francisco – This past weekend, throngs of Bay Area youth migrated to the South Bay to gather at this year’s installment of LIVE 105 FM’s BFD (acronym for Big Fucking Day) festival. Celebrating its 21st edition, this festival is put on by the local alternative rock station LIVE 105, at the Shoreline Amphitheater in
Chicago – It was so easy to fall in love with Bethany Cosentino when she made her Best Coast album debut in 2010 with “Crazy for You”. She looked so cute strumming her guitar, playing her fuzzy surf pop odes to hook up regrets, and dedicating songs to her cat “Snacks”. It was exactly the
Bethany Cosentino is a vision. Bobb Bruno is a master. This is how the Los Angeles duo known as Best Coast brings California surf pop to an international audience – they merely exist. So often they have been noted as a band that has rooted a lot of great singles. And they are, but they
Now that summer is in full swing, we can look forward to what is maybe the summeriest festival of them all, in a place where it’s pretty much summer all the time anyway. The 2012 Nike US Open of Surfing is coming up, presenting three nights of music and full days of surf and skate
New Year’s Eve can be quite an ordeal in a city like Los Angeles. Dance clubs and bars exploit the holiday by charging obscene cover charges and even more obscene drink prices. So where is one to go who doesn’t want to deal with the club scene but still wants a kickass party? How about
A hundred or so people having fun in the rain Walking into Lolla for day 3, I was greeted by the sounds of Titus Androncious a band I have grown to enjoy so much. I unfortunately was unable to shoot them but did get to enjoy them as I walked over to the stage to
Holiday season is in full swing, and we at BestNewBands.com invite you to grab your hot cocoa and get into the Christmas spirit with this alternative holiday playlist. “Got Something For You” – Best Coast & Wavves Best Coast is a nominee for Best Artist of 2010 (vote for them here). Claire Gallagher reviewed the
photo credit: Lauren Novik 2010’s slowly coming to an end, and at BNB we’re counting it down with a Best of 2010 Awards list. For this week’s playlist, here are songs from some of the nominees for Best Artist. “Janglin” – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros ES&MZ is no stranger to this site: the
The UCLA campus was abuzz under the warm yellow lights lining brick pathways last night, and groups of students were thankful to crowd into the cozy Kerckhoff Grand Salon to escape the bitter wind. Let me reemphasize cozy: through the pool of heads, it was almost difficult to find where the stage was at all.