Best New Bands » Billboard 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 Day One Of 2013 New Music Seminar: Singles vs Albums http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/day-one-of-2013-new-music-seminar-single-vs-albums/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/day-one-of-2013-new-music-seminar-single-vs-albums/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:04:30 +0000 Year Six of the second iteration of the New Music Seminar brought an essential mix of industry sluggers and wannabees to the New Yorker Hotel amidst a heavy downpour as attendees filled the garment district’s notoriously lousy restaurants (White Castle, anyone?) during breaks. But the real action was inside the three ballrooms as the organizers

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  1. The 2013 New Music Seminar opens in New York Sunday The 2013 New Music Seminar opens in New York Sunday night and runs through Tuesday, the fifth year since the conference was resurrected in 2009, after its original 16-year run ended in 1995.  As with its original incarnation, the event...
  2. The New Music Seminar’s 100 “Artists on the Verge”: Where NMS & BestNewBands.com Agree The New Music Seminar, which BestNewBands.com will be attending next week, announced their list of the Top 100 Artists on the Verge this week, and there are a lot of familiar names on it. Here’s some of how NMS chooses...
  3. Tom Silverman, CEO of Tommy Boy Records, Talks New Music Seminar Tom Silverman, CEO of Tommy Boy Records, is hard at work on this summer’s New Music Seminar, which is coming up in July in New York City. He took a moment this week to talk to BlueComet.TV about the purpose...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/day-one-of-2013-new-music-seminar-single-vs-albums/feed/ 0 BEFORE THEIR EYES’ “Redemption” Makes Impressive Debut On Billboard’s Heatseeker’s Chart http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/before-their-eyes-redemption-makes-impressive-debut-on-billboards-heatseekers-chart/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/before-their-eyes-redemption-makes-impressive-debut-on-billboards-heatseekers-chart/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:37:20 +0000 HEADLINE TOUR KICKS OFF MAY 4, INCLUDES STOP AT BLED FEST Findlay, OH post hardcore act Before Their Eyes had an impressive debut week with Redemption, their first album since 2010’s Untouchable (Rise Records). The new LP which was released  March 27, landed at #29 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart, as well as at #10 on the Alternative New Artists

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  1. Good Old War’s Come Back As Rain Debuts at #1 on Billboard Heatseekers Chart! Good Old War’s Come Back As Rain debuts this week at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. The band plays two shows this Friday at SXSW (see below) before heading back into their current 40 city headlining USA + Canadian tour,...
  2. The Lumineers Tour Begins Tonight – Debut Album Out April 3rd The Lumineers Tour Begins Tonight in San Diego Multiple Dates Already Sold Out Stream Self-Titled Debut Album Now To Be Released April 3 on Dualtone Following a stellar showing at SXSW, Denver-based trio The Lumineers begin their tour tonight in...
  3. Theophlius London’s Major Label Debut Doesn’t Reinvent The Wheel, But Sure Makes It Spin With much hype amongst hipsters and hip-hoppers, Theophilus London is back with his first major label record, Timez Are Weird These Days. With contributions from various of-the-moment producers (TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, Santigold’s John Hill), the 23-year-old Brooklyn...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/before-their-eyes-redemption-makes-impressive-debut-on-billboards-heatseekers-chart/feed/ 0 St. Lucia Named #9 On Billboard’s Top 20 Breakout Bands at SXSW http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/st-lucia-named-9-on-billboards-top-20-breakout-bands-at-sxsw/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/st-lucia-named-9-on-billboards-top-20-breakout-bands-at-sxsw/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:34:39 +0000 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

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  1. St. Lucia Signs To Neon Gold – Columbia Records St. Lucia Signs To Neon Gold/Columbia Records – Tour Dates Announced. For more information via St. Lucia’s Facebook page go to http://www.facebook.com/stlucianewyork?sk=wall. Tour Dates are listed below Upcoming Tour Dates 1/20 – Cameo Gallery – Brooklyn, NY *2/07 – Piano’s...
  2. And the Winner of the MTV VMA L.A. Breakout Artist Is….The Divine! Last night at The Music Box in Hollywood, three Los Angeles bands competed for the coveted title of ‘MTV VMA L.A. Breakout Artist’. The artists included rock/hip hop duo The Divine, power pop quintet It Boys (recently featured in an...
  3. He’s My Brother She’s My Sister Announce their “Road To SXSW” Headlining Tour Following a successful headlining tour across the United States last month, He’s My Brother She’s My Sister are happy to announce their Road To SXSW Tour. The eclectic Los Angeles band featuring sibling vocalists and a tap dancing drummer will return to...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/st-lucia-named-9-on-billboards-top-20-breakout-bands-at-sxsw/feed/ 0 Q&A with The Pains of Being Pure At Heart http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/draft-qa-with-the-pains-of-being-pure-at-heart/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/draft-qa-with-the-pains-of-being-pure-at-heart/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:53:25 +0000 “You look really tired,” I told Kip Berman, frontman of New York-based The Pains of Being Pure at Heart when I was finally able to take a good look at him backstage before the band’s Kuala Lumpur show began. Exhausted and somewhat physically drained − thanks to a year on the road and countless flights

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  1. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s “Belong” Puts Them In Another League Today, Brooklyn’s The Pains of Being Pure at Heart return with Belong, their second full-length effort. The band, who found critical success with whimsical and subtle guitar-led indie pop songs like “Higher Than Stars” and “Come Saturday” seem to have...
  2. The Head and The Heart Light up Terminal 5 The Head and the Heart’s Charity Rose Thielen The Head and the Heart played a sold out show at Terminal 5 last night to a jubilant crowd. I’m not sure if this band has been on the One Tree Hill...
  3. Paschal Coeur’s Last Show Has Heart I didn’t know too much about Paschal Coeur before I saw them play at The Woods last night. I knew their genre classification was all over the map, from country to electronic to pop. I knew that last night was...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/draft-qa-with-the-pains-of-being-pure-at-heart/feed/ 0 Good Old War’s Come Back As Rain Debuts at #1 on Billboard Heatseekers Chart! http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/good-old-wars-come-back-as-rain-debuts-at-1-on-billboard-heatseekers-chart/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/good-old-wars-come-back-as-rain-debuts-at-1-on-billboard-heatseekers-chart/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:32:36 +0000 Good Old War’s Come Back As Rain debuts this week at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. The band plays two shows this Friday at SXSW (see below) before heading back into their current 40 city headlining USA + Canadian tour, with support from The Belle Brigade and Family Of The Year. The tour includes stops

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  1. ALO Announce Spring / Summer Tour Dates New album Sounds Like This to be released May 8, 2012 ALO have announced an initial run of US tour dates this spring in support of the group’s forthcoming album Sounds Like This, to be released May 8, 2012 on Brushfire...
  2. The Civil Wars: Barton Hollow Listening to the alt-country duo The Civil Wars’ debut album put me through the emotional wringer. Joy Williams and John Paul White write and perform heart-wrenching duets full of breathy vocals accompanied by sparse acoustic instruments. With voices like theirs...
  3. Concert Preview: Go See The Civil Wars in Jackson, MS on July 7th! Dreamy, Folky, Spooky; Vintage, American, Soulful; Haunting, Uplifting, Inspiring.  These are all very apt words to describe the Nashville duo The Civil Wars and their new album Barton Hollow (February, 2011).  They make me cherish every chill their music brings...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/good-old-wars-come-back-as-rain-debuts-at-1-on-billboard-heatseekers-chart/feed/ 0 Billboard’s Conflict of Interest show kicks off Lollapalooza weekend Thursday night at the Double Door in Chicago. http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/billboards-conflict-of-interest-show-kicks-off-lollapalooza-weekend-thursday-night-at-the-double-door-in-chicago/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/billboards-conflict-of-interest-show-kicks-off-lollapalooza-weekend-thursday-night-at-the-double-door-in-chicago/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:57:47 +0000 Billboard’s and The Syndicate’s “Conflict of Interest” show kicked off Lollapalooza weekend Thursday night at the Double Door in Chicago. Little Hurricane kicked the night off as a great opening act. Comparing them to the Black Keys is on obvious reference I am sure they have gotten on more then one occasion, but it’s a

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  1. Double Feature: The Parlotones at The Viper Room + Post Show Interview Walking into The Viper Room last night to see the much heard about and highly underrated (as of yet!) Parlotones- I had literally crossed into a whole other country, South Africa to be exact.  After parking in Siberia, Laurel Kathleen...
  2. Congratulations, Chelsie! You’ll be at the Nenna Yvonne show this Thursday! Congratulations, Chelsea! When Nenna Yvonne takes the stage at LA’s Key Club this Thursday night, you and a friend will be there! Thanks for entering the contest, and for spreading the word about Nenna and BestNewBands.com! If you didn’t win...
  3. Start Your Weekend with Weekend at South Street Seaport Pier 17 Friday night Friday night is another free show at the breezy South Street Seaport, and I can’t think of a better sign that heading to Pier 17 after getting off work on a Friday night is exactly the right thing to do...
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