Best New Bands » bluegrass 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 firekid Kills It At Hollywood’s Hotel Cafe http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/firekid-kills-hollywoods-hotel-cafe/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/firekid-kills-hollywoods-hotel-cafe/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:08:43 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=26064 Los Angeles – Music fans at Hollywood’s venerable Hotel Cafe were treated to an impressive display of songwriting and instrumental talent thanks to Dillon Hodges and his firekid project. Raised just across the Tennessee River from Muscle Shoals, firekid displays ample amounts of the region’s musical influence. Performing as a three piece, that included a banjo

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  1. Ménage Adapt To Suit The Hotel Café & Everybody Wins Los Angeles – On Wednesday night, Toronto-based power pop band Ménage wrapped up a handful of dates in Los Angeles, adapting their sound to the quiet ambiance of Hollywood’s famed The Hotel Café. While the band is more known for...
  2. Featured Artist: Dillon Hodges Of firekid Nashville – firekid, the brainchild of bluegrass artist Dillon Hodges, is a novel idea. Combining his love of Americana music with an electro-indie influence, Hodges has created something surprising and unique in this latest venture. And Nashville, his home of...
  3. The Young Evils Give The Hotel Cafe A Taste of Seattle 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...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/firekid-kills-hollywoods-hotel-cafe/feed/ 0 Featured Artist: Dillon Hodges Of firekid http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-dillon-hodges-firekid/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-dillon-hodges-firekid/#comments Tue, 05 May 2015 21:00:44 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=24148 Nashville – firekid, the brainchild of bluegrass artist Dillon Hodges, is a novel idea. Combining his love of Americana music with an electro-indie influence, Hodges has created something surprising and unique in this latest venture. And Nashville, his home of nearly three years, has provided the perfect backdrop for the band. I talked with Hodges

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  1. Featured Artist: Arielle Los Angeles – Imagine growing up with the musical pedigree of Arielle; singing since age five with Peninsula Girls Chorus, learning piano, trumpet and guitar by the tender age of 10. By that age, most kids’ biggest accomplishment is memorizing...
  2. Featured Artist: Jens and Katherine of OOFJ Chicago – The quirky husband and wife electronic duo OOFJ – aka Orchestra of Jenno – is back with their sophomore LP Acute Feast, due out April 21 via Ring The Alarm & Fake Diamond Records. Jenno “Jens” Bjørnkjær, originally...
  3. Meet XOV: Musician, Visual Artist And Global Citizen Chicago – Damian Ardestani, better known as XOV, is an extremely talented visual artist, filmmaker, photographer and musician. The Iranian born, Swedish-bred rapper turned pop artist has seen his fair share of troubles and turmoil. Through it all – running...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-dillon-hodges-firekid/feed/ 2 The Lone Bellow ‘Stunning’ Follow-up, ‘Then Came The Morning’ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/lone-bellow-stunning-follow-came-morning/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/lone-bellow-stunning-follow-came-morning/#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2015 23:39:12 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=21405 Seattle – A second album – particularly following a critically acclaimed debut – can perhaps be one of the hardest aspects of an artist’s career. Many consider it a make-or-break point. As The Lone Bellow’s frontman Zach Williams told Best New Bands back in October, “The sophomore record is clutch.” Fortunately, The Lone Bellow’s upcoming

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  1. A Conversation With The Lone Bellow Seattle – It all started 10 years ago when Zach Williams’ young wife broke her neck in a horseback riding accident. Told by doctors that she would never walk again, Williams took to writing down his thoughts and emotions in...
  2. The Lone Bellow Announce Initial 2015 Tour Dates New York - The Lone Bellow recently announced their new album Then Came The Morning, to be released January 27, 2015 on Descendant Records. Aaron Dessner of The National produced the album. The Brooklyn-based indie-folk trio have just announced a coinciding tour that will...
  3. The Lone Bellow Featured In A Mini-Documentary New York – The Lone Bellow is currently on a successful, nationwide, headlining tour and has recently partnered with UnArmed Media to capture candid footage around their packed homecoming show at Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park this past summer. The...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/lone-bellow-stunning-follow-came-morning/feed/ 1 Whiskey Shivers Know How to Entertain http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/whiskey-shivers-know-how-to-entertain/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/whiskey-shivers-know-how-to-entertain/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:50:38 +0000 Nashville – I’m just going to lay it out there: roots/bluegrass/folk music is not my thing. If I had to pick one genre to avoid, this would typically be it. However, when I saw that Whiskey Shivers was playing at the Basement, I decided to give the genre a shot. I have never been so

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  1. Whiskey Myers Lives and Breathes Southern Rock Nashville – I always have a great appreciation for a band that doesn’t just play a certain genre of music, but lives and breathes that genre. If you’re not quite sure what I’m talking about, then buy a ticket to...
  2. The Shivers: Give Me More! The Shivers are the kind of band I feel like I should have heard about before now. Their Americana style of rock is so solid, it sounds like it could come from the ’70s (one of my favorite music decades)....
  3. Kopek Rocks The Whiskey With White Collar Lies Walking in to the Whiskey last night I knew I was in for a great show- a show I’d been waiting for for several months in fact. Kopek had been in the states promoting their latest release White Collar Lies...
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  1. Live Review: Savages at Austin City Limits Festival 2013 Austin – Watching Savages perform live is a necessary, energizing experience, a group bringing together the powerful guitar riffs of Gemma Thompson and invigorating percussive sounds from Fay Milton. Frontwoman Jehnny Beth leads the group with a strong, deep vocal...
  2. Savages Make the Rainy Cities London and Seattle Collide at Neumos London and Seattle might have an unspoken agreement between the drizzly cities that when natives of the two cities meet, presumptions of shallow and surficial friendliness can be cast aside and everyone will know that they’re all having a good...
  3. Hillstomp: No Ordinary Bluegrass Band If you think a two-man band playing rambunctious hillbilly music on a banjo and bucket set wouldn’t go far in the music world, you’d be wrong: Hillstomp’s self-described “junkbox blues” can rock fans in their home state of Oregon as...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/raucous-neo-folk-bluegrass-band-friendly-savages-charm-at-the-high-watt/feed/ 0 Southeast Engine Fires Up The Bootleg Bar http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/southeast-engine-fires-up-the-bootleg-bar/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/southeast-engine-fires-up-the-bootleg-bar/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:41:15 +0000 Generally, bluegrass-tinged folk music is not something I’d consider dance worthy, but after watching Southeast Engine perform at Los Angeles’ Bootleg Bar on Tuesday night, I may have to reconsider. The Ohio-based quartet revved up its audience as soon as it hit the stage. Led by brothers Adam and Jesse Remnant on vocals/guitar and bass,

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  1. A Conversation With Southeast Engine’s Adam Remnant It’s been a long and fruitful journey for Ohio’s Southeast Engine. The folk-rock quartet signed with Misra Records six years ago. Since then, the Ohioans have released four full-length albums, including 2011’s acclaimed Canary. This year, the four-piece released a...
  2. Ha Ha Tonka Bring a Piece of the South to Bootleg Bar Before Friday night’s show at Los Angeles’ Bootleg Bar, I had never heard of Ha Ha Tonka. I had never heard the name. I had never heard the music. Hell, I didn’t even know the namesake was a state park...
  3. PAPA Celebrates Their EP Release at The Bootleg On Wednesday night, Los Angeles’ Bootleg Theatre hosted a celebratory show for local punk-meets-soul outfit, PAPA. RACES and THE FRANKS also hailing from the City of Angels, joined the duo-turned-quartet for a kickass night of rock ‘n’ roll. The guys...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/southeast-engine-fires-up-the-bootleg-bar/feed/ 0 The Avett Brothers Take Fans On A Musical Joy Ride http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-avett-brothers-take-fans-on-a-musical-joy-ride/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-avett-brothers-take-fans-on-a-musical-joy-ride/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:12:05 +0000 When they came out for their encore, the Avett Brothers looked out at the sold out Greek Theater in Berkeley, Calif., smiled and said, “Thanks for bringin’ us back out ya’ll, been a helluva ride.” It was most certainly that. The Brothers Avett ran through a litany of their classics including “When I Drink”, “I

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  1. The Morning Benders play Big Echo at Portland’s Doug Fir Lounge San Francisco four-piece The Morning Benders played with Cults and Twin Sister at Portland’s Doug Fir Lounge on Tuesday night in support of their recent breakthrough release, Big Echo. The two openers played lively sets that seemed to intrigue the...
  2. Album Review: Trampled By Turtles, Stars and Satellites I’ve recently heard a lot of buzz about a new band, but I hear buzz about a lot of bands. One of the reasons I ignored the buzz on this particular band was because of their name, Trampled by Turtles....
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  1. Album Review: The Parlotones—Journey Through The Shadows Although The Parlotones have been making music for a while, don’t be ashamed if the name doesn’t sound familiar to you. The rock quartet has garnered a large fan base in its home country of South Africa, as well as...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-trampled-by-turtles-stars-and-satellites/feed/ 0 Ha Ha Tonka Bring a Piece of the South to Bootleg Bar http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/ha-ha-tonka-bring-a-piece-of-the-south-to-bootleg-bar/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/ha-ha-tonka-bring-a-piece-of-the-south-to-bootleg-bar/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:21:42 +0000 Before Friday night’s show at Los Angeles’ Bootleg Bar, I had never heard of Ha Ha Tonka. I had never heard the name. I had never heard the music. Hell, I didn’t even know the namesake was a state park in southern Missouri. The Springfield, Missouri-based quartet headlined the show, and to be quite honest,

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/ha-ha-tonka-bring-a-piece-of-the-south-to-bootleg-bar/feed/ 0 The Intoxicating Larry and His Flask http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/the-intoxicating-larry-and-his-flask/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/the-intoxicating-larry-and-his-flask/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:00:00 +0000 When was the last time you truly became addicted to an artist? For me, it happened unexpectedly at a certain Big Damn concert last month, when a Bend/Redmond, Oregon-based band by the name of Larry and His Flask knocked me off my feet harder than a shot of Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7. But like

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  2. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 10/4 Picked By: Monica Christoffels Who: The Devil Makes Three and Larry and His Flask Where: Domino Room in Bend, OR When: Tuesday, October 5th at 8 p.m Cost: $17 Adv, $20 at Door (purchase tickets HERE) Age Restrictions: All Ages...
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