The Apollo Effect came on to my radar when they uploaded their video for “The Honeymoon is Over” (posted below) to BNBTV. Their sound is a little bit of 80s glam, a little 90s-Brit angst, and maybe a little 2000s era post-grunge/pop-punk. Basically, the band sounds a bit like if The Killers’ Hot Fuss-era Brandon
Start your weekend off with a selection of music by artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com. “Outside the City” – Young Galaxy Kelly Knapp caught this stellar act at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn last weekend. Kelly wrote, “Young Galaxy’s set was pretty entrancing in a danceable way. This was a band with original synth
BestNewBands.com This week, on BNBTV, we have been graced by a band called Noughts and Exes. With their video “Start of Us,” this Hong-Kong based multicultural band–with members from Hong Kong, Canada, Australia and Britain–brings a taste of their structurally (and culturally) diverse, folk rock sound. In this video alone, it is evident that
BestNewBands.com My first thoughts on watching this gorgeous video by Creature Colony were something quite unplaceable. I was washed over with nostalgia, I could feel my eye softening, my jaw relaxing and melting downwards. What am I watching?…What am I hearing that reminds me so much of being young and inspired? This animation–where a streamlined
BestNewBands.com Today we’re looking at a whole new realm of music outside of the indie-alt-rock-bubble: Latin. Andres Del Mar, a Chilean singer/musician, leads us into this unexplored genre with his songs “Contando Estrellas” and “Quizás, Tal Vez, No Sé”–two pop heavy tunes made sexy from a Spanish roll of the tongue. My only experience with
BestNewBands.com Genre: Funk, Soul Mood: Party time, upbeat Just like Minneapolis seemed to deliver a slew of talented acts to BNBTV (Hastings 3000, Phantom Tails, The Goondas), Portland area bands have been gracing our internet stage, starting with The Stagger and Sway. So get your fedoras out, ’cause before us we have a group embracing
BestNewBands.com Take a pinch of Death Cab for Cutie’s honest but evocative lyrical style. Add a dash of Ben Lee-sounding vocals. Combine with a vintage Tom Petty feel, and mix with a hint of folk-country twang. Sprinkle with a warm sense of community. Your tasty result? Eugene, Oregon’s The Stagger and Sway. With this video,
BestNewBands.com Warning: this is not Sigur Ros. If you refer to Ólafur Arnalds as such, he will probably be offended. Fresh off his one night engagement at the Echoplex in Los Angeles (read the review here), I got to talk with Arnalds about his music and background. Also, I attempted to capture this mind-blowing show
BestNewBands.com Minneapolis does it again, this time responsible for the futuristic one-man band Hastings 3000. I have to believe Joe Hastings, the single man behind the act, has some impressively ambidextrous brain capabilities–he plays the guitar while operating his feet on separate kick-drums and singing at the same time–all while sound pretty darn good. And
BestNewBands.com People By the Sea, comprised of husband and wife Leah Grounds and Jake Irwin and brother Dan Irwin is a heartfelt amalgam of rock, pop, folk, and sentimental singer-songwriter sounds. I have been wary of their presence from word around the UCLA campus (the band formed at UCLA) and was first blown away by