Best New Bands » BNBTV Spotlight 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 An Interview with Toronto’s The Apollo Effect http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/an-interview-with-torontos-the-apollo-effect/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/an-interview-with-torontos-the-apollo-effect/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 17:00:00 +0000 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

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  2. An Interview with an Unknown Name in Mainstream Rock: THE HUSH (Photo from The Hush’s Facebook Page) The Hush is a Los Angeles based band with a modern rock edge backed by killer vocals and a big dose of drama.  They boast an accessible, upbeat sound along the lines of Queen...
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  1. Weekend Playlist – March 11, 2011 Start your weekend off right with a selection of tunes from this week’s featured artists on BestNewBands.com. “The Dead Dog” – Portugal. The Man Monica Christoffels previewed Portugal. The Man’s set at the Snowball Music Festival in Colorado last weekend....
  2. Weekend Playlist – March 4, 2011 Start your Friday off right with a selection of music from this week’s featured artists on BestNewBands.com “White Daisy Passing” – Rocky Votolato Laurel Kathleen caught the “truly gifted lyricist and vocalist” at the Troubador last Saturday. Laurel wrote, “Though...
  3. Weekend Playlist – March 18, 2011 Start your weekend off with a selection of music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com “Heat Wave” – Princess Pangolin In this week’s BackStory installment, Julie Carpenter of Princess Pangolin shares the story behind “Heat Wave.” This song started...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-march-25-2011/feed/ 0 BNBTV Spotlight: Noughts and Exes, “Start of Us” http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bnbtv-spotlight-noughts-and-exes-start-of-us/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bnbtv-spotlight-noughts-and-exes-start-of-us/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:00:00 +0000 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

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  1. BNBTV Spotlight: Roman Holiday, “The Long Way Home” BestNewBands.com Roman Holiday is at it again in all their Kings-of-Leon-y-pop-rock glory.  With their newest single “The Long Way Home”, this Seattle band gives an all-star effort, but unfortunately doesn’t hit a home run (wah wah wahh).  The song is...
  2. BNBTV Spotlight: People By the Sea, “Take Me Backwards” 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...
  3. BNBTV Spotlight: Ill, “A” BestNewBands.com This week we have before us a video that has long been in the queue for recognition.  I have talked to the band Ill a little and, in true rock star fashion, they deferred from consistence responses.  I have...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bnbtv-spotlight-noughts-and-exes-start-of-us/feed/ 0 BNBTV Spotlight: Creature Colony, “Smear” http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bnbtv-spotlight-creature-colony-smear/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bnbtv-spotlight-creature-colony-smear/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:00:00 +0000 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

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  1. BNBTV Spotlight: Applespacebar, “Simplify” BestNewBands.com With so much synth and experimental action gracing the alternative music scene recently, I relax a little to listen to a classic guitar-driven alternative rock band such as the oh-so-ironically-titled Applespacebar.  With sounds reminiscent of Jimmy Eat World and...
  2. BNBTV Spotlight: The Sunshine Factory, “Twisted and Clover” BestNewBands.com Call me ignorant, but for some reason I don’t usually connect Mobile, Alabama with psychadelia—especially psychedelic rock. However, this might change thanks to The Sunshine Factory.  We have before us a dynamic trio somehow creating a simultaneously different and...
  3. BNBTV Spotlight: Ólafur Arnalds 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...
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  1. BNBTV Spotlight: Phantom Tails, “All Good Things” BestNewBands.com   I have a really big crush on Minneapolis right now.  I get butterflies in my stomach thinking of Twin Cities acts such as Atmosphere, The Goondas (check them out on bestnewbands.com), Zoo Animal, and, now, up-and-comers Phantom Tails. ...
  2. BNBTV Spotlight: The Sunshine Factory, “Twisted and Clover” BestNewBands.com Call me ignorant, but for some reason I don’t usually connect Mobile, Alabama with psychadelia—especially psychedelic rock. However, this might change thanks to The Sunshine Factory.  We have before us a dynamic trio somehow creating a simultaneously different and...
  3. BNBTV Spotlight: Manimal House, “Comet” 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...
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  1. BackStory: Stagger and Sway’s “Sam Bond’s Garage” In this BackStory feature, Mike Last of Eugene’s Stagger and Sway explains the story behind the band’s tribute to local bar Sam Bond’s Garage. This is a song about the intangible magic of our favorite places. It was inspired by...
  2. Staggering, Swaying at Sam Bond’s Garage? Blame It On the Beer At Sam Bond’s Garage, there are certain things one can always count on: a packed house, and stronger-than-you’d-suspect beer. Local musicians Stagger & Sway know this, and even penned an ode to the notorious Eugene bar that encaptures the weird...
  3. BNBTV Spotlight: The Sunshine Factory, “Twisted and Clover” BestNewBands.com Call me ignorant, but for some reason I don’t usually connect Mobile, Alabama with psychadelia—especially psychedelic rock. However, this might change thanks to The Sunshine Factory.  We have before us a dynamic trio somehow creating a simultaneously different and...
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  2. BNBTV Spotlight: Verity in Stereo, “One Shot” BestNewBands.com Verity in Stereo. Hmm.  My first reaction is to look up the word ‘verity.’ verity |ˈveritē|: noun ( pl. -ties), a true principle or belief, esp. one of fundamental importance : the eternal verities. Now, “in Stereo”?  How about...
  3. BNBTV Spotlight: thatwasthen, “This Is War” BestNewBands.com   So I press play on this video, and I’m watching…and I’m watching and I’m thinking…this looks familiar…really familiar.  Oh ya! I was totally at this concert.  And now it makes sense why there were so many people videoing...
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