Best New Bands » Bob Dylan 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 Featured Artist: Dawes http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-dawes/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-dawes/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:42:10 +0000 When a band is labeled as a throwback, it could be a blessing or a curse. On one hand, it means that you understand the history and foundation of where great music is made and are honoring that tradition. Contrarily, it could mean that you haven’t adapted with the times and sound old. Fortunately in

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  1. Featured Artist: The Black Angels Many will spend this week sifting through the rubble that was South-by-Southwest to see who survived and who was left behind, perhaps losing themselves in a similar way that Alan Garner lost himself in Vegas during the first Hangover. As...
  2. Album Review: Dawes, Stories Don’t End It might not have come up in conversation with every person I’ve ever met, but I feel fairly confident when I assume that at least 96% of people I’ve met in my life have at least heard of Bob Dylan,...
  3. Dawes Release First Single From Forthcoming Album Los Angeles-based rock band Dawes are proud to announce the first single from their upcoming album, Stories Don’t End. Titled “From A Window Seat,” the song recently premiered on RollingStone.com and is the first song singer Taylor Goldsmith penned for...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-dawes/feed/ 0 Artist of the Week: Mumford & Sons http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-mumford-sons/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-mumford-sons/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 06:10:48 +0000 Over the past few years, somehow, someway, retro folk has made it’s way back into the hearts and minds of music lovers across the globe, reaching heights it hasn’t really seen since Bob Dylan was strumming an acoustic guitar and singing about the times were a changing. Alas, two short years ago, a little band

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  1. Album Review: Mumford & Sons, Babel Mumford & Sons are a powerful live band. They could turn a packed venue – arena sized or clubs- into a folk revivalist party; turning doubters to believers. Combine incredibly talented and handsome-looking multi-instrumentalists Brits in their ‘30s inspired attire...
  2. Artist of the Week: Delta Rae Over the past few years, a new brand of country music has become popular. Maybe it’s due to the growing interest in the genre or perhaps there are some better new bands that are emerging. Regardless of what theory you...
  3. Artist of the Week: Chester French What happens when you’re the hottest new band on the planet, yet haven’t released an album? Then what happens when you do release it and it falls short of the ridiculously high expectation and incredible hype? Easy. You go back...
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  1. Album Review: Lianne La Havas, Is Your Love Big Enough? What’s up with British chanteuses and their affection and gifted talent for soulful love songs, anyways? Adele owes her global success to that broken love she once had while Amy Winehouse’s “Love is a Losing Game” is an ultimate love...
  2. An Album Review: Pilot Whale’s New Recitals to Attend Last week I sat down with Pilot Whale and saw the course of song perfection.  Though the album was created before the band got the process down pat, I jumped at the chance to give the whole album a listen...
  3. Album Review: Memoryhouse – The Slideshow Effect After first only endeavoring to create a multimedia project pairing sound with images between composer Evan Abeele and photographer Denise Nouvion, becoming more of a band and releasing an EP, then doing the relentless touring thing for a few years,...
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  1. Nick Foreman of Dust Congress on their latest album Open Your Eyes, the World is Shit When the sun is shining on your day off, it’s like a glorious pop song strewn with shimmering promises of long life and love. But not every day is a day off, and on a chilly Tuesday morning mid-January, you...
  2. Album Review: Fort Frances – The Daytrotter Sessions I like to think of myself as frugal, but there are those that have referred to me as cheap. I suppose it all depends on the person phrasing it, but one thing I splurge on is music. I can’t seem...
  3. Cloud Nothings: Turn it On and Turn it Up Photo by Mark Baldi The first full length from 19-year-old Dylan Baldi from Cleveland, OH under the name Cloud Nothings is what helped me wake up for a few weeks straight. The scratchy fuzzy lo-fi power pop full of messy...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-sean-hayes-before-we-turn-to-dust/feed/ 0 Artist of the Week: Ximena Sariñana http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-ximena-sari%c3%b1ana/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-ximena-sari%c3%b1ana/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 20:28:21 +0000 Ximena Sariñana may be a relatively new artist to people in the United States, but in her native Mexico, she’s a child star who’s adult career is starting to take. In some circles, she can be considered the Mexican version of Alanis Morrisette, but rather than taking the angst route, Sariñana’s music is more indie

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  1. Ximena Sariñana Redefines Herself On Her First English Album On the heels of tours with bands Fitz & the Tantrums and Ray LaMontagne, Mexican singer, songwriter and keyboardist Ximena Sariñana recently released her self-titled, major label, debut English album. The album fuses pop and dance to a new audience,...
  2. Artist of the Week: Silversun Pickups For the past half-decade, Silversun Pickups have brought their brand of fuzzed out, droned guitar rock to the masses. The quartet has been one of the best new bands to come from the indie hotbed of Silver Lake in Los...
  3. Artist of the Week: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros It’s been a long strange trip for Alexander Ebert. Before he formed the much buzzed about new band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, he was the frontman for Ima Robot. But after the band dissolved, nobody would have thought...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-ximena-sari%c3%b1ana/feed/ 0 Album Review: The White Buffalo – Once Upon A Time In The West http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-the-white-buffalo-once-upon-a-time-in-the-west/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-the-white-buffalo-once-upon-a-time-in-the-west/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:17:46 +0000 After releasing multiple EPs over the years and several months of anxiously waiting, The White Buffalo’s full-length, Once Upon A Time In The West, is finally available for mass consumption. Released today through Unison Music Group, and although it’s only the end of February, it’s safe to say that this album is easily one of

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  1. Q&A: The White Buffalo The White Buffalo, aka Jake Smith, represents an authentic homage to the times of hard touring, hard drinking artists who truly lived what they sang about. Currently on tour with reggae artist, Mishka, The White Buffalo is supporting the upcoming...
  2. Artist of the Week: The White Buffalo Centuries ago Native Americans told stories of the mysterious and elusive white buffalo. It was said to be sacred and on the rare occasion (1 in 10 million buffalo or bison are white) one was seen it was thought to...
  3. What’s New With Young Buffalo It’s been a few months since BestNewBands.com caught up with Young Buffalo. Since Daniel’s Q&A with now former member Alex Von Hardberger, they’ve hit some bumps and had some changes of plan, but also released a new track and have...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-the-white-buffalo-once-upon-a-time-in-the-west/feed/ 0 Airborne Toxic Event, Silversun Pickups, Gaslight Anthem and More Cover Dylan for the Chimes of Freedom Compilation http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/airborne-toxic-event-silversun-pickups-gaslight-anthem-and-more-cover-dylan-for-the-chimes-of-freedom-compilation/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/airborne-toxic-event-silversun-pickups-gaslight-anthem-and-more-cover-dylan-for-the-chimes-of-freedom-compilation/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:31:25 +0000 When I was about 12 years old, I openly mocked my father for his love of Bob Dylan. I used to say things like, “He’s such a horrible singer and sounds like he’s gurgling glass.” One day, presumably tired of my inane, pedantic ramblings he turned to me and said, “You talk about him as

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  1. Album Review: The Airborne Toxic Event’s “All At Once” Falls Short Artist: The Airborne Toxic Event Album: All At Once (second full-length album) Release Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 Genre: Alternative, rock The Airborne Toxic Event finally released a second album after years of anticipation from fans such as myself (their...
  2. Concert Review: The Airborne Toxic Event Plays Sin City Back in my hometown of Las Vegas, I had the privilege to see The Airborne Toxic Event play Sin City for their first time.  So, on this characteristically warm Sunday night I cruised through the refreshingly un-traffic-y streets and down...
  3. Concert Review: The Airborne Toxic Event Exhilarates the Music Box Up into Hollywood, climbing streets, dodging pedestrians and stopped cars, I went. Only a few hours ago, it feels like years. Paid a stranger to take my car—strange, when you put it like that. I stood in front of The...
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  1. Not Your Average Stones Tribute Album The awesome folks at Reimagine Music are at it again. If you managed to take a look at their Bob Dylan tribute album, which was reviewed here two weeks ago, then you saw the incredible lineup they had cranking out...
  2. Album Review: Dreamers of the Ghetto – Enemy/Lover I get a lot of requests to review albums. It’s a consequence and a blessing of being a writer. I’m not particularly enamored by all the new music I hear, but once in a while, I’ll hear something and can’t...
  3. An Album Review-Matt & Kim’s Sidewalks On Tuesday, Matt & Kim dropped their latest album, Sidewalks.  The CD is their third to hit the charts since last year’s Grand.  It is sad to say but Matt & Kim’s recent effort at music making has been hit...
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  2. Marissa Nadler Plays an Intimate Set at Littlefield Marissa Nadler Saturday night (7/30) Marissa Nadler played the 2nd to last show of her current tour at Littlefield in Brooklyn. Littlefield is another one of those Brooklyn venues that seem to appear out of nowhere; you’re on what looks...
  3. Nadler’s Third Solo LP Shows Great Promise As we discussed last week, Marissa Nadler is on the rise. The Boston-based singer/songwriter is releasing her third album, which is self-titled, independently. The album kicks off with “In Your Lair, Bear,” which is six minutes of skeletal chords and...
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