Picked By: Daniel Kohn Who: Yael Naim Where: The Hotel Café, Los Angeles, CA When: Monday, May 16th at 8pm Cost: $20 Age Restritions: 21+
BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 5/16/11
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 with the pizzicato violin riff…I started playing that and humming the melody. It was one
MEN At Work: Brooklyn Dance Trio Takes NYC First
Last week, for the first time, in New York’s Bowery Ballroom, I watched MEN in costumes dance. I watched MEN sing. I watched MEN jam. Wait, I paid to watch dudes? I kid, of course (and to the readers, I apologize, I usually try to avoid bad puns). The Brooklyn-based disco-funk dance trio, fronted by
MEN Kick Off North American Tour Next Week in NYC
Last month, I reviewed the debut album by Brooklyn-based, electronically-rooted but every other genre but country-fused band MEN, which you can read HERE. Talk About Body is a very accomplished debut for a trio of individuals who have an accomplished musical lineage. JD Samson, of celebrated band Le Tigre has created a robsut combination of
Akron/Family and Delicate Steve Bring Experimental Beauty to Brooklyn
Last night, Delicate Steve and Akron/Family took to the stage of a sold-out Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. The room was an eclectic mix of hipsters, music aficionados and indie-rock fans (sometimes as the same person). Delicate Steve, or the 23-year-old virtuoso also known as Steve Marion, recently burst onto the scene with the impressive
New York’s Bowery Ballroom: BestNewBands.com’s Venue of the Year for 2010
We grabbed the pic above and the following description of 2010′s Venue of the Year, New York’s Bowery Ballroom, from Clubzone.com: Outfitted in classy Art Deco style, this three-level former shoe store has a downstairs lounge and a 500-capacity concert hall. The Ballroom plays home to mid-scale touring acts, with big-name indie-rockers sharing the stage
Best Venues of 2010
Voting for the Best Venues of 2010 has closed, but here’s a look at some of the nominees from the category. El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA Earlier this month, Claire Gallagher caught “adorable” Kina Grannis at the El Rey. Claire wrote, “Kina began her set around 10 to a roar of applause from
Weekend Playlist – Best Videos of 2010
Today we’ll be trying something different for the Weekend Playlist: instead of audio, we’ll be featuring the nominees for Best Videos of 2010. Enjoy! “Bergerac” – Back Pocket Memory: Leona Laurie interviewed the Burbank, CA band in early November. Here’s an excerpt of their conversation: LL: If you had to choose five words to describe
The Greenhornes: What is a Boy Band?
The Greenhornes played last night at the Bowery Ballroom with their classic mix of power garage sublimated through a doo-wop channel. Opened for by The Ettes and Fergus and Geronimo (sadly only a poor-man’s Greenhornes) the soulful trio, made up of Craig Fox, Patrick Keeler and Jack Lawrence, took the stage around 9:15pm to a
BestNewBands.com’s YEAR END BEST OF: Best Venue of 2010
It’s the end of the year, and at BestNewBands.com, that means that our staff have compiled their favorites for the year, and we’d like YOU to choose the top ten in each category. This week, we’ll be asking you to vote on the Best Video, Best Concert/Event, Best Venue, Best Song, Best Album and Best Artist