Best New Bands » British singers 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 Ellie Goulding Brings The Light On A Dreary Day http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/ellie-goulding-brings-the-light-on-a-dreary-day/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/ellie-goulding-brings-the-light-on-a-dreary-day/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:10:10 +0000 Dark Saturday afternoons in Los Angeles, especially in October, usually signal gloom and doom. After all, who would want to leave the safe enclave of their home when the weather as of late has been in the upper ‘70s and sunny? Alas, very few things on a college football Saturday seemed enticing, and on this

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  1. Artist of the Week: Ellie Goulding For a woman with only two albums to her name, Ellie Goulding has made the most of her time in the public eye. The 25-year-old British singer is making a name for herself by conquering radio with her brand of...
  2. Celilo Brings The Darkness Into The Light Celilo have been quite the indie darlings since the release of their album Bending Mirrors in 2009. The alt-country, self-described ‘bootgazing’ five piece from Portland has seen their share of hardship and triumph over the last few years. Since the...
  3. Delorean Brings Barcelonan Dance Rock to Soho on 9/1 Last night the Spanish quartet arrived at Soho with a beat in their heads and more than a little pep in their step. Their upbeat indie-dance tunes head everyone on the dance floor cutting loose, including themselves (see keyboardist Unai...
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  1. Ben Howard Sells Out The Troubadour When a new band or musician tries to win the hearts and minds of the American public, they usually face an uphill battle. When they’re a British band or musician who’s received accolades and fame in their native land, the...
  2. Acclaimed British Singer/Songwriter Ben Howard Plays The States So far it’s been a busy 2012 for British singer/songwriter Ben Howard. April saw the release of the new artist’s debut record in the U.S., Every Kingdom and since then, he’s been touring vigorously. 2011 was a breakthrough year for...
  3. Artist of the Week: Alabama Shakes Over the past 18 months, you’d be hard-pressed to find a group that’s exploded onto the music scene as fast as the Alabama Shakes. Hailing from Athens of their namesake state, the Brittney Howard-fronted outfit has gone from playing small...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-ben-howard/feed/ 2 Album Review: Lianne La Havas, Is Your Love Big Enough? http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-lianne-la-havas-is-your-love-big-enough/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-lianne-la-havas-is-your-love-big-enough/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:06:45 +0000 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 song curse. Then there’s instrumentalist crooner like Corinne Bailey Rae whose neo-soul love numbers have

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  1. Album Review: DIgitalism’s “I Love You, Dude” Let me preface this review with this: I know little about electronic music.  I’m working with basically Daft Punk, a little bit of Justice and Deadmau5, Air, and Hot Chip as my main references/points of comparison.  However, I look at...
  2. Album Review: Sharliza Jelita, Strange Things My search for groundbreaking Southeastern Asian gems has led me to this eccentric London-based, Singaporean-born soul by the name of Sharliza Jelita. Sharliza is indeed her name (with last name Rahman); but coming from a Malay/Java point-of-view, to end a...
  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,...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-lianne-la-havas-is-your-love-big-enough/feed/ 1 Artist of the Week: Michael Kiwanuka http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-michael-kiwanuka/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-michael-kiwanuka/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:45:28 +0000 Over the past few months, soul music has had a bit of a revival. You’ve seen here on our site with features on Mayer Hawthorne and Frank Ocean, and likely multiple other outlets as well. Why is soul making a comeback? Easy. When you have singers who understand the history and meaning of the genre,

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  1. Michael Kiwanuka releases his new EP, ‘Home Again’ on January 3rd British soul-singer Michael Kiwanuka is proud to announce the release of his newest EP, ‘Home Again,’ via Cherrytree/Interscope Records, on January 3rd 2012. The three-song EP will only be available digitally in the US. For full track-listing, see below. Following...
  2. Album Review: Michael Kiwanuka, Home Again I’m a bit of a music savant. I love a lot of music from different genres. I’m not bragging because music is my passion. There’s so much amazing music that has been recorded in the past 100 years that we...
  3. Michael Kiwanuka Announces US Tour Dates for Fall Following a short, yet successful jaunt in June, Michael Kiwanuka announces his first lengthy coast to coast U.S. tour for the fall, kicking off in New York City at Webster Hall on September 18. Michael will be returning to New...
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  1. Michael Kiwanuka releases his new EP, ‘Home Again’ on January 3rd British soul-singer Michael Kiwanuka is proud to announce the release of his newest EP, ‘Home Again,’ via Cherrytree/Interscope Records, on January 3rd 2012. The three-song EP will only be available digitally in the US. For full track-listing, see below. Following...
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  3. Album Review: The White Buffalo – Once Upon A Time In The West 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...
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  1. Nicki Bluhm Puts A Spell on San Francisco In the middle of her set at the Independent in San Francisco, Thursday night, Nicki Bluhm removed the green sweater she was wearing over a black backless shirt and began to belt out Linda Ronstadt’s country hit “You’re No Good”...
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