Best New Bands » Check Yo Ponytail 2 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 Crystal Fighters Tear Down The Echoplex http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/crystal-fighters-tear-down-the-echoplex/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/crystal-fighters-tear-down-the-echoplex/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 05:11:20 +0000 Tuesday night marked my second venture to a Check Yo Ponytail 2 event, and just like my first experience, the night included energetic, electronic, dance-inducing acts, with Crystal Fighters as the headliner. Before this show, I honestly did not know much about the London-via-Spain electronic five-piece, but as soon as the performance ended, I rectified

Continue Reading →

The post Crystal Fighters Tear Down The Echoplex appeared first on Best New Bands.

Related posts:

  1. Delta Spirit Leads A Spiritual Revival In San Francisco The floor was shaking, hands were raised to the sky and the man on the microphone was pontificating emphatically as sweat rolled down his furrowed brow. Was I in the Abyssinian Baptist Church celebrating a revival? I might as well have...
  2. The Lumineers Take Evanston By Storm At this point in my life I have seen thousands of bands, ranging from the biggest in the world to new bands, and I’ve never seen a group of performers happier to be on a stage playing then The Lumineers....
  3. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Woo The Greek It’s hard to believe that a mere two-and-a-half years ago I was watching Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros play at Portland’s small Holocene club. I had been following Alex Ebert’s other band, Ima Robot, for years, so when I...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/crystal-fighters-tear-down-the-echoplex/feed/ 0 The Drums Kickstart L.A.’s Heartbeat http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-drums-kickstart-la-s-heartbeat/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-drums-kickstart-la-s-heartbeat/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:57:19 +0000 In an indie music scene replete with guitar-strumming, apathetic lead singers, The Drums’ Jonny Pierce is bringing back the frontman. He led the Brooklyn boys through a near-90-minute set Tuesday night that left the audience panting and drenched in sweat, and not just because of the Echoplex’s poor ventilation. The show, put on by tastemakers

Continue Reading →

The post The Drums Kickstart L.A.’s Heartbeat appeared first on Best New Bands.

Related posts:

  1. A Minute with The Drums After my first time hearing “Let’s Go Surfing” by the Brooklyn born indie pop band The Drums I was hooked. Their sound is simple, catchy and addictive. Their debut self-titled album (Released in 2010) received a lot of buzz and...
  2. Listen to The Drums The Drums is an indie-pop band, by way of Brooklyn, New York. Influenced by bands like The Smiths and Orange Juice, Jonathan Pierce and Jacob Graham met at summer camp and formed a mutual interest in music. The pair formed...
  3. The Pierces Share A Secret At The Hotel Cafe Finishing up a successful stint in the City of Angels, The Pierces brought their show to the Hotel Café last night. Usually, a late night Tuesday gig may as well be the graveyard shift, but the alt-folk outfit nailed it...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-drums-kickstart-la-s-heartbeat/feed/ 0