Best New Bands » chillwave 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 Small Black Find New Dimensions on ‘Best Blues’ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/small-black-find-new-dimensions-best-blues/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/small-black-find-new-dimensions-best-blues/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2015 01:04:49 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=27624 Los Angeles – Small Black may be the most underrated band in indie rock. After crafting two terrific LPs, can the band’s new LP Best Blues finally serve as their breakthrough record? Let’s back track for a moment. On their debut, New Chain, the Brooklyn quartet fell into the genre of chillwave. With lo-fi production

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