Best New Bands » CHVRCHES 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 6 New Bands to Catch at Capitol Hill Block Party http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/6-new-bands-catch-capitol-hill-block-party/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/6-new-bands-catch-capitol-hill-block-party/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2016 06:41:30 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32156 Seattle — Now in its 20th year, Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party kicks off on July 22 and runs through July 24. Featuring headliners Odesza, CHVRCHES, and Washed Out, and a diverse lineup of indie pop, electronica, hip hop, funk, and more, CHBP asserts itself as one of the premier summer music festivals of the

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  1. 4 New Bands At Day One Of Capitol Hill Block Party Seattle – Streets are closed, rainbow sidewalks are slowly becoming littered with cigarette butts and coffee cups, and a certain Seattle recreation is being enjoyed…yes, the annual Capitol Hill Block Party is in full swing. For three days, Seattle’s Capitol...
  2. New Bands At Capitol Hill Block Party – Day 2 Seattle – After Capitol Hill Block Party kicked off with a bang on Friday, day two of the festival continued to see top-notch local, national, and international acts, enjoyed by audience members of all ages. While some highlights of the...
  3. New Bands At Capitol Hill Block Party – Sunday Edition Seattle – Hacky sack circles, animal onesies, bubble machines, and electrical fires…just another typical day at the neighborhood block party. After two stellar days of music Friday and Saturday, Sunday closed out the annual Capitol Hill Block Party with blowout...
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  1. 7 New Bands We Loved At Bonnaroo Day 1 Manchester, TN – Well here we are again: another sunny weekend full of blistering heat and multitudes of glorious debauchery to be witnessed down at Great Stage Park in Manchester. The annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in south central Tennessee always promises...
  2. 10 New Bands to See at Bonnaroo 2016 Chicago – Ah, yes, festival season is in full swing! And for many, the mecca of music festivals is fast approaching. That would be Bonnaroo, of course. The four-day long camping festival in Manchester, Tennessee has long been a favorite among...
  3. 4 New Bands at Bonnaroo: Day 4 Manchester Tennessee – The final day of Bonnaroo was a slow, hot one. People moved at a snail’s pace. The sun burnt shoulders, arms, and noses. Dust blew in every direction. But despite it all, good vibes and happiness seemed...
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  1. Of Monsters And Men Premiere New Video – Add Tour Dates New York –  Of Monsters And Men exclusively premiere their new music video for “Crystals”. It’s the first single from the group’s anxiously anticipated second full-length record, Beneath The Skin [Republic Records], in stores everywhere and available through all digital partners on June 9, 2015.  You can...
  2. alt-J Announce More Tour Dates -Share New Video New York – Leeds based band, alt-J, is proud to announce their largest North American show to date, at the Hollywood Bowl on October 15, 2015. The band will also play Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre on October 13,...
  3. Albert Hammond Jr. Shares New Song “Losing Touch” via Sharable SoundCloud Stream New York – Albert Hammond Jr. is pleased to offer his new song ”Losing Touch” through a sharable SoundCloud stream. Preceded by “Born Slippy”, “Losing Touch” is the second song Hammond Jr. has released from his forthcoming solo album, Momentary Masters, out 7/31...
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  1. New Bands Highlight Record Store Day’s Black Friday Releases New York – No turkeys here; just a Thanksgiving feast.  For the fourth year, Record Store Day will help the more than 700 independently owned record stores in the U.S. (and thousands more internationally) by kicking off the holiday shopping...
  2. Ready, Set, Shop…It’s Record Store Day: Black Friday Edition!   New York – While the Black Friday shopping experience has become as big a part of the Thanksgiving ritual for some as Thursday’s turkey feast itself, 2013 marks just the fourth year that Record Store Day has organized it’s own holiday event for the...
  3. Record Store Day – Special Releases By New Bands New York – Record Store Day is just a week away! Marked as a day of record store culture celebration, and when hundreds of artists release special vinyls, CDs, and cassettes, rarities and splits, to remind us why physical stores...
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  1. 4 New Bands At Riot Fest – Day 2 Chicago – For me, day two of Riot Fest got off to a rocky start. Between sleeping through my alarm and getting stuck in traffic, I was starting to wonder if I’d ever find my way to Humboldt Park. I...
  2. 5 New Bands To See At Riot Fest Chicago – While others are ushering in the Fall with pumpkin spice lattes and already working at piecing together Halloween costumes, Chicagoans are refusing to let go of summer. At least for one more weekend, anyway. Beginning this Friday, September...
  3. 4 New Bands at Riot Fest – Day 1 Chicago – For as much as Chicagoans want to hold onto summer, the first day of Riot Fest proved it is officially gone. Gloves, hats, and scarves were the accessory of the day in Humboldt Park, where rain fell all...
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  1. 10 New Bands to See at Lollapalooza Chicago – Lollapalooza is finally upon us! You’ve been counting down the days to see your favorite bands, but what about all those new bands? Have no fear, we’re here to help. We’ve comprised a list of ten new bands...
  2. 5 New Bands at Pitchfork – Day Two Chicago – Saturday, Saturday, Saturday! Are you singing a little Elton? I was during day two of Pitchfork Festival. Right from the start, I was feeling it, thanks to one of my favorite local bands- but there were plenty of...
  3. 5 Of The Best New Bands At Lollapalooza “Jesus loves you… No he doesn’t!” Cue fuzz distortion as Nathan Williams orchestrates the rowdiness with “Paranoid” off Wavves’ latest album “Afraid of Heights”. It was all killer no filler with Wavves, rarely stopping to chat or even tune, preferring an ambush...
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  1. New Bands At Lollapalooza 2013: Sunday Palma Violets: 1:00pm, Bud Light Stage These lads from Lambeth, London have been labeled the next big thing across the pond, so it only should be a matter of time until Palma Violets strike a similar match with us Yankees....
  2. 5 Of The Best New Bands At Lollapalooza “Jesus loves you… No he doesn’t!” Cue fuzz distortion as Nathan Williams orchestrates the rowdiness with “Paranoid” off Wavves’ latest album “Afraid of Heights”. It was all killer no filler with Wavves, rarely stopping to chat or even tune, preferring an ambush...
  3. Chvrches Surpass Expectations at Nashville’s Exit/In Nashville – Chvrches debut album, The Bones of What You Believe, was released just over two months ago. In two months, word about the trio’s 80s, synthpop sound spread from the UK to the rest of the English speaking world....
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  1. 5 More New Bands To Check Out At Coachella Over the past week, we’ve showcased the best new bands to check out at Coachella. Like last week, we’ve dedicated our Artist of the Week feature will again take a look at some of our favorite new bands to play...
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  2. Album Preview: CHVRCHES – The Bones of What You Believe It was only a matter of time before Glasgow based CHVRCHES broke through into the consciousness of mainstream radio listeners.  The three-piece consisting of Laura Mayberry, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty met in 2011 after the latter pair asked Mayberry...
  3. Sasquatch!: DIIV, Earl Sweatshirt, Grimes, CHVRCHES Editor’s Note: Our Zach Klassen was on hand at Sasquatch! this year. Here are his dispatches from the event. DIIV If I had any doubts about DIIV before, I now realize it is only because I hadn’t seen them live....
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/chvrches-surpass-expectations-at-nashville-s-exit-in/feed/ 0 Mixtape – CHVRCHES, FKA Twigs, The Rubens, Lucius and more http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-chvrches-fka-twigs-the-rubens-lucius-and-more/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-chvrches-fka-twigs-the-rubens-lucius-and-more/#comments Wed, 25 Sep 2013 03:05:44 +0000   New York – More fresh tunes cropped up, plus new engaging pieces from a couple of our most recent additions to the BestNewBands.com family. On the ground in London we now have James Somerside, who contributed a preview for what is the most hyped and anticipated albums out this week – CHVRCHES The Bones of

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