Best New Bands » CMJ 2012 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 Fort Lean – Change Your Name EP http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/fort-lean-change-your-name-ep/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/fort-lean-change-your-name-ep/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:06:17 +0000 Since the first time I caught jangly surf-rock band Fort Lean live, about two years ago when I didn’t know anything about them up to now, they’ve really started to emerge as one of those aspiring bands in Brooklyn. Not only have they been more talked about, musically they’ve begun carving a more meaningful niche

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  1. Album Review: Fort Lean – Fort Lean EP Brooklyn’s Fort Lean yearns to be the biggest band in the world and have the work ethic to back it up, at least that’s their claim. They want to be Springsteen, U2 or Oasis. Again these are things they’ve chosen...
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  1. Braids Announce Fall Tour Braids, the Canadian experimental pop group who releasedNative Speaker in 2011, have reinvented themselves in the making of their second full length. Countless late-night drives have steered their attention towards new techno and house genres, deepening their appreciation of electronic...
  2. BRAIDS Amaze the Crowd at the Bottom of the Hill On Tuesday night, I made my way to the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco to catch a bill that I have been looking forward to for nearly a month. The lineup was topped with Montreal based trippy art...
  3. Cloud Nothings, BRAIDS, & Toro y Moi at the Doug Fir, Portland cloud nothings Friday night’s show at the Doug Fir Lounge in South East Portland was all about variety, as three bands with completely different sounds took the stage one after another. First on was Cloud Nothings, who appeared promptly at...
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  3. Knife Party To Release Rage Valley EP May 28 2012 Since releasing their debut EP 100% No Modern Talking in 2011, the past 4 months have been a whirlwind of success forKnife Party- the four tracks have received over 500,000 downloads worldwide and Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen have been...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/cmj-2012-day-4-dent-may-and-turbo-fruits/feed/ 0 CMJ 2012 Highlights: Daughn Gibson, METZ, and King Tuff http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/cmj-2012-highlights-daughn-gibson-metz-and-king-tuff/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/cmj-2012-highlights-daughn-gibson-metz-and-king-tuff/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:29:04 +0000 Thursday night of CMJ ended up being good for sweat and beer at Knitting Factory, but it didn’t start out that way. The first musician I caught there was Daughn Gibson. who paired some dark country croonin’ with electronic beats. He was joined by a librarian-esque keyboard player, who added an extra layer of dusty

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  2. Elle King Selected As Opening Act For Of Monsters And Men Elle King, a brand new RCA Records artist has been hand-picked as the opening act for OF MONSTERS AND MEN on a slew of upcoming theater dates. Before heading out on tour,   Elle King will be performing at the CMJ...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/cmj-2012-highlights-daughn-gibson-metz-and-king-tuff/feed/ 0 More CMJ 2012 Highlights: Buke and Gase, Death Grips, and Flying Lotus http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/more-cmj-2012-highlights-buke-and-gase-death-grips-and-flying-lotus/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/more-cmj-2012-highlights-buke-and-gase-death-grips-and-flying-lotus/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:24:49 +0000 I’m just going to go ahead and say the NPR/WNYC Soundcheck showcase at Le Poisson Rouge was the hottest showcase of CMJ this year. Just about every media outlet was there, and it was broadcast live. Ali Shaheed Muhammad from A Tribe Called Quest DJ’d in between sets, remarking that we were a tough crowd.

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  1. Death Grips Sign to Epic, Offer New Video, Releasing Two Records in 2012 As a follow up to their critically acclaimed debut Ex Military, Death Grips will release two albums this year on Epic Records. The Money Store will be released April 24th and includes the new songs “Blackjack” and “Get Got”.   PREMIERE: “GET...
  2. Flying Lotus To Release New Album And Tour This Fall Flying Lotus will be releasing Until The Quiet Comes, the long-awaited follow-up to 2010′s Cosmogramma on October 2 on Warp Records. Composed, according to the rapper, as “a collage of mystical states, dreams, sleep and lullabies”, the new album has...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/more-cmj-2012-highlights-buke-and-gase-death-grips-and-flying-lotus/feed/ 0 CMJ Highlights: Corrupt Autopilot and Juicebox http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/cmj-highlights-corrupt-autopilot-and-juicebox/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/cmj-highlights-corrupt-autopilot-and-juicebox/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:26:56 +0000 After the first day of CMJ panels and wrapping my head around the overly ambitious music schedule I had created (as well as juuuusst missing last call for the open bar at the press mixer), I decided a pizza party at L’asso should be my first stop. That’s where I ran into the congenial guys

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  3. Turbo Fruits Record Release Show at Mercury Lounge You may want to consult your physician before attending a Turbo Fruits show. If you have a weak neck, weak lungs, or a bad liver, you may want to check out that solo acoustic show down the street instead. The...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-cmj-2012/feed/ 0 Turbo Fruits Record Release Show at Mercury Lounge http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/turbo-fruits-record-release-show-at-mercury-lounge/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/turbo-fruits-record-release-show-at-mercury-lounge/#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:55:31 +0000 You may want to consult your physician before attending a Turbo Fruits show. If you have a weak neck, weak lungs, or a bad liver, you may want to check out that solo acoustic show down the street instead. The band’s record release show at Mercury Lounge Thursday night actually wasn’t their wildest show, but

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