Best New Bands » Cults 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 Cults Bring Heart and Heartbreak to Chicago http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/cults-bring-heart-and-heartbreak-to-chicago/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/cults-bring-heart-and-heartbreak-to-chicago/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2014 23:15:54 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/wp_bnb/?p=17340 Chicago – Heartbreak and romance tend to birth beauty in artists, and Cults know all too well about this. Guitarist Brian Oblivion and singer Madeline Follin’s reflections on love, life, and their unraveling relationship have combined for a breathtaking new LP, Static. Oblivion and Follin gained attention back in 2010 with the single “Go Outside,” before

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  1. Cults Mix the Past and Present at Wonder Ballroom As a currency, nostalgia seems to be more valuable than ever.  Thanks to the Internet, the neatly packaged annals of human history are available everywhere, at any time. People are now archivists of this information, with rediscovered art currents blooming...
  2. The Cults take over San Francisco’s Clift Hotel On Sunday night, the Clift Hotel in San Francisco continued their successful free concert series run with a performance from the New York Indie Lo-Fi band the Cults.  Having just formed as a band in 2010, this project has already...
  3. Brick + Mortar Bring New Meaning to Drum & Bass Chicago – I recently was sitting in traffic, blasting the radio to drown out the honking horns, when a hypnotizing song started to play. It started off with an eerie melody, followed by a ghostly voice and a killer beat....
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  1. Brahms Takes The Stage At Scubas In Chicago This past Thursday, Brahms took the stage at Schubas in Chicago. It was great to see the boys back on the same stage I discovered them on, almost a year ago. I have seen the band open shows several times...
  2. Crazy Awesome Empire of the Sun at Chicago’s Congress Theater Dance party? Check. Crazy awesome theatrical costumes? Check. Empire of the Sun taking Chicago’s Congress Theater this past Wednesday evening? Double check. Having missed my last opportunity to see Empire of the Sun at last year’s Lollapalooza there was no...
  3. A Night like No Other with Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers Three encores later and just shy of 2 hours of straight music playing, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers (Sk6ers) played their last notes to close out an amazing first of two nights at Lincoln Hall in Chicago this past Saturday....
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  1. The Young Evils Announce New EP The Young Evils are Troy Nelson (guitar/vocals), Mackenzie Mercer (vocals), Cody Hurd (guitar), Michael Lee (bass) and Eric Wennberg (drums). The Seattle pop rock outfit is pleased to announce their first single “Dead Animals” and upcoming EP entitled Foreign Spells...
  2. The Young Evils Give The Hotel Cafe A Taste of Seattle When we last checked in with Seattle’s The Young Evils, we were in rainy Wisconsin for PJ20 and they were opening for bands like Pearl Jam, Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, Liam Finn, Joseph Arthur and others.  At...
  3. A Conversation With The Young Evils   Seattle has had an illustrious history with producing great bands, especially within the past 25 years. The Young Evils are the next band in line to become one of the bands synonymous with the Emerald City. Through hard work,...
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  1. This past weekend: MS MR and Xylos at Glasslands MS MR is somewhat of a mysterious new band. They seem to have just emerged from the Internet, using the most random web images they could find in their media, and labeling themselves as “Tumblr Glitch Pop, Soul Fuzz, Electroshock”...
  2. Crystal Fighters Tear Down The Echoplex 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...
  3. Album Review: Japandroids, Celebration Rock This has been weird year for music. Rap is pretty much dead and this hybrid of hip-hop and pop has formed. Indie rock is more mainstream than what used to be alternative, which is now pretty much dead as well....
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  2. Walls and Battles Take Over Portland’s Webster Ballroom Thursday night at Portland’s Wonder Ballroom might not have been the best place to see too many great singers, but stellar musicians abounded. First up was Walls, a two-piece electronic act that took the stage right at 9:00. The band...
  3. 89.9 KCRW Presents New Years Eve at The Standard Hotel in West Hollywood with:: Jenny and Johnny, Cults and DJ Marion Hodges 89.9 KCRW Presents New Years Eve at The Standard Hotel in West Hollywood with: Jenny and Johnny, Cults, and DJ Marion Hodges – Sat, December 31, 2011, Doors: 8:00 pm / Show: 9:30 pm (event ends at 1:00 am) The Standard Hotel, West Hollywood, CA $75.00...
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  2. Horse Feathers and Y La Bamba Give LA a Taste of Portland Horse Feathers Everything about last night’s show at The Echo was Portland-esque, from the intimate, nondescript venue; to the good (and cheap) tap selection and flannel clad band and audience members. If I hadn’t known better, I would’ve sworn that...
  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...
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  2. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks For The Week – November 14, 2011 Who: Real Estate Where: Sail Inn, Tempe, AZ When: Monday November 14th Cost:$12/$13 Age Restriction: 21+   Read our review of their Portland, OR show here: Who: Pomegranates Where: Firebird, St. Louis, MO When: Tuesday November 15th, 8:45 Cost:$10 Age Restriction: 21+ Who: Ganglians Where: Kung Fe Necktie,...
  3. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week October 3rd, 2011 Who: Trip Like Animals with The Brambles and guestsWhere: The Sunset – Seattle, WAWhen: Wed., October 5, 2011Cost: $6.00Age Restriction: 21+ Who: Radical FaceWhere: Brick and Mortar Music Hall – San Francisco, CAWhen: Thursday October 6, Doors – 8:00pm Show – 9:00pmCost: $10...
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