Best New Bands » Dan Boeckner 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 Divine Fits Play Their First Show In Los Angeles http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/divine-fits-play-their-first-show-in-los-angeles/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/divine-fits-play-their-first-show-in-los-angeles/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:26:05 +0000 Since the announcement back in May that Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Wolf Parade/Handsome Furs’ Dan Boeckner and New Bomb Turks’ Sam Brown formed a band, Divine Fits have been on everybody’s radar and rightfully so. Though its members are highly influential in the indie music world, this is not your typical “supergroup,” and that was proven

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  1. The Joy Formidable Play Los Angeles’ Mayan Theater March 14 UK-based trio The Joy Formidable has spent a lot of time on the road since it released its critically acclaimed 2011 debut LP, The Big Roar. And by looking at the group’s sold out shows in San Francisco, Boston, and...
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  3. And the Winner of the MTV VMA L.A. Breakout Artist Is….The Divine! Last night at The Music Box in Hollywood, three Los Angeles bands competed for the coveted title of ‘MTV VMA L.A. Breakout Artist’. The artists included rock/hip hop duo The Divine, power pop quintet It Boys (recently featured in an...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/divine-fits-play-their-first-show-in-los-angeles/feed/ 0 Handsome Furs are Unleashed at Slims http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/handsome-furs-are-unleashed-at-slims/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/handsome-furs-are-unleashed-at-slims/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:25:40 +0000 The Montreal based husband and wife duo of indie electronic rockers Handsome Furs – Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade) and Alexei Perry – made a stop in San Francisco last night. The show at Slims was a part of a tour that is following-up the recent release of their third full length album Sound Kapital (Sub

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  1. The Suuns and Crystal Castles take Portland’s Roseland Theater The tone for last night’s show at the Roseland Theater in Downtown Portland, OR was set the moment that Suuns took the stage. Wasting no time in getting started, the four-piece was hard at work with their pounding synths and...
  2. The Great American Music Hall Gets Washed Out Washed Out On Saturday night, I made my way to the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco to take in a night of music at The Great American Music Hall (GAMH). This is an intimate space with amazing acoustics that has...
  3. The Postelles Throw Some Rock at San Francisco’s Rickshaw Stop My night was kicked off with a line leading up to the front door of the Rickshaw Stop. This soon turned into a greeting from an individual who was convulsing and screaming his life philosophy “children below you must open...
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