Best New Bands » Daniel Kohn 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 Not Your Average Stones Tribute Album http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/not-your-average-stones-tribute-album/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/not-your-average-stones-tribute-album/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 20:00:00 +0000 The awesome folks at Reimagine Music are at it again. If you managed to take a look at their Bob Dylan tribute album, which was reviewed here two weeks ago, then you saw the incredible lineup they had cranking out Dylan classics. Now they’re back it at with Paint It Black: An Alt-Country Tribute to

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  1. Bringing It All Back Home Another Way A compilation tribute album can be a blessing or a curse, the ultimate risk/reward. Often times, covers are a kiss of death because they are unimaginative, lack originality and are pretty much a snore, hardly straying from the original version....
  2. An Album Review: Pilot Whale’s New Recitals to Attend Last week I sat down with Pilot Whale and saw the course of song perfection.  Though the album was created before the band got the process down pat, I jumped at the chance to give the whole album a listen...
  3. What’s in a Name?- The Crystal Castles (II) Album Review When Crystal Castles was done crafting their second full-length album, they felt no need to come up with an original album name. The 14 hypnotic tracks speak for themselves, and the Canadian dance duo can self-title every single one of...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/not-your-average-stones-tribute-album/feed/ 0 Casablanca Nights Is An Exotic Trip Through Electronia http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/casablanca-nights-is-an-exotic-trip-through-electronia/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/casablanca-nights-is-an-exotic-trip-through-electronia/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 14:00:00 +0000 Though he’s best known as dance vixen Sally Shapiro’s producer/songwriter, Johan Abebjörn is releasing a compilation album of his own. Casablanca Nights is a collection of European disco pop that features some of the best music in the genre. The album kicks off the pretty/haunting piano sounds on 8ths. Depending on your point of view

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  1. Echo Lake Takes You On A Trip Bedroom-crafted tracks meet otherworldly vocals in an exciting new noise pop duo from England, Echo Lake. Echo Lake’s debut EP, Young Silence, is a dreamlike trip through strange worlds. One track can sound like you’re floating through the air on...
  2. Muscle Cars and Midwest Distress: Stalley’s “Lincoln Way Nights (Intelligent Trunk Music)” Stalley is from Massillon, Ohio. If you know what to listen for, you can hear the small town talking in Lincoln Way Nights (Intelligent Trunk Music), his latest mixtape: There’s the hollow clanging of the wooden wind chimes on the...
  3. The Black Angels: A Sinsational Musical Trip The Black Angels show last night at the El Rey was completely sold out- and it was no surprise why- the group literally managed to blow everyone’s mind with their sweet psychadelia and heavy retro rock. Now albeit I’m a...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/casablanca-nights-is-an-exotic-trip-through-electronia/feed/ 0 Fredrik Delivers One Of The Most Experimental Albums Of The Year http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/fredrik-delivers-one-of-the-most-experimental-albums-of-the-year/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/fredrik-delivers-one-of-the-most-experimental-albums-of-the-year/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:00:00 +0000 Over the past several years, European indie pop outfits have become popular in the U.S. With their third full-length album, Swedish electro-folk trio Fredrik plan on making the transition to become one of the latest in this line of successful import acts. FLORA is a step forward for Fredrik. Firstly, the duo of Fredrik Hultin

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  1. STRFKR Delivers A Fantastic New Album With Reptilia Indie-electronica pop is en vogue and that’s can be partially attributed to the innovative sounds of STRFKR. The Portland, Oregon-based outfit, which formed in 2007, has been one of the standard-bearers for the electro-pop wave that has grown in the...
  2. Akron/Family and Delicate Steve Bring Experimental Beauty to Brooklyn Last night, Delicate Steve and Akron/Family took to the stage of a sold-out Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. The room was an eclectic mix of hipsters, music aficionados and indie-rock fans (sometimes as the same person). Delicate Steve, or the...
  3. ANNOUNCING THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2010! You did it! You voted, and now we can share the list of the Top Ten Albums of 2010– according to YOU! The National performs at Sasquatch! 2010 #10: HIGH VIOLET BY THE NATIONAL When Kelly Montgomery reported on Sasquatch!...
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  1. Delta Spirit Rock The Music Box and A Conversation With Matthew Vasquez At 11 pm on Wednesday night at the Music Box on Hollywood Blvd., San Diego-natives Delta Spirit took to the stage for their largest headlining show to date in the City of Angels. Having recently sold out the El Rey...
  2. New Tour Announcements from Matthew Dear, Bear In Heaven, Starfucker, and Deer Tick Matthew Dear U.S. Tour 10.14 Chicago, IL – Metro 10.15 Hamilton, Ontario – Red Mill Theatre 10.16 Toronto, Ontario – Wrongbar 10.18 Montreal, Quebec – Belmont 10.19 Boston, MA – Great Scott 10.20 New York, NY – CMJ 10.21 Philadelphia,...
  3. Q&A: Atlantic/Pacific While attending The Pierces concert at the Hotel Café last month, I was fortunate to stumble in a few minutes early to catch the early act, Atlantic/Pacific. With great crowd interaction, catchy and danceable tracks and an overall terrific vibe,...
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  1. Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party Round-Up, Part I The sun was out and the atmosphere was pleasant for the 14th annual revelry of the Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle this past weekend. The three day festival at first included three stages, which became four stages, which finally...
  2. Funeral Party- Something To Celebrate There’s never a dull moment in Los Angeles.  Most times the best concert venues are in the less than stellar L.A. areas- but sacrifices must be made in the pursuit of listen worthy music.  On my way to the Bootleg...
  3. Tonight: The Dance Party, chicks in bikinis For those that haven’t sampled the ’00′s response to the ’80s, tonight is the night for you, because The Dance Party is playing another show at Crazy Girls, which is something of a strip club, but it can hardly be...
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  1. A moment with Star Anna and The Laughing Dogs Growing up halfway between Seattle and the middle of nowhere can have a profound effect on one’s life. In the case of Star Ann, it drove her to write and perform music. With melodic, aching vocals that’s as raw as...
  2. Loreta: No Stranger in Los Angeles Its been an interesting journey so far for Lithuanian born pop singer Loreta. Performing since the tender age of 4, Loreta has taken the stage at some of the biggest and most famous venues in Europe. Not too long ago,...
  3. Sitting Down with Typical Situation Typical Situation had a fairly untypical formation. The Los Angeles-based quintet started due to a fateful encounter between guitarist Cy Passley and singer Ronja Petersen. During their time at the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood, Ronja went across the hall to...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-amy-wallace/feed/ 0 Alex Winston is Smokin’ Hot http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/alex-winston-is-smokin-hot/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/alex-winston-is-smokin-hot/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:00:00 +0000 Detroit-based artist Alex Winston does it all. From playing the piano to ripping chords on the guitar, the 22-year-old has been playing music since an early age. In fact, her father musician taught her how to play the drums before she could even walk. Winston released an EP, The Basement Covers, where she covers artists

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  2. A Q&A with Will Knox Will Knox is not your average troubadour. The British-born Knox has spent the better half of the past decade living in the United States, which has given him a boatload of material and topics to use in his songs. Having...
  3. Moments with My Pet Saddle In a little coffee shop on the cool side of Costa Mesa, CA, Caleb (vocals, guitar) of My Pet Saddle, his girlfriend and I sat together on a sunny Saturday afternoon. After they ordered their food, I had a little...
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  1. Howling for Fay Wolf In a city where the female troubadour pops up as frequently as a blonde bombshell, Fay Wolf bucks the trend. Born in Connecticut and currently living in the city of Angels, Wolf differentiates herself by being a multi-talented artist and...
  2. Wolf People: The Interview Though the music scene has been an abundance of bands that using the prefix of ‘Wolf’ in its names over the past few years, there is a new band that takes on the name of our favorite furry predators. The...
  3. Lost in the Trees: A Different Sound From A New Band “I’m just really drawn to the sound of big orchestra and different instruments, which has been around for a really long time,” says Ari Picker, the creative force behind Chapel Hill, NC based Lost in the Trees. “That’s the instrumentation...
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  1. Todd Prodanovich talks at length with Oakland’s James & Evander James & Evander are an electronic music production duo that create some incredibly lush synthesized landscapes for your listening pleasure. The group consists of Oakland’s very own Adam Myatt and Glenn Jackson, who met in college and decided to flex...
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