Best New Bands » Earl Sweatshirt 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 SXSW: Earl Sweatshirt, Sweater Beats, and Joey Bada$$ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sxsw-earl-sweatshirt-sweater-beats-joey-bada/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sxsw-earl-sweatshirt-sweater-beats-joey-bada/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2015 01:42:52 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22825   Austin – SXSW officially ended Sunday, but that’s a mostly ceremonial date: Saturday night hosts the last of the big showcases. Whether SXSW was structured this way or we accidentally put together a theme, Best New Bands’ Saturday schedule was made up of loud, energetic, party-all-night sets from Joey Bada$$, Sweater Beats, and Earl

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  1. Earl Sweatshirt At Neptune Theater Seattle – Earl Sweatshirt (stage name for Thebe Neruda Kgositsile) played Neptune Theater on October 30th. The Neptune is an old, renovated theater with a high stage. It takes a big presence to be able to fill the room and make the...
  2. SXSW: Gorgon City, ODESZA and Milo Greene Austin – A lot of people say SXSW Music doesn’t really start until Wednesday, but those chumps missed out on day one. It was a little slower than usual as people waited in line to collect wristbands, but careful planners...
  3. Coachella Preview: Earl Sweatshirt One of the more unlikely people to be playing a headlining slot at Coachella, albeit on a small stage on Friday night, is Odd Future’s Earl Sweatshirt. But that doesn’t mean that anyone who has been following the rapper’s colorful...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sxsw-earl-sweatshirt-sweater-beats-joey-bada/feed/ 0 Earl Sweatshirt At Neptune Theater http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/earl-sweatshirt-at-neptune-theater/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/earl-sweatshirt-at-neptune-theater/#comments Sun, 03 Nov 2013 10:35:44 +0000 Seattle – Earl Sweatshirt (stage name for Thebe Neruda Kgositsile) played Neptune Theater on October 30th. The Neptune is an old, renovated theater with a high stage. It takes a big presence to be able to fill the room and make the hollow theater intimate. The room was dark and crowded, filled with an obvious buzz of

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  2. 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....
  3. Mixtape 20: Earl Sweatshirt, Pinkunoizu, The Men and More This was a strange week, in that a lot happened but it feels like nothing happened at the same time. It’s like when you take a vacation, and a lot happens, but when you get back and your friends ask...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/earl-sweatshirt-at-neptune-theater/feed/ 0 Sasquatch!: DIIV, Earl Sweatshirt, Grimes, CHVRCHES http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sasquatch-diiv-earl-sweatshirt-grimes-chvrches/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sasquatch-diiv-earl-sweatshirt-grimes-chvrches/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 05:44:29 +0000 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. Sure, most bands benefit from a live setting, as the tension from an audience can

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  2. Mixtape 20: Earl Sweatshirt, Pinkunoizu, The Men and More This was a strange week, in that a lot happened but it feels like nothing happened at the same time. It’s like when you take a vacation, and a lot happens, but when you get back and your friends ask...
  3. Sasquatch Day 2: Suuns, Indians And Michael Kiwanuka Suuns may have started playing to overcast skies but there was no shortage of fans at the Yeti stage Saturday. The Montreal quartet didn’t say much, but instead charged into their brand of electronic noise rock. The pounding kick drum...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sasquatch-diiv-earl-sweatshirt-grimes-chvrches/feed/ 0 Mixtape 20: Earl Sweatshirt, Pinkunoizu, The Men and More http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-20-earl-sweatshirt-pinkunoizu-the-men-and-more/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-20-earl-sweatshirt-pinkunoizu-the-men-and-more/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:26:36 +0000 This was a strange week, in that a lot happened but it feels like nothing happened at the same time. It’s like when you take a vacation, and a lot happens, but when you get back and your friends ask you what you did, you can’t really remember right away and you don’t know what

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-20-earl-sweatshirt-pinkunoizu-the-men-and-more/feed/ 0 Coachella Preview: Earl Sweatshirt http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/coachella-preview-earl-sweatshirt/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/coachella-preview-earl-sweatshirt/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:39:12 +0000 One of the more unlikely people to be playing a headlining slot at Coachella, albeit on a small stage on Friday night, is Odd Future’s Earl Sweatshirt. But that doesn’t mean that anyone who has been following the rapper’s colorful career should be in the least bit surprised. Born Thebe Neruda Kgositsile in Los Angeles,

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