Best New Bands » El Rey Theatre 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 Crystal Fighters Turn The El Rey Into A Dance Floor http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/crystal-fighters-turn-the-el-rey-into-a-dance-floor/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/crystal-fighters-turn-the-el-rey-into-a-dance-floor/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:52:59 +0000 It was virtually a year ago when I saw Crystal Fighters for the first time at The Echoplex, and on Tuesday night at the El Rey, the six-piece performed an exuberant set just like the one that made me fall in love with them last summer. Having garnered a larger following than they had last June, the electro/folk-rockers played their

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  1. 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...
  2. Album Review: Crystal Fighters – Cave Rave   Some albums encapsulate certain seasons and feelings, and Crystal Fighters’ sophomore effort, Cave Rave, does just that, begging to become the anthem of the summer, preferably during bonfires, road trips, and late night dance parties. The Spain-dwelling six-piece wrote...
  3. Crystal Fighters premiere a new video for “You & I” UK/Basque-based Crystal Fighters premiere a new video for “You & I”off forthcoming ‘Cave Rave’ LP due out May 28th. “You & I” draws the viewer in to a world where bohemian babes wade through tall grasses under a rainbow sky. Crystal Fighters’ signature romantic guitar plucking...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/crystal-fighters-turn-the-el-rey-into-a-dance-floor/feed/ 0 Melody’s Echo Chamber Enchants The El Rey Theatre http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/melody-s-echo-chamber-enchants-the-el-rey-theatre/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/melody-s-echo-chamber-enchants-the-el-rey-theatre/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:09:37 +0000 Monday night at the El Rey Theatre marked the first time Melody’s Echo Chamber has ever played in Los Angeles; in fact, the band’s current tour with The Raveonettes is the first time the Paris-based dream-pop outfit has ever played in North America. Though Melody’s Echo Chamber is the brainchild of Melody Prochet with the

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  1. A Conversation With Melody Prochet Of Melody’s Echo Chamber Melody Prochet recorded her first song at the age of 18 but has been playing music since she was young—growing up with classical training, studying viola and performing in an orchestra. The French multi-instrumentalist recently teamed up with Tame Impala’s...
  2. Foxygen Awes The Echo Foxygen was a name I heard floating around in the blogosphere, but something I (shamefully) never took the time to research. When I heard that the duo was playing with Moonface at The Echo, I figured I’d check them out....
  3. Jonti Wonders The Greek Theatre Not many new bands get the opportunity to tour stadiums right off the bat, and a fewer amount get to say that he or she opened for the likes of Gotye, but Jonti Shaun Danilewitz has been offered the chance...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/melody-s-echo-chamber-enchants-the-el-rey-theatre/feed/ 0 Menomena Shows Its New Incarnation To The El Rey http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/menomena-shows-its-new-incarnation-to-the-el-rey/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/menomena-shows-its-new-incarnation-to-the-el-rey/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:28:53 +0000 It’s been a year of changes for Menomena. After going strong as a three-piece for 10 years (and four full-length albums), Brent Knopf decided to leave the band and focus on other endeavors, leaving Justin Harris and Danny Seim as a two-piece. But this didn’t stop the remaining two musicians, who ended up releasing Moms—one

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  1. Album Review: Menomena, Moms Menomena, in its old incarnation, was by no means a new band. The Portland-based three-piece released four full-length albums (and a number of EPs) over the span of ten years, and all was going well for the trio until band...
  2. These United States’ Jesse Elliott Shows Us His Funny Bone Even serious musicians need a good laugh every once and awhile, and after a year filled with touring, recording and releasing a fifth studio album, it must be refreshing to let loose. For Jesse Elliott, this release came in the...
  3. Gary Clark Jr. Shows What’s To Come on The Bright Lights EP Austin-based bluesman Gary Clark Jr. has a lot of responsibility on his shoulders. The guitarist has been anointed with the label of the leader of the local scene, offering a style that has at times been compared to Jimi Hendrix...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/menomena-shows-its-new-incarnation-to-the-el-rey/feed/ 0 Saint Motel Conquers The El Rey http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/saint-motel-conquers-the-el-rey/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/saint-motel-conquers-the-el-rey/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 05:05:13 +0000 Saturday night in Los Angeles offers up an abundance of opportunity for people to get themselves into all sorts of sin and misery. You can drown your sorrows at the local neighborhood watering hole, or you can get sloshed with your friends at the club de jour. Or, if you’re a music fan, you can

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  1. Artist of the Week: Saint Motel We’ve been lauding these guys as one of our favorite new bands for what seems like forever, but yesterday, at long last, Los Angeles’ own Saint Motel released their debut LP, Voyeur. Singer A.J. Jackson and guitarist Aaron Sharp have...
  2. Saint Motel Rocks The Palms As wild co-eds roamed the poolside and casino of the Palms hotel in Las Vegas, Saint Motel was hard at work polishing up their SXSW set with a two-night stint at the venerable venue.  Though many of the people who...
  3. The World Is Ending, So Let’s Party Saint Motel Style! Today you will be judged, and since the world is ending tonight it’s pretty much our civic duty as proud residents from the city of soon to be fallen angels that we go out in style.  You may have been...
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  1. Sleeper Agent Wakes Up the Bootleg Driving to the Bootleg Theater last night, I was yawning the whole way there.  School had just started, and I had spent the past two hours reading Shakespeare (seriously…).  I was in serious need of a pick me up, and,...
  2. Grace Woodroofe on the Fire Within Emerging from the white water rapids of independent music like an old soul, is blues songwriter Grace Woodroofe. In a relatively short time, she’s been able to channel some of the most classic and substantial influences into finding the substance within...
  3. 1776 Announce Debut LP, Spring Tour With The Dandy Warhols Self Titled Album Out June 5th on Beat The World Records / The End Records 1776 are a rock band from the small logging town of Longview, Washington. They are Nigel Ledgerwood, Christopher Cook, Mitchell Rupe, and Zach Whiton. For...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sleeper-agent-and-ben-kweller-rule-the-el-rey/feed/ 0 Frank Turner Rocks Reading Fest, And Soon, L.A.! http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/frank-turner-rocks-reading-fest-and-soon-la/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/frank-turner-rocks-reading-fest-and-soon-la/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:26:51 +0000 Reading and Leeds festivals had about a trillion and one amazing musical acts to satisfy anyone and everyone’s musical appetites- but hands down my favorite live performance (and let me tell you- it was a tough decision!) was Frank Turner who’s act sparked an enormous crowd wide sing a long to almost everyone of his

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  1. Reading Rainbow and The Dodos at the Doug Fir in Portland Reading Rainbow by Maxwell Monty Tuesday night’s Reading Rainbow & The Dodos show at the Doug Fir Lounge jumped out the the gate, with opener Reading Rainbow taking the stage at exactly their assigned time of 9:15. The Boy-Girl garage-pop...
  2. I bet you never saw this Turner Cody video I first met Turner Cody in 2000 at the famed Balloon Heaven studio in Jersey City, where many an antifolk record was cut. He had a session before me, a cute girl with him, and sunglasses in the late evening....
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/frank-turner-rocks-reading-fest-and-soon-la/feed/ 1 Bestnewbands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 5/9/11 http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-5-9-11/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-5-9-11/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 14:00:00 +0000 Picked By: Daniel Kohn Who: Pegi Young Where: The Hotel Café, Los Angeles, CA When: Tuesday, May 10th at 7pm Cost: $15 Age Restrictions: 21+ *** Picked By: Laurel Kathleen Who: Pinback Where: El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles CA When: Tuesday, May 10th Doors at 8:00pm Cost: $21  Age Restrictions: 21+ *** Picked By: Monica Christoffels Who:

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  1. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 5/2/11 Picked By: Monica Christoffels What: Mallard Madness, featuring Yeasayer, A-Trak and RJD2 Where: University of Oregon main campus, Eugene OR. The event schedule has a map of each activity’s location. When: May 4-8. Event schedule can be found here. Cost:...
  2. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 4/11/11 Picked By: Liz Livengood Who: AgesAndAges Where: The Woods, Portland, OR When: Tuesday, April 12th at 9pm Cost: $8 in advance, $10 day of show Age Restrictions: 21+ *** Picked By: Jesse Diener-Bennett Who: TV On the Radio Where: Radio...
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  1. Weekend Playlist – November 26, 2010 photo credit: Laurel Kathleen Happy Black Friday – or Buy Nothing Day, whichever you prefer. Before you start your holiday weekend, BNB invites you to check out this playlist of songs from the week’s featured artists. “Percussion Gun” – White...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/best-venues-of-2010/feed/ 0 The Adorable Kina Grannis Graces the El Rey in LA…Hey! http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-adorable-kina-grannis-graces-the-el-rey-in-lahey/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-adorable-kina-grannis-graces-the-el-rey-in-lahey/#comments Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:00:00 +0000 If you have a heart, you will like Kina Grannis.  If you do not like Kina Grannis, you either have not heard of her or you kick puppies.  This is what I learned from going to see her play her impossibly cheery live set last night.   On this oddly warm night, I headed down Wilshire

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  3. The Morning Benders play Big Echo at Portland’s Doug Fir Lounge San Francisco four-piece The Morning Benders played with Cults and Twin Sister at Portland’s Doug Fir Lounge on Tuesday night in support of their recent breakthrough release, Big Echo. The two openers played lively sets that seemed to intrigue the...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-adorable-kina-grannis-graces-the-el-rey-in-lahey/feed/ 0 BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 12/6 http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-12-6/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-12-6/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +0000 Picked By: Kristina Villarini Who: Cliffie Swan (formerly Lights), Pablo Picasso and Teen Where: Union Pool in Brooklyn, NY When: Tuesday, December 7 at 9 p.m. Cost: $10 Age Restrictions: 21+ *** Picked By: Jesse Diener-Bennett Who: Nigel Hall w/ Soulive and friends. Where: Brooklyn Bowl in New York, NY When: Wednesday, December 8 at 11

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