Best New Bands » electronica 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 The Knocks Announces 2017 North American Tour http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/the-knocks-announces-2017-north-american-tour/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/the-knocks-announces-2017-north-american-tour/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:04:22 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33849 New York - Fresh off releasing the new smashing single, “HEAT” (feat. Sam Nelson Harris), New York based electronic duo The Knocks (known for its critically-acclaimed sold-out live shows) announced a massive 2017 North American Feel Good Feel Great tour. The Knocks has curated a support lineup that boasts a diverse mix of “who’s next” in electronic and dance music, including Manchester, UK multi-platinum

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  1. James Bay Announces First North American Headline Tour New York – In support of his full-length debut album Chaos And The Calm [Republic Records] out March 24 (pre-order here), James Bay will embark on a North American headline tour this spring. The tour starts April 27 at Mod Club in Toronto, ON Canada, plays major markets...
  2. James Bay Announces North American Fall Headline Tour New York – James Bay announces dates for his North American fall headline tour. Tickets go on sale Friday August 21, 2015 at 10am local time. The tour beginsFriday, November 13 in Philadelphia at The Fillmore, plays major markets across the country, and finishes...
  3. Max Jury Announces Spring North American Tour Dates Los Angeles – Des Moines singer-songwriter Max Jury is excited to announce his Spring North American headlining tour dates today. The tour begins on April 9 in Minneapolis before heading throughout the Midwest and East Coast, including a show on April 15 at the...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/the-knocks-announces-2017-north-american-tour/feed/ 0 The Heirs join Vans Warped Tour 2016 http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/the-heirs-vans-warped-tour-2016/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/the-heirs-vans-warped-tour-2016/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2016 23:09:43 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=29551 New York – California 80s inspired electro-pop band The Heirs are set to play a full lineup of summer shows on the 2016 Vans Warped Tour. This comes after performing at SXSW and touring with The Big Pink. Last year The Heirs released the debut four-track EP Ecliptic (Capitol Records), which features the single “Alright

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  1. Wolf Alice Join The 1975 On Tour – More Dates With Chrvches Announced Los Angeles – Today, London-based rock band, Wolf Alice, announce they will be joining The 1975 on their U.S. tour. In addition to Wolf Alice’s own headlining U.S. tour and their dates with The 1975, the critically acclaimed four-piece will be supporting electronic...
  2. The Bots To Tour With Incubus and Deftones Los Angeles – Rock duo, The Bots, announced today that they will be departing on tour this summer in support of an Incubus and Deftones co-headlining tour along with Death From Above 1979. The tour starts on July 22 in Clarkston, MI...
  3. Stepdad Begin Warped Tour In Two Weeks Premiere “Must Land Running” Bernsden Remix On Earbuddy Debut LP Wildlife Pop Out June 12th On Black Bell Records Warped Tour Dates 05/19 – Lawrence University – Appleton, WI06/16 – Utah State Fairpark – Salt Lake City, UT06/17 – Sports...
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  1. The Lone Bellow Announce Initial 2015 Tour Dates New York - The Lone Bellow recently announced their new album Then Came The Morning, to be released January 27, 2015 on Descendant Records. Aaron Dessner of The National produced the album. The Brooklyn-based indie-folk trio have just announced a coinciding tour that will...
  2. The War on Drugs Have Announced Tour Dates Through June Chicago – Just shy of a full year since the release of the universally lauded Lost In The Dream (March 18, 2014), indie rock band, The War On Drugs, (Best New Bands’ 2014 Newbie Award Winners), have just announced a collection of fresh tour...
  3. Alt-J Have Added New Tour Dates! New York – The Leeds based foursome that are alt-J, have just announced a fresh batch of performance dates to the tour announced back in February, planned for this summer throughout North America –the first of which happens tonight in Cleveland, OH. Past that, there...
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  1. Interview: Andrija Spicanovic of VVHILE Berlin – Founded in 2011 by Andrija Spicanovic and Stevan Cirovic, VVHILE is a punk rock band that has done what many bands in their native Serbia have managed to do as of late, escape the boundaries of their small...
  2. Interview: My Brothers And I Berlin – With the debut full-length album Don’t Dream Alone set to drop on September 18th via Expunged Records, My Brothers and I, who hail from Portland, are on an ambitious jaunt to re-configure the general public’s mind when it comes to...
  3. Interview: MOURN Chicago – In the United States, the last few years the music industry has seen a swell of bands that began when the musicians were still teenagers, recording in their bedrooms and basements, rising from the interwebs, signing with labels,...
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  1. Album Review: “Lovers Know” By The Mynabirds London – Lovers Know is the third album from Laura Burhenn’s solo project, The Mynabirds. The first thing that strikes you about the new record is that it is as divergent as the first two were from each other. Her...
  2. Album Review: Outfit’s Slowness Portland – Outfit’s melancholy Slowness is a constantly evolving, whirlwind of sound. The band’s carefully produced second album is gaining recognition for its novelty in the alternative genre, both in uniqueness and its strength in conveying a very specific type...
  3. Album Review: “After” by Lady Lamb London – While it was far from her first demo offering, Lady Lamb began to gain prominence on the back of Mammoth Swoon, a 15-song set of previously unreleased, bedroom and radio tracks, several of which were later reimagined on...
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  1. Keep Shelly in Athens Wash Over San Francisco Popular indie music blog Gorilla vs. Bear and music video innovators Yours Truly joined forces Wednesday night to host a live show with a couple of emerging artists. The show, which took place at The Independent in San Francisco, featured...
  2. Joshua Fletcher’s ‘Ready, Aim’ Hits the Mark Berlin – For fans hungry for an album that blends the genres of pop and folk, with a dash of rock layered with engaging vocals, Joshua Fletcher’s Ready, Aim hits the mark. Serving up ten tracks of illustrious songs through...
  3. Ready For Prime Time: PRhyme Delivers With the release of PRhyme’s self-titled debut, 2014 will undoubtedly go down as the year of the rap “super-duo.”  The two-piece hip-hop project joins critically acclaimed duo Run The Jewels in releasing one of this year’s most anticipated albums.  Consisting...
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  1. 6 New Bands At Treasure Island Music Festival – Preview San Francisco – Well, it’s that time of year again: it’s fall in the Bay Area (at last!) and while a very dramatic El Niño is on its way to (hopefully) dump a ton of rain on the Golden State,...
  2. Recap: 4 New Bands At Treasure Island Festival San Francisco – This year’s Treasure Island Music Festival boasted one of the most interesting lineups of the year, promising sets from a lot of seasoned veterans across a multitude of genres, including OutKast, Massive Attack, TV on the Radio,...
  3. Best New Bands At Lollapalooza 2015: Day 3 Chicago – Seeing as a Chicago music festival just wouldn’t be complete without rain, the weather gods nailed it to Lollapalooza on Sunday. Early in the afternoon, the park was evacuated due to a severe approaching storm. Luckily, the rain didn’t...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-treasure-island-day-1/feed/ 2 Autre Ne Veut – Age of Transparency http://www.bestnewbands.com/new-releases/autre-ne-veut-age-transparency/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/new-releases/autre-ne-veut-age-transparency/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:05:25 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=27527 San Francisco – “The title comes from marketing jargon,” Autre Ne Veut helmsman Arthur Ashin explains in a statement. “It’s a term for the place we’re in now, where truth and transparency are just ways to sell things and honesty is its own kind of performance.”  The eagerly awaited follow-up to Autre Ne Veut’s breathtaking

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  1. All Hail! ‘The King Of Anxiety’ From Petite Noir Los Angeles – Considering the album title, The King Of Anxiety, it is no surprise that the five tracks on Petite Noir’s debut EP (out digitally January 19) display a complete mastery of the art of apprehension.  Subdued guitar work...
  2. Petite Noir – “La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful” Los Angeles - Petite Noir has successfully created one of the best albums of 2015 with La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful. 24 year-old South African artist Yannick Ilunga takes his electronic post-punk to a new genre, noir wave....
  3. Swansea Deliver Their Colorful Show To Hometown Crowd Portland – Swansea stepped onto the Doug Fir stage for the first time on Tuesday night. The Portland-based three-piece, comprised of vocalist and keyboardist Rebecca Sanborn, multi-instrumentalist Kyleen King, and drummer Jj Tanzer, formed in 2011 after adding King to...
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  1. Jamie xx Releases Debut LP – In Colour San Francisco – “Oh my gosh!” So begins the debut LP from Jamie xx (real name Jamie Smith), who at just 26 is already a world-renowned DJ and producer and a member of one of the most popular musical outfits...
  2. Holly Herndon – Platform San Francisco – Upon first listening, American (Tennessee-born, San Francisco-transplant) sound artist’s Holly Herndon’s second full-length effort Platform sounds more like an experiment than an album.  First impressions can be deceiving, however, as Platform actually takes a truer form as...
  3. The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness San Francisco – Hardly anything is shocking anymore when it comes to the twisted lyrics and aching melodies that escape from the lips of Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd.  The 25-year-old Ontario native has spilled more than the lion’s share...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/disclosure-caracal/feed/ 2 Neon Indian Illuminates San Francisco’s Newest Venue, The Social Hall http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/neon-indian-illuminates-san-franciscos-newest-venue-social-hall/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/neon-indian-illuminates-san-franciscos-newest-venue-social-hall/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2015 03:42:40 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=27403 San Francisco – As one of the first pioneers of the recently popularized genre of chillwave, Alan Palomo’s Neon Indian has been a steady source of entertainment, mixing glitchy electronic beats with catchy hooks and airy, heavily reverberated vocals.  Neon Indian’s next LP VEGA INTL. Night School—released next month via Mom + Pop—is perhaps his

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  1. Neon Indian and Janelle Monáe Shake Things Down in San Francisco Let me start by declaring the obvious: SF Weekly’s All Shook Down Music Festival was a great idea. Being a San Diego native, I couldn’t help but be reminded of the time I spent in a haze, wandering down music...
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  3. Neon Indian Kicks Off New Tour What is the Neon Indian? Contrary to popular belief, it’s not one of the tall sparkly blue people from Avatar.  It’s the five-piece psychedelic pop band lead by Alan Palomo, and their debut album Psychic Chasms might be one of...
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