Best New Bands » EP 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 Review: Information By Eliot Sumner http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/review-information-eliot-sumner/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/review-information-eliot-sumner/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2014 03:04:39 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=18107 New York – Eliot Sumner has not strayed far from her electro-pop roots for her Information EP. This new release comes with a darker, deeper sound than what we heard on her previous project, I Blame Coco. Both sounds are still steeped in the new wave, synth-pop tradition and are clearly siblings in that sense,

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  1. Q&A With Gavin Jasper of Saints of Valory “A Brazilian, a Frenchman, a Canadian, & an American walk into a bar…” This isn’t the intro to a terrible ethnic joke, but the Twitter caption, and essentially the story behind up and coming pop-rockers Saints of Valory, now hailing...
  2. Crystal Antlers: A Band of Endless Possibilities The buzz around Crystal Antlers keeps building, and after seeing both of their shows in Brooklyn a couple weeks ago, it’s not hard to understand why. They’re not only a great band, but also pretty cool people. Before their last...
  3. Album Review: FIDLAR, Don’t Try As we wrote in our Artist of the Week category during SXSW, Los Angeles-based punk rockers FIDLAR are a new band on the rise. Though many outside the City of Angels have yet to familiarize themselves with the quartet, these...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/saints-of-valory-possibilities-ep/feed/ 0 Birdy To Release ‘Breathe’ EP On Tuesday http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/birdy-to-release-breathe-ep-on-tuesday/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/birdy-to-release-breathe-ep-on-tuesday/#comments Fri, 20 Sep 2013 07:24:23 +0000 Jasmine van den Bogaerde, better known to audiences as Birdy, will release a US-only EP, Breathe, on Atlantic Records this Tuesday, September 24.  The 17-year-old British singer-songwriter, known for winning a UK singing competition, has seen her cover of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love” rack up nearly 50 million views on YouTube. The five-track Breathe includes

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  1. Skinny Lister Release Video For ‘Seventeen Summers’ Skinny Lister are proud to announce the 5th November, 2012 release of the Forty Pound Wedding EP on Sunday Best Recordings. Forty Pound Wedding was written by Lorna and Max’s dad George Thomas aka ‘Party George’ and is a rip-roaring...
  2. Circa Survive front-man Anthony Green’s second solo album “Beautiful Things” is in stores Tuesday   *Stream the album in its entirety right now at http://anthonygreenschildren.com/stream-the-entire-album/ *The deluxe version features a collaboration with Nate Ruess of fun.. The track, entitled “Only Love” –which you can also preview via the link above, was produced by Emile Haynie (Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Eminem, and Lana Del...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/birdy-to-release-breathe-ep-on-tuesday/feed/ 0 TOURIST Announces A New EP And First USA Tour http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/tourist-announces-a-new-ep-and-first-usa-tour/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/tourist-announces-a-new-ep-and-first-usa-tour/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2013 02:11:38 +0000 UK’s TOURIST, the recent signing to the UK duo Disclosure’s label, Method Records, will release his brand new EP later this year. The new collection, self-produced by William Phillips, features the track “Stay” and new remixes from Haim and Sam Smith. The tracks are out now to hear and share (see below). Besides announcing the American live shows, he has released

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  1. Simian Mobile Disco Premiere New Video – U.S. Announce Tour UK electronic duo Simian Mobile Disco are set to release A Form Of Change next Tuesday, October 2 on Wichita Records. The 4-song EP comes from the same recording sessions as their critically praised albumUnpatterns, released earlier this year. The collection is...
  2. Javelin Announces Nationwide Tour With Sleigh Bells Releases Limited Edition Javelin and Javelin 2 12”s Digitally Brooklyn-based beat makers Javelin will embark on a coast to coast tour with Sleigh Bells, including a headlining NYC date at Brooklyn Bowl. The group recently returned to SXSW this year for a week of...
  3. Jessie Baylin Announces Tour with The Fray Nashville, TN-based singer-songwriter Jessie Baylin is excited to announce a spring tour with The Fray. The tour begins on April 11th at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, RI and wraps up with two shows at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver,...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/tourist-announces-a-new-ep-and-first-usa-tour/feed/ 0 Cotillon Premieres ‘80s-Inspired Video For ‘Talk To Her’ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/cotillon-premieres-80s-inspired-video-for-talk-to-her/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/cotillon-premieres-80s-inspired-video-for-talk-to-her/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:12:52 +0000 Nothing is more fitting from a Los Angeles trio that self-describes itself as “West Coast Love Fuzz” and “Flower Punk” than a music video that looks like it came straight out of the ‘80s, and today we are excited to premiere Cotillon’s “Talk To Her,” off the band’s upcoming White Roses EP. Directed by David

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  1. Lost Weekend Premieres CGI Video For ‘Let Me In’ In 2010, four friends began to play music together on the unfinished 11th floor of Winnipeg’s Commodities and Exchange building. It was there that guitarist/vocalist Matt Worobec, keyboardist Zack Antel, bassist Jason Pankratz and drummer Luke Janzen began writing and...
  2. Oceanography Premieres Black And White Video For “Drinking Water” Though Oceanography’s roots seem to be planted in gothic Americana, there is one thing founder Brian Kelly wants to make clear: this is not a folk outfit. He’s not just some guy singing and playing guitar. And after hearing tracks...
  3. Stroik Premieres Frenetic New Single, “James” Stroik has been receiving praise for his charmingly lo-fi bedroom recordings, and today we are excited to premiere “James,” the third single from the North Carolina-based songwriter.  Where his previously released songs featured quaint keyboard sounds, this track centers on...
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  1. Wall’s Shoestring EP Out Today Big Picnic Records is excited to release WALL’s EP, Shoestring, out today. You can stream the minimal, lush 5-song EP here.  In conjunction with the release, WALL recently wrapped her first string of US appearances, enchanting audiences with her fragile vocals...
  2. Ticket Giveaway: WALL At Bootleg Bar, 3/8   It’s a fact that good things come out of UK, and it looks like the newest future shining star is WALL. The young producer is releasing her debut EP, Shoestring, in the U.S. on April 2 via Black Cab...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-wall-shoestring-ep/feed/ 0 Blackbird Blackbird Set To Release Boracay Planet EP http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/blackbird-blackbird-set-to-release-boracay-planet-ep/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/blackbird-blackbird-set-to-release-boracay-planet-ep/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:45:11 +0000 San Francisco-based electronic artist Mikey Maramag has been releasing music under the moniker Blackbird Blackbird since 2010 and yesterday announced his signing with Lavish Habits Records Under his new label, Maramag plans to release a new EP entitled Boracay Planet. The record will act as a follow-up to his lauded 2010 debut full length, Summer

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/blackbird-blackbird-set-to-release-boracay-planet-ep/feed/ 0 Album Review: Tha Boogie–Good Luck Charlie Vettuno http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-tha-boogie-good-luck-charlie-vettuno/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-tha-boogie-good-luck-charlie-vettuno/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 04:43:21 +0000 This year has begun with a major change for the Los Angeles-based, Rancho Cucamonga-bred alt-hip-hop/funk/soul collective Tha Boogie—it lost a member. Where this could be detrimental for most three-pieces, Tuko and James Jet used the downgrade to their advantage, thinking of it as a new journey and opportunity to show the world their full potential.

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-fidlar-dont-try/feed/ 0 St. Lucia Named #9 On Billboard’s Top 20 Breakout Bands at SXSW http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/st-lucia-named-9-on-billboards-top-20-breakout-bands-at-sxsw/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/st-lucia-named-9-on-billboards-top-20-breakout-bands-at-sxsw/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:34:39 +0000 EP Release Party on Friday, March 30th at Cameo Gallery In Brooklyn Debut EP Out Now On Neon Gold / Columbia Records Even in the urban wilds of Brooklyn, there may be no one else like Jean-Philip Grobler, otherwise known as St. Lucia. Originally from Johannesberg, South Africa, Jean grew up performing with the Drakensberg

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