Best New Bands » Erykah Badu 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 Album Review: Lianne La Havas, iTunes Festival EP http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-lianne-la-havas-itunes-festival-ep/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-lianne-la-havas-itunes-festival-ep/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:27:18 +0000 Ah, tell me about it, the goodness of a live album – a sacred medium containing the pleasure of experiencing live music in the comfort of your own home or iPod – and not within a venue where you have to fight with a hundreds of sweaty people trying to push you aside for those

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-lianne-la-havas-itunes-festival-ep/feed/ 0 Flying Lotus To Release New Album And Tour This Fall http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/flying-lotus-to-release-new-album-and-tour-this-fall/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/flying-lotus-to-release-new-album-and-tour-this-fall/#comments Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:38:22 +0000 Flying Lotus will be releasing Until The Quiet Comes, the long-awaited follow-up to 2010′s Cosmogramma on October 2 on Warp Records. Composed, according to the rapper, as “a collage of mystical states, dreams, sleep and lullabies”, the new album has the distinct feel of a nighttime voyage. The sound is an unhinged, yet elegant evolution

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  1. Maps & Atlases Set For International Tour and Album Release The Chicago-based math rock outfit, Maps & Atlases, recently announced a European and national tour set for this spring, in support of its upcoming full-length release, Beware and Be Grateful. The LP is the quartet’s sophomore effort, as well as...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-2-21-11/feed/ 0 SmokeOut Festival Part 4: Erykah Badu Was Worth the Wait http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/smokeout-festival-part-4-erykah-badu-was-worth-the-wait/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/smokeout-festival-part-4-erykah-badu-was-worth-the-wait/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:00:00 +0000 On three separate occasions, I have waited for Erykah Badu. The first was at Bonnaroo 2009, the second was at the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas last winter. Yesterday at the SmokeOut Festival she was scheduled to perform from 9:15pm until 10:15pm on the Indonesian Stage, but the actual stage wasn’t completely sound checked and ready

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-10-11/feed/ 0 The Weekend Playlist: Laurel’s Headphone-Worthy Playlist http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/the-weekend-playlist-laurels-headphone-worthy-playlist/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/the-weekend-playlist-laurels-headphone-worthy-playlist/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0000 When you listen to music using headphones, you’re forced to really listen to music. With no other sounds but uplifted notes, your attention is focused exclusively on deciphering the message being delivered to you. Actively digesting this message allows you to experience music in new and often profound ways, even if you’re revisiting a song

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