Best New Bands » experimental music 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 Bear In Heaven – Live In San Francisco http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/bear-heaven-live-san-francisco/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/bear-heaven-live-san-francisco/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2014 01:42:00 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=18671 San Francisco – Experimental Brooklyn-based trio Bear in Heaven hit the stage for a thoroughly enthralled audience this week at The Independent in San Francisco.  This brainchild of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/composer Jon Philpot is on the road in support of the band’s fourth album, Time is Over One Day Old, released last month via Dead Oceans, and

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  1. Bear in Heaven – Time Is Over One Day Old Brooklyn – Bear in Heaven, a band beloved for their capacious rock soundscapes, is about to surface with their fourth studio album. The record is a 10-track strutter that pitches conviction quietly and breeds revelation gently, making it the perfect...
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  3. Bear In Heaven Receive a Hero’s Welcome in Brooklyn Last night Bear In Heaven returned home… To the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. The indie sensation played for a sold-out crowd eager to bop and sway to their brand of danceable, experimental funk. The crowd was a varied...
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  1. Dirty Projectors “Bitte Orca”: A Nod to the Kaleidoscope Melodiously off-beat. That’s the oxymoron that describes the 8th LP, Bitte Orca, released by Dirty Projectors in June of 2009. Leadman Dave Longstreth is not so lead in this album, lending his hauntingly boyish voice to only a couple songs,...
  2. Behind the Nostalgic Sounds of Dirty Beaches Dirty Beaches, the one-man band of Alex Zhang Hungtai, is quite possibly one of the most intriguing artists that I’ve recently come across. There’s something mysterious in his music that sounds like nostalgic echoes from decades ago. After I caught...
  3. Maps & Atlases Release “Fever” Off Upcoming LP Barsuk Records is excited to debut “Fever”, the new single off the upcoming Maps & Atlases full-length Beware & Be Grateful, out April 17th. Maps & Atlases will embark on a headlining tour this spring in support of the sophomore...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/stream-dirty-projectors-upcoming-album-swing-lo-magellan/feed/ 0 Fredrik Delivers One Of The Most Experimental Albums Of The Year http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/fredrik-delivers-one-of-the-most-experimental-albums-of-the-year/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/fredrik-delivers-one-of-the-most-experimental-albums-of-the-year/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:00:00 +0000 Over the past several years, European indie pop outfits have become popular in the U.S. With their third full-length album, Swedish electro-folk trio Fredrik plan on making the transition to become one of the latest in this line of successful import acts. FLORA is a step forward for Fredrik. Firstly, the duo of Fredrik Hultin

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  1. Black Breath, Keeping it Metal Seattle’s five-piece Black/Thrash Metal band Black Breath has recently announced their first European tour since forming in 2005. Their rush onto the international scene has a lot to do with the outstanding success of their 2008 EP Razor to Oblivion,...
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