Best New Bands » Facebook 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 Ross Sea Party – Artist of the Week http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/the-ross-sea-party-artist-of-the-week/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/the-ross-sea-party-artist-of-the-week/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:40:46 +0000 The Ross Sea Party is a Los Angeles-based quintet whose indie rock manages to house both the wisdom of age and the carefree spirit of youth. I listened to each one of their songs listed on Facebook for all of five seconds each before deciding that I simply must know more about such an intriguing

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  1. Q&A: Brady Erickson of The Ross Sea Party   Having been together since 2009, The Ross Sea Party has been dazzling crowds in the City of Angels with their infectious brand of indie-rock. The quintent has recently been in the studio gearing up for the release of a...
  2. Introducing our first-ever Artist of the Week LA Font! LA Font is the kind of band that invites their audience to experience the full spectrum of emotions along with them at their live shows. At any given moment, the entire room could be experiencing heart-racing excitement, angsty adrenaline spikes...
  3. Letting Up Despite Great Faults – Artist of the Week Interview with Matt and Mike of Letting Up Despite Great Faults Letting Up Despite Great Faults is the musical brainchild of Mike Lee, a project that he describes as both inspired by and steeped in nostalgia. Upon listening, it’s hard...
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  1. Young Galaxy: The Smartest Band You’ve Never Heard Of Young Galaxy are not just another dream-pop band. They’re not another Canadian indie-pop band, either. So what are they? Well, they are a consistently great and dedicated band that has suffered the highs and lows of the music industry. They...
  2. Young Galaxy Play a Cosmic Set at Knitting Factory This past Saturday, in a total spur of the moment decision after just learning about them, I checked out Young Galaxy at my neighborhood venue, Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. I was worried that tickets would sell out quick at the...
  3. Young Man: The Beginning, The Middle, The End Young Man is actually the musical moniker of Colin Caulfield, a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who is currently living and going to school in Chicago. I did not know that until I spoke to him on the phone this afternoon, nor did I...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-with-young-galaxy/feed/ 0 Art vs Science – Artist of the Week http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/art-vs-science-artist-of-the-week/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/art-vs-science-artist-of-the-week/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:18:53 +0000 Official video for “Higher“ Art vs Science is an Australian dance rock trio that puts out the energy and charismatic strangeness of a much larger group. Their full length album The Experiment came out early this year, with their EP Magic Fountain hot on its heels. Both albums are filled with uptempo dance grooves, Daft

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  1. Letting Up Despite Great Faults – Artist of the Week Interview with Matt and Mike of Letting Up Despite Great Faults Letting Up Despite Great Faults is the musical brainchild of Mike Lee, a project that he describes as both inspired by and steeped in nostalgia. Upon listening, it’s hard...
  2. OK SWEETHEART – Artist of the Week OK SWEETHEART–”Home” OK SWEETHEART is a modern band rooted in late 60′s pop, or what the band describes as “heartbreak pop”. Consisting of core members lead singer Erin Austin and Rob Gungor, the project also claims several BestNewBands.com alums as...
  3. Neon Hymns – Artist of the Week Editors Note: Our Artist-Of-The-Week feature is on, a hopefully brief, hiatus. We plan to return to action by mid-October with a very special two part feature. Until then, we’re going to take a page from our television brethern and repeat...
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  1. Band on the Run: Interview with Ben Thornewill of Jukebox the Ghost Jukebox the Ghost has traveled many miles since they formed as a trio in Washington D.C. back in 2008. And I don’t just mean the metaphorical distance between their debut album and their recently released sophomore effort because it was...
  2. BackStory: Andrew Belle’s “Static Waves” In this week’s episode, Andrew Belle tells us the story behind his song “Static Waves.” Static Waves was really an accident that happened while we were in the middle of making ‘The Ladder’ two years ago. We had just begun...
  3. Miniature Tigers Interview: Bringing Modern Art Pop to Life Miniature Tigers are four busy cats. In addition to the nationwide tour they’ve embarked on in support of their second album Fortress (available here), the modern art/beauty pop foursome has received nods from the likes of Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly,...
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  1. Introducing our first-ever Artist of the Week LA Font! LA Font is the kind of band that invites their audience to experience the full spectrum of emotions along with them at their live shows. At any given moment, the entire room could be experiencing heart-racing excitement, angsty adrenaline spikes...
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  3. Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats – Artist of the Week Interview with Jeff Hershey Jeff Hershey might just be the savior of soul music. You might remember his band Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats from a BestNewBands.com preview piece a few weeks ago, and their performance at The Troubadour proved...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/letting-up-despite-great-faults-artist-of-the-week/feed/ 0 Neon Hymns – Artist of the Week http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/neon-hymns-artist-of-the-week/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/neon-hymns-artist-of-the-week/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:23:27 +0000 Editors Note: Our Artist-Of-The-Week feature is on, a hopefully brief, hiatus. We plan to return to action by mid-October with a very special two part feature. Until then, we’re going to take a page from our television brethern and repeat a couple of our most popular installments. Enjoy. Introducing Neon Hymns, our fourth official Artist

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/neon-hymns-artist-of-the-week/feed/ 0 Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats – Artist of the Week http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/jeff-hershey-and-the-heartbeats-artist-of-the-week/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/jeff-hershey-and-the-heartbeats-artist-of-the-week/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:13:57 +0000 Interview with Jeff Hershey Jeff Hershey might just be the savior of soul music. You might remember his band Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats from a BestNewBands.com preview piece a few weeks ago, and their performance at The Troubadour proved more than worthy of the post. The band was incredible and well-described on their their

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/ok-sweetheart-artist-of-the-week/feed/ 0 Go see Jeff Hershey & The Heartbeats tonight at The Troubadour! http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/go-see-jeff-hershey-the-heartbeats-at-the-troubadour/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/go-see-jeff-hershey-the-heartbeats-at-the-troubadour/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:29:43 +0000 photo by Ryan Cleary If you’re in Los Angeles this week, don’t miss Jeff Hershey & The Heartbeats at The Troubadour tonight! Fans of Fitz and the Tantrums and Raphael Saadiq will love the Motown-inspired sound of this SoCal quintet, and analog lovers will fall in love with their recent album Soul Music Vol. 1

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/go-see-jeff-hershey-the-heartbeats-at-the-troubadour/feed/ 0 Vince of Buxter Hoot’n talks influences, the musicians’ community, and their show Saturday at The Mint http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-with-buxter-hootn/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-with-buxter-hootn/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0000 Buxter Hoot’n is two parts family, five parts rock ‘n’ roll revivalists. The San Francisco-based quintet is heading south for a show at The Mint this Saturday along with Honey Island Swamp Band and Sioux City Kid. Earlier this week I spoke to lead singer Vince Dewald, curious about everything from the band’s diverse influences

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