Best New Bands » festival preview 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 Festival Preview: SXSW has just announced another round of bands http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-sxsw-has-just-announced-another-round-of-bands/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-sxsw-has-just-announced-another-round-of-bands/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:41:47 +0000 SXSW is getting closer! As their web site says: ‘The list of invited acts is growing by each day’. The list is already huge and they’re still adding bands. There’s a lot of new faces (Bruce Springsteen notwithstanding – but Yay Bruce). They already booked BestNewBands.com favorites Grace  Potter + The Nocturnals (shown above), Letting

Continue Reading →

The post Festival Preview: SXSW has just announced another round of bands appeared first on Best New Bands.

Related posts:

  1. Seattle’s 2010 Decibel Festival Round-Up The 2010 Decibel festival concluded last night with an explosive finale at Neumos in Seattle. The festival ran on for five days, from the Opening Gala at Pravada Studios on Wednesday, to the final echoing footstep departing late night from...
  2. Video Preview: Fun. in the Studio for their New Album (Plus Fall Tour Dates Announced!) Breaking news, Nate Ruess fans!  Pop-rock trio fun. has a new album coming out next year and has recently released a video through Complex magazine previewing the currently untitled album.  The video features the band in the studio with producer...
  3. Earshot Jazz Festival, a Preview A grand congregation featuring over 50 shows of the nations most acclaimed and promising jazz musicians will form in Seattle on October 15 and conclude 23 days later on November 7. The annual Earshot Jazz festival, established in 1984, has...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-sxsw-has-just-announced-another-round-of-bands/feed/ 0 Festival Preview: Second Annual Moogfest October 28-30 http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-second-annual-moogfest-october-28-30/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-second-annual-moogfest-october-28-30/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:21:00 +0000 Halloween weekend sparks the second annual Moogfest, a festival dedicated to Robert Moog, the man whose musical creativity and inventiveness changed the path of music and pioneered the electronic genre. When his first Moog synthesizers were introduced in the 60’s, they were among the first electronic instruments to gain international appreciation among musicians and were

Continue Reading →

The post Festival Preview: Second Annual Moogfest October 28-30 appeared first on Best New Bands.

Related posts:

  1. Seattle’s Decibel Festival, a Preview Seven years ago music enthusiast Sean Horton founded the Decibel Festival in Seattle, bringing to life an exhibition of his passion. The identity of the festival was the electronic music scene and the effect of it, in a city that...
  2. Earshot Jazz Festival, a Preview A grand congregation featuring over 50 shows of the nations most acclaimed and promising jazz musicians will form in Seattle on October 15 and conclude 23 days later on November 7. The annual Earshot Jazz festival, established in 1984, has...
  3. Seattle’s 2010 Decibel Festival Round-Up The 2010 Decibel festival concluded last night with an explosive finale at Neumos in Seattle. The festival ran on for five days, from the Opening Gala at Pravada Studios on Wednesday, to the final echoing footstep departing late night from...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-second-annual-moogfest-october-28-30/feed/ 0 This Sunday in LA: Abbot Kinney Festival and Tarfest! http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/this-sunday-in-la-abbot-kinney-festival-and-tarfest/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/this-sunday-in-la-abbot-kinney-festival-and-tarfest/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:54:32 +0000 Fellow Angelenos, this upcoming Sunday fruitfully offers us some killer options for entertainment. First, we have Abbot Kinney Festival.  Here’s what the website has to say: “Since its founding in 1984, the Abbot Kinney Festival has grown in size and popularity to become one of the largest community events of its kind in the country.

Continue Reading →

The post This Sunday in LA: Abbot Kinney Festival and Tarfest! appeared first on Best New Bands.

Related posts:

  1. Typhoon: Free Show This Sunday! Who: Typhoon Where: Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR When: Sunday, May 22, 2011 9 pm Cost: Free to the first 350. First come, first serve. Age Restrictions: 21+ I told you all about Typhoon’s epic show at the Doug Fir (see...
  2. Hey Dallas! Check out the 35 Conferette this Thursday-Sunday in Denton! If you happen to be lucky enough to live in Denton (like I once was), then you already know what’s happening this weekend. But for everyone outside of the ever-expanding musical mecca, this weekend is something to mark on your...
  3. Seattle’s Decibel Festival, a Preview Seven years ago music enthusiast Sean Horton founded the Decibel Festival in Seattle, bringing to life an exhibition of his passion. The identity of the festival was the electronic music scene and the effect of it, in a city that...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/this-sunday-in-la-abbot-kinney-festival-and-tarfest/feed/ 0 Festival Preview: The Black Lips, Cut Copy, Toro y Moi and More at Pacific Festival http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-the-black-lips-cut-copy-toro-y-moi-and-more-at-pacific-festival/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-the-black-lips-cut-copy-toro-y-moi-and-more-at-pacific-festival/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:42:09 +0000 If you live in Los Angeles, you might have seen those janky little blue banners spraypainted with block letters reading “PACIFIC FESTIVAL AUGUST 13″ that flap on chain-link fences above freeways.  But, where they lack in marketing budget and strategy, they make up for in lineup.  So   if you’re in the Orange County area,

Continue Reading →

The post Festival Preview: The Black Lips, Cut Copy, Toro y Moi and More at Pacific Festival appeared first on Best New Bands.

Related posts:

  1. Concert Preview: The Black Angels open for The Kills and Cold Cave at the Fox Theater   The Black Angels opening for Cold Cave and The Kills Who: The Kills with Cold Cave and The Black AngelsWhen: Saturday, May 14th, doors open at 7, show starts at 8Where: The Fox Theater, Pomona, CACost: $22.50 advance, $25...
  2. Seattle’s Decibel Festival, a Preview Seven years ago music enthusiast Sean Horton founded the Decibel Festival in Seattle, bringing to life an exhibition of his passion. The identity of the festival was the electronic music scene and the effect of it, in a city that...
  3. Earshot Jazz Festival, a Preview A grand congregation featuring over 50 shows of the nations most acclaimed and promising jazz musicians will form in Seattle on October 15 and conclude 23 days later on November 7. The annual Earshot Jazz festival, established in 1984, has...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-the-black-lips-cut-copy-toro-y-moi-and-more-at-pacific-festival/feed/ 0 Sasquatch! Watch 2011! http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/sasquatch-watch-2011/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/sasquatch-watch-2011/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:00:00 +0000 The Sasquatch! Music Festival in the beautiful state of Washington has quickly become one of the highlights of the indie festival scene for both its breathtaking backdrop and stellar lineups. This year the festival is rumored to be bigger and better than ever before, just in time to celebrate its 10th anniversary. While the warm

Continue Reading →

The post Sasquatch! Watch 2011! appeared first on Best New Bands.

Related posts:

  1. New band to watch: Post Post I discovered Post Post thanks to a good friend of mine who happened to recently graduate from Bryn Mawr, an all-women’s liberal arts college just outside of Philadelphia. As at most small schools, everyone seems to know everyone’s business, which...
  2. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 1/3/2011 Picked by Jesse Diener-Bennett, Laurel Kathleen, & Lauren Novik Who: Grouplove w/Guards Where: Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA When: Monday Jan. 3rd, 9:30pm Cost: Free! Age Restrictions: 21+   From Laurel Kathleen: This January, catch one of Los Angeles’ hottest...
  3. Broken Bells plays Portland’s December to Remember this Thursday Despite the fact that Broken Bells only announced themselves as a project just over a year ago, the duo has exploded onto the scene with force and an eclectic new sound. Broken Bells is the now familiar name of Brian...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/sasquatch-watch-2011/feed/ 0