Best New Bands » Fidlar 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 FIDLAR ‘s Too Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums Chart http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/fidlar-s-debuts-1-billboards-heatseekers-albums-chart/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/fidlar-s-debuts-1-billboards-heatseekers-albums-chart/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2015 18:47:41 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=27278 Los Angeles – FIDLAR’s second album Too was released on September 4th and has debuted at the No. 1 position on Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums Chart, which tracks the week’s top-selling albums by new or emerging acts. Too is available now via Mom + Pop Records HERE. Following appearances on the main stage of Reading and Leeds, a free hometown show

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  1. FIDLAR Announce Biggest UK Tour & Album Release Los Angeles – Following their hotly anticipated London return – where they sold-out Heaven in 3 hours – and with new album Too inching ever-closer, LA punks FIDLAR are following news of their infectious new single ‘West Coast’ by announcing their biggest UK tour...
  2. FIDLAR Provides the Soundtrack to Another Lost Generation on New LP “Too” San Francisco – Kanye West wishes he was the voice of a generation. FIDLAR actually is, because few artists have better articulated the rather pathetic state of arrested development many millennials find themselves trapped in today. Alienated by suburban sprawl,...
  3. Royal Blood’s Debut Album Climbs To No. 5 On The Billboard Albums Chart Los Angeles – UK duo Royal Blood’s heralded debut self-titled album has climbed to No. 5 on the Billboard Albums Chart ten months after its release. Following a remarkable appearance on the famed Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM on Tuesday,...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/fidlar-s-debuts-1-billboards-heatseekers-albums-chart/feed/ 1 FIDLAR is Ready to Riot with “Too” http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/fidlar-ready-riot/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/fidlar-ready-riot/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:34:44 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=27077 Chicago – Back in 2013, when L.A. punk rockers FIDLAR released their self-titled debut, the foursome quickly built a reputation for partying it up (perhaps a little too hard) and letting loose on stage (never too hard on this end though), making for one of the best live shows around, complete with massive mosh pits

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  1. FIDLAR Announce Biggest UK Tour & Album Release Los Angeles – Following their hotly anticipated London return – where they sold-out Heaven in 3 hours – and with new album Too inching ever-closer, LA punks FIDLAR are following news of their infectious new single ‘West Coast’ by announcing their biggest UK tour...
  2. FIDLAR Provides the Soundtrack to Another Lost Generation on New LP “Too” San Francisco – Kanye West wishes he was the voice of a generation. FIDLAR actually is, because few artists have better articulated the rather pathetic state of arrested development many millennials find themselves trapped in today. Alienated by suburban sprawl,...
  3. The Hives and FIDLAR Set To Melt Faces In Select Cities In case you aren’t aware yet, one of our favorite new bands, SoCal slacker/punk/surf rockers FIDLAR, are set to hit the road for the next couple of weeks with another personal favorite, Swedish indie garage vets The Hives. Having seen...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/fidlar-ready-riot/feed/ 1 FIDLAR Provides the Soundtrack to Another Lost Generation on New LP “Too” http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/fidlar-provide-soundtrack-another-lost-generation/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/fidlar-provide-soundtrack-another-lost-generation/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2015 07:32:21 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=26946 San Francisco – Kanye West wishes he was the voice of a generation. FIDLAR actually is, because few artists have better articulated the rather pathetic state of arrested development many millennials find themselves trapped in today. Alienated by suburban sprawl, disillusioned from an overdose of mass media marketed dreams of easily attainable happiness and utterly

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  1. FIDLAR Announce Biggest UK Tour & Album Release Los Angeles – Following their hotly anticipated London return – where they sold-out Heaven in 3 hours – and with new album Too inching ever-closer, LA punks FIDLAR are following news of their infectious new single ‘West Coast’ by announcing their biggest UK tour...
  2. The Hives and FIDLAR Set To Melt Faces In Select Cities In case you aren’t aware yet, one of our favorite new bands, SoCal slacker/punk/surf rockers FIDLAR, are set to hit the road for the next couple of weeks with another personal favorite, Swedish indie garage vets The Hives. Having seen...
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  1. FIDLAR Announce June Tour With The Hives FIDLAR are very excited to announce that this June they will be hitting the road with The Hives. They will be joining the band for their East Coast leg in the second half of the month. They have also released...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/fidlar-announce-biggest-uk-tour/feed/ 0 FIDLAR and The Orwells at The Subterranean http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/fidlar-and-the-orwells-at-the-subterranean/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/fidlar-and-the-orwells-at-the-subterranean/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2013 23:01:28 +0000 Chicago – The ghouls and goblins were ready to rage this Halloween at The Subterranean. Everyone from Sasquatch to Richard Nixon braced themselves for the chaos, until FIDLAR finally descended from the spiral staircase backstage to give the restless kindred spirits what they needed. Donned in matching blue graduation gowns and face makeup, FIDLAR, an

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  2. Delta Spirit And FIDLAR Put On Clinic On How To Rock At The Wiltern Thursday night in Los Angeles was unlike any we’d seen in a while: it rained. Yes, the presses stopped and everything stood still, literally. Except that is live music. Fans in the City of Angels had a smorgasbord of choices:...
  3. Q And A With Brandon Schwartzel of FIDLAR Chicago – L.A. surf punk band and partying aficionados FIDLAR (Short for: “Fuck It Dog, Life’s A Risk”) are having a pretty busy year for four guys known for their slacker odes of “Cheap Beer” and “Cocaine”. After releasing their...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/fidlar-and-the-orwells-at-the-subterranean/feed/ 0 Q And A With Brandon Schwartzel of FIDLAR http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-with-brandon-schwartzel-of-fidlar/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-with-brandon-schwartzel-of-fidlar/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:07:18 +0000 Chicago – L.A. surf punk band and partying aficionados FIDLAR (Short for: “Fuck It Dog, Life’s A Risk”) are having a pretty busy year for four guys known for their slacker odes of “Cheap Beer” and “Cocaine”. After releasing their self titled label debut in January, FIDLAR (Zac Carper/Guitar & Vocals, Brandon Schwartzel/Bass, Elvis Kuehn/Guitar

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  2. The Hives and FIDLAR Set To Melt Faces In Select Cities In case you aren’t aware yet, one of our favorite new bands, SoCal slacker/punk/surf rockers FIDLAR, are set to hit the road for the next couple of weeks with another personal favorite, Swedish indie garage vets The Hives. Having seen...
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