Best New Bands » foals 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 6 New Bands to See at Voodoo 2016 http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/6-new-bands-see-voodoo-2016/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/6-new-bands-see-voodoo-2016/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:07:27 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33596 New Orleans –  All Hallow’s Eve is upon us y’all, and for those living in the greater New Orleans area, that can only mean one thing: FRENCHMEN GONNA BE POPPIN’ Y’ALL!  WOOOOOOOOOO! Er…well, maybe two things. For all those native to the GNO—and those lucky enough to visit the Crescent City on this particularly spooky

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  1. 5 New Bands to See at Riot Fest 2016 Chicago – Ah, yes, it’s that time of year again – time to experience all four seasons while attending one of Chicago’s best music festivals: Riot Fest. For some, the chances of getting rained on, spending the weekend slowly walking...
  2. More New Bands At Lollapalooza 2016 Chicago — Saturday the sun finally showed its face for the entirety of the day’s festivities, helping to dry up some of the remaining moisture left behind by the preceding days’ rains.  Lollapalooza 2016’s third day also saw an increase...
  3. New Bands at Afropunk Fest Brooklyn 2016 Brooklyn – Every summer, since 2005, Afropunk Fest ascends on one of our favorite New York City boroughs: Brooklyn. The festival was named after James Spooner’s 2003 documentary Afro-Punk, and was created as a means to give people of color, but specifically black...
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  1. Best New Bands At Lollapalooza 2015: Day 3 Chicago – Seeing as a Chicago music festival just wouldn’t be complete without rain, the weather gods nailed it to Lollapalooza on Sunday. Early in the afternoon, the park was evacuated due to a severe approaching storm. Luckily, the rain didn’t...
  2. New Bands At Lollapalooza: Raury, Elle King And The DMA’S Chicago - Saturday saw another successful day at Lollapalooza. The weather was great, the people watching was fantastic, and of course, the music was ah-mazing! While some people camped out all day to see their favorite bands, like Walk the Moon or...
  3. 9 New Bands At Lollapalooza 2015: Day 1 Chicago – The first day of Lolla was fantastic! Yes, it was pretty darn hot, but the heat was easy to forget with so much great music at your beckon. The excellent choices kept me on my feet all day,...
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  1. 10 New Bands to See at Bonnaroo 2016 Chicago – Ah, yes, festival season is in full swing! And for many, the mecca of music festivals is fast approaching. That would be Bonnaroo, of course. The four-day long camping festival in Manchester, Tennessee has long been a favorite among...
  2. Preview: 10 New Bands At Lollapalooza Chicago – Yes, yes, it’s that’s time of year again! Time for Chicago’s biggest music festival: Lollapalooza. With so many acts and a multitude of stages, it can be hard to work out just who to see. Best New Bands...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/15-new-bands-see-lollapalooza-2016/feed/ 0 Foals Announce Fall U.S. Headlining Tour http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/foals-announce-fall-u-s-headlining-tour/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/foals-announce-fall-u-s-headlining-tour/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2016 23:26:11 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=31853 Los Angeles – Foals have announced a headlining tour to take place this fall across the United States. The run will kick off on September 23rd in Seattle, WA at the Paramount. Fan club pre-sales will launch on Tuesday, July 12th at 10:00 AM local time. The general on-sale will launch on Friday, July 15th

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  1. Cage The Elephant, Silversun Pickups & Foals Announce US Arena Tour Los Angeles – This March, Cage The Elephant, Silversun Pickups, Foals, and Bear Hands will embark on Spring Fling Rock AF 2016. The 15-city U.S. arena tour packages some of the best new bands in alternative music today, and harkens back to the days when artists crisscrossed the country together...
  2. Shakey Graves Announces Fall Headlining Tour Los Angeles – In the wake of breakout performances at Sasquatch and Bonnaroo and with sets at Newport Folk, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, and ACL still on deck, Shakey Graves’ non-stop tour schedule grows even further with the announcement of more...
  3. Wolf Alice Announce Headlining Spring Tour – New Tour Video New York – London-based rock band, Wolf Alice, announce their U.S. Spring Headline Tour in support of their debut album entitled My Love Is Cool, out now via Dirty Hit/RCA Records. The tour will begin April 1st in Philadelphia, PA and will include stops...
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  1. Foals Live At KCRW’s Apogee Sessions Los Angeles – There’s no way the five members of Foals do not feel on top of the world right now. First of all, their last album, Holy Fire, produced an out-of-left-field modern rock radio hit in “Inhaler”. Then the...
  2. Cage The Elephant, Silversun Pickups & Foals Announce US Arena Tour Los Angeles – This March, Cage The Elephant, Silversun Pickups, Foals, and Bear Hands will embark on Spring Fling Rock AF 2016. The 15-city U.S. arena tour packages some of the best new bands in alternative music today, and harkens back to the days when artists crisscrossed the country together...
  3. Skylar Spence Live At Oakland’s Fox Theater San Francisco – We love Skylar Spence.  It’s hard not to.  Ryan DeRobertis’s debut LP Prom King under the moniker (he formerly produced vaporwave tracks under the name Saint Pepsi, until the soft drink giant issued a cease-and-desist) was an...
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  1. 6 New Bands At Treasure Island Music Festival – Preview San Francisco – Well, it’s that time of year again: it’s fall in the Bay Area (at last!) and while a very dramatic El Niño is on its way to (hopefully) dump a ton of rain on the Golden State,...
  2. 5 New Bands At Treasure Island Music Festival – Day 2 San Francisco – Sunday at Treasure Island 2015 started out much sunnier than the previous day, but the wind was constantly blowing throughout the day.  It was a much stronger breeze than Saturday’s, so much so that I could’ve sworn I...
  3. Bleachers’ Jack Antonoff Announces “Shadow Of The City” Music Festival! New York – Bleachers’ Jack Antonoff announced today, that the first ever “Shadow Of The City” music festival will be held on September 19, 2015 at The Stone Pony SummerStage in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Antonoff is the curator and founder...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/bbc-6-music-festival/feed/ 0 Cage The Elephant, Silversun Pickups & Foals Announce US Arena Tour http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/cage-elephant-silversun-pickups-foals-announce-us-arena-tour/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/cage-elephant-silversun-pickups-foals-announce-us-arena-tour/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2016 20:20:22 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=28260 Los Angeles – This March, Cage The Elephant, Silversun Pickups, Foals, and Bear Hands will embark on Spring Fling Rock AF 2016. The 15-city U.S. arena tour packages some of the best new bands in alternative music today, and harkens back to the days when artists crisscrossed the country together on package tours – often hitting cities and towns that otherwise wouldn’t have access to

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  1. Cage The Elephant Announce UK & Europe Shows In February London – Cage the Elephant, who release their new album Tell Me I’m Pretty through Columbia Records on 18th December, have confirmed a string of European shows in February. The gigs will be the bands’ first since playing with Foals at Alexandra...
  2. Silversun Pickups Announce New LP And Single New York – Silversun Pickups have announced that their much-anticipated fourth studio album, BETTER NATURE, will be released September 25th via the band’s own New Machine Recordings. Pre-orders for the album in addition to other very limited items are now available at silversunpickups.com....
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/cage-elephant-silversun-pickups-foals-announce-us-arena-tour/feed/ 1 Foals Live At KCRW’s Apogee Sessions http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/foals-live-kcrws-apogee-sessions/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/foals-live-kcrws-apogee-sessions/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2015 07:11:37 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=28124 Los Angeles – There’s no way the five members of Foals do not feel on top of the world right now. First of all, their last album, Holy Fire, produced an out-of-left-field modern rock radio hit in “Inhaler”. Then the band spent the summer headlining ever-larger music festivals, and they just released what could truly

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  3. 2:54 Live At Echoplex Los Angeles – Despite the extended daylight and blisteringly warm weather outside, 2:54 preferred to keep things a little darker inside Los Angeles’ Echoplex.  The band’s brooding yet melodic sound is best enjoyed with the lights turned way down and...
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  2. Johnny Bennett wants you to come see him at the Hotel Cafe– for Free! Johnny Bennett is playing at the Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles this Tuesday, and he wants to invite you to come see him– for FREE! If you’d like to be on the list this Tuesday evening, email me, Leona Laurie,...
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