Best New Bands » fun 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 Artist of the Week: fun. http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-fun/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-fun/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 05:51:39 +0000 Sometimes gigantic new bands emerge when you least expect it. That could happen due to timing or even to the stars aligning. Either way you look at it, when a new band explodes and comes from nowhere, you have no choice but to take a look at what they’ve done and see why it works.

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  1. Artist of the Week: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros It’s been a long strange trip for Alexander Ebert. Before he formed the much buzzed about new band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, he was the frontman for Ima Robot. But after the band dissolved, nobody would have thought...
  2. Artist of the Week: Silversun Pickups For the past half-decade, Silversun Pickups have brought their brand of fuzzed out, droned guitar rock to the masses. The quartet has been one of the best new bands to come from the indie hotbed of Silver Lake in Los...
  3. Artist of the Week: Chester French What happens when you’re the hottest new band on the planet, yet haven’t released an album? Then what happens when you do release it and it falls short of the ridiculously high expectation and incredible hype? Easy. You go back...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-fun/feed/ 0 Record Store Day Is This Saturday. Here Are Five Awesome Releases You Need To Pick Up. http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/record-store-day-is-this-saturday-here-are-five-awesome-releases-you-need-to-pick-up/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/record-store-day-is-this-saturday-here-are-five-awesome-releases-you-need-to-pick-up/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:46:11 +0000 If you’re not one of the lucky ones going to Coachella, fear not, for Record Store Day 2012 is here. (Now that I think about it, even if you will be in the desert this weekend there’ll be a tent there, too. We just can’t win…)  If you aren’t familiar with Record Store Day, it’s

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  1. Concert Preview: Allah-Las, Los Coyotes, and The Cosmic Telegraph Co. Play San Diego on Saturday the 16th! If you’re in the San Diego area, or maybe escaping the LA doomsday that will ensue with the closing of the formidable 405, head on out to the Tin Can Alehouse on Saturday, July 16th for some awesome live music. ...
  2. Portland record store hosts indie veterans this week Legendary Portland record store Music Millenium will be hosting two of Portland’s indie veterans this week, the beloved men of The Decemberists and the lesser-known but also talented Dolorean. The record store, which has been around since 1969 and is known...
  3. Kitsuné Announces Inaugural American Compilation for May 22nd Release For the first time ever the Parisian clothing and music emporium has compiled an eclectic selection of fresh new faces on the North American front with Kitsuné America. After booming in Japan, expanding in South East Asia and steadily developing in...
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  1. Concert Review: Fun. Puts the Fun in Funeral Party fun. At the strange hour of 6:30 pm, I headed over to The Wiltern in Los Angeles to see Funeral Party and Fun. open up for Panic! At the Disco.  It was still light outside, and this confused me.  Then...
  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. Album Review: Moving Units, Tension War EP Genre: Electronic/Rock   Sounds like: part Of Montreal, a bit of Franz Ferdinand maybe, and a whole lot of originality I enter Moving Units’ new EP, Tension War, with a somewhat tabula rasa mindset.  I know nothing of Moving Units outside...
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  1. Neon Indian and Janelle Monáe Shake Things Down in San Francisco Let me start by declaring the obvious: SF Weekly’s All Shook Down Music Festival was a great idea. Being a San Diego native, I couldn’t help but be reminded of the time I spent in a haze, wandering down music...
  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. Florence + The Machine Is Finally Back With New Single, “What the Water Gave Me” Alternative pop goddess Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine is finally back in action with a killer new track, “What the Water Gave Me.” This track is the first single from her upcoming second album, which has yet to...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/fun-releases-new-single-we-are-young-feat-janelle-monae-from-upcoming-album/feed/ 0 Concert Review: Fun. Puts the Fun in Funeral Party http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/concert-review-fun-puts-the-fun-in-funeral-party/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/concert-review-fun-puts-the-fun-in-funeral-party/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:00:00 +0000 fun. At the strange hour of 6:30 pm, I headed over to The Wiltern in Los Angeles to see Funeral Party and Fun. open up for Panic! At the Disco.  It was still light outside, and this confused me.  Then I got to the venue and saw hoards of black-clad teens with unnaturally died hair

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  1. Funeral Party- Something To Celebrate There’s never a dull moment in Los Angeles.  Most times the best concert venues are in the less than stellar L.A. areas- but sacrifices must be made in the pursuit of listen worthy music.  On my way to the Bootleg...
  2. Concert Review: The Black Angels Steal the Show at The Fox Theater The Black Angels in a haze of awesomeness. On Saturday night, I had the chance to see The Black Angels, Cold Cave, and The Kills at The Fox Theater in Pomona.  So I drove east to the city, parked in...
  3. Concert Review: St. Patrick’s Day at the Key Club with Phathom, Culprit, thatwasthen, and Bethpage Black Ah, St. Patrick’s Day.  When the beer is green, the tattoo parlors are filled, and the spirit is rowdy.  This St. Patty’s Day, I headed down to the Key Club on the Sunset Strip to check out a showcase of...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/concert-review-fun-puts-the-fun-in-funeral-party/feed/ 0 ANNOUNCING THE BEST LIVE SHOWS OF 2010! http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/announcing-the-best-live-shows-of-2010/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/announcing-the-best-live-shows-of-2010/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:00:00 +0000 You voted, and the votes are tallied. Here’s the list of the Top Ten Best Live Shows of 2010! #10: TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL / SASQUATCH!– TIE When Kelly Montgomery hit Sasquatch! this year, she returned with terrific photos and a great round-up of the acts she managed to squeeze in. Here’s how she kicked

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