Best New Bands » garage band 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 Palma Violets Impress In Los Angeles http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/palma-violets-impress-los-angeles/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/palma-violets-impress-los-angeles/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2015 23:25:46 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22940 Los Angeles – One thing is for sure – London’s Palma Violets have the swagger and stage theatrics that is the inevitable byproduct of being critically lauded from the moment their first song was released. The infamously trigger-happy British music magazine NME cast Palma Violets into the pantheon of “next big things” in 2012 when

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  1. Palma Violets Play Big At Barboza Seattle – Palma Violets released its debut album, 180, earlier this year which we clearly loved so it was a treat to hear most of the songs on the album played live. The band was supposed to play Seattle’s Neumos on...
  2. Album Review: Palma Violets, 180 Apparently before Palma Violets’ debut album 180 was released, the London band received a lot of hype in its homeland. They won NME’s Best New Band award and were nominated for the BBC’s Sound of 2013 award.  Now that the...
  3. George Ezra ’s ‘Voyage’ Docks In Los Angeles Los Angeles – On Friday night at The Forum bluesy folk-rock musician George Ezra opened for pop sensation Sam Smith. While both artists are from England (Ezra from Hertford, Smith from London), their musical styles are enormously different. Smith gave...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/palma-violets-impress-los-angeles/feed/ 0 Ex-Cult Light Up With ‘Cigarette Machine’ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/ex-cult-light-cigarette-machine/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/ex-cult-light-cigarette-machine/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2015 02:37:16 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=21984 Los Angeles – With their most recent release, Cigarette Machine, Memphis-based Ex-Cult has refined their songwriting without abandoning the intense attitude and swagger of their earlier material.  Despite recording their debut with Ty Segall and jumping from legendary Memphis label Goner Records to release this EP on John Dwyer’s Castleface Records, the band shows that

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  1. Cult of Youth Continue to Cultivate Their Sound With ‘Final Days’ Los Angeles – Cult of Youth have just released their third full-length release for Sacred Bones this week.  Ominously titled Final Days, the record sees the five-piece band from Brooklyn reaching a full-realization of their evolving blend of post-punk and neo-folk. ...
  2. The Mast Kicks Off CMJ With A Generous Smoke Machine Brooklyn – We’re in the heart of CMJ Music Marathon here in the city that never sleeps, and as up-and-coming musicians flock to the metropolis in droves, the volume of shows on deck is preposterous. So, to apply an imagined...
  3. Twerps Deliver Back-To-Basics Rock With ‘Range Anxiety’ Portland – Often in rock music, the adage “less is more” holds true. Range Anxiety, the new album from Melbourne-based Twerps (out this week on Merge Records in the U.S.), is a prime example of how accurate that statement is....
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/ex-cult-light-cigarette-machine/feed/ 0 Twerps Deliver Back-To-Basics Rock With ‘Range Anxiety’ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/twerps-deliver-back-basics-rock-range-anxiety/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/twerps-deliver-back-basics-rock-range-anxiety/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:33:58 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=21579 Portland – Often in rock music, the adage “less is more” holds true. Range Anxiety, the new album from Melbourne-based Twerps (out this week on Merge Records in the U.S.), is a prime example of how accurate that statement is. With two guitars, bass, drums, and vocals shared by every member, the four-piece act has

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  1. Hookworms Deliver Noteworthy Psych Rock LP, ‘The Hum’ Los Angeles – With a sound that blends an amalgam of influences while retaining a solid psych-rock core, the buzz around the Leeds-based five-piece Hookworms has grown in anticipation for their new release, The Hum.  The band’s second widely distributed full-length album, The Hum,...
  2. All Hail! ‘The King Of Anxiety’ From Petite Noir Los Angeles – Considering the album title, The King Of Anxiety, it is no surprise that the five tracks on Petite Noir’s debut EP (out digitally January 19) display a complete mastery of the art of apprehension.  Subdued guitar work...
  3. Ultimate Painting Deliver ‘Super’ Debut  Austin – Ultimate Painting was introduced to me as a supergroup. Not in those words, but there must have been some hope that name-dropping Veronica Falls and Mazes would entice me to listen to their music. I’m not sure if,...
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  1. Brick + Mortar Bring New Meaning to Drum & Bass Chicago – I recently was sitting in traffic, blasting the radio to drown out the honking horns, when a hypnotizing song started to play. It started off with an eerie melody, followed by a ghostly voice and a killer beat....
  2. A Sweaty Heavy Jam with JEFF the Brotherhood at Death by Audio JEFF the Brotherhood packed the sweaty punkers into Death by Audio to full capacity last night, where hell broke loose in the most reverb- and beer-soaked way. Right when the band played the first note, there was a clear and...
  3. T.R.I.P. with Ancient Sky at Death by Audio Tonight Ancient Sky Descend into the weekend tonight with psychedelic rock band Ancient Sky’s record release show for their latest LP, T.R.I.P.S., at Death by Audio. This album is certainly a trip, and I would expect their live show to be...
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