Atlanta – Trend-setting Los Angeles radio station KCRW has just premiered the video for Jet Trash’s new single “What They Want,” from the California garage rockers’ recent self-titled debut EP. Jet Trash know what it means to be a quintessential West Coast band. They proudly carry the torch of their predecessors The Sonics and
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 Palace in Feb 2014. The Times raved about those shows, reporting, “charismatic singer Matt Shultz
Los Angeles – In the contemporary underground rock scene of Los Angeles, specializing in retro-influenced garage rock like the Mystic Braves do can be a double edged sword: On one hand, there are literally hundreds of thousands of music fans that are completely in love with the sound, a dozen or so community-minded venues which
Brooklyn - Guantanamo Baywatch, a group Best New Bands caught wind of at last year’s SXSW Festival, and a band that has built their reputation on wrangling up a bawdy mishmash of classic surf instrumentation and brash garage rock, has just released a new single titled, “Corey Baum’s Theme.” Today also marks the start of a lengthy North
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
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
Los Angeles – Catfish and The Bottlemen is an indie garage rock band hailing from Llandudno, North Wales. The quartet has been piloting the U.K. indie rock circuit for several years with a few EPs under their belt. This past year, Van McCann (lead vocals), Johnny Bond (lead guitar), Benji Blakeway (bass guitar) and Bob
Chicago – One of the joys of music festivals is discovering new bands. This year Riot Fest introduced Best New Bands to dozens of new acts, including the rock ‘n’ roll five-piece The Unlikely Candidates. At the heart of this Texas band are long-time friends and Fort Worth natives Kyle Morris (lead vocals) and Cole
Nashville – The term “garage rock” usually draws pictures in my mind of skinny lead singers in torn jeans, Gibson Flying Vs blasting through Marshall stacks and low-slung Rickenbacker basses pounding through Ampeg cabinets. Unlike more refined acts who spend hour upon hour laying tracks in the studio until each song has reached perfection; garage
JEFF the Brotherhood’s third album, Hypnotic Nights, is out now on Warner Bros. Records, and despite the major label switch they still sound like JEFF the Brotherhood. The brothers Jake and Jamin have traveled more and grown up a bit, which is reflected on this new record, but they also still made some pretty good