Best New Bands » garage 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 Guantanamo Baywatch Share New Single And Tour Dates! http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/guantanamo-baywatch-share-new-single-tour-dates/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/guantanamo-baywatch-share-new-single-tour-dates/#comments Fri, 01 May 2015 23:27:28 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=24046 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

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  1. Blitzen Trapper Share A Record Store Day Single Los Angeles – Portland, Oregon-based experimental country/folk band, Blitzen Trapper, are happy to be sharing a special live track, “Heart of Gold,” via SoundCloud. The Neil Young cover tune comes from the band’s limited-edition Record Store Day LP offering, Live Harvest. The quintet...
  2. The War on Drugs Have Announced Tour Dates Through June Chicago – Just shy of a full year since the release of the universally lauded Lost In The Dream (March 18, 2014), indie rock band, The War On Drugs, (Best New Bands’ 2014 Newbie Award Winners), have just announced a collection of fresh tour...
  3. ALT-J Premiere Video for ‘Pusher’; Announce Tour Dates Los Angeles – Today, alt-J premiere the video for “Pusher” – the latest track to be lifted from their critically acclaimed album This Is All Yours. Created by renowned collective Division Paris and directed by Thomas Rhazi, the video focuses on a...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/guantanamo-baywatch-share-new-single-tour-dates/feed/ 0 Nai Harvest ’s ‘Hairball’: One of the Best Albums of 2015 http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/nai-harvest-s-hairball-one-best-albums-2015/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/nai-harvest-s-hairball-one-best-albums-2015/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2015 07:31:21 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=23873 Chicago – U.K. duo Nai Harvest is back with LP number two, or what guitarist Ben Thompson calls their “proper” debut. Hairball (Top Shelf Records) is a change of pace for Nai Harvest, previously known for making emo girls swoon with 2013’s Whatever (Dog Knights Productions). Thompson and drummer Lew Currie held on to that

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  1. Meet Ben Thompson of Lo-Fi Punk Duo Nai Harvest Chicago – This month, U.K. twosome Nai Harvest are set to unfetter their latest endeavor, Hairball. Shortly after forming in 2011, guitarist Ben Thompson and drummer Lew Currie started to gain attention with their emo-rock and 2013 release Whatever (Dog...
  2. 10 Albums You Might Have Missed In 2014 London – Let’s face it; there is just so much music out there. If you are privileged enough to get to write about music, one trick friends then play on you is to try to find new bands you’ve never...
  3. Ben Howard Reveals New Show Dates For 2015! New York - Ben Howard, the widely popular singer-songwriter from South Devon, England is preparing to get back out to his U.S. fans. The highly acclaimed musician (who packed Chicago’s Riviera and LA’s El Rey Theatre this past February and November respectively,) has just announced a...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/nai-harvest-s-hairball-one-best-albums-2015/feed/ 1 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 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. Poliça Brings Dark Side of Electronica to The Parish in Austin Austin—Another weekend of ACL brings another weekend of Late Night sets. This time I wound up on 6th Street west of I-35 to see Poliça, the Minneapolis electronic group that has been releasing music for two years, starting with 2012’s...
  2. Monica Birkenes Brings Her Mr. Little Jeans To The Troubadour Los Angeles – With a powerful performance before a packed house in West Hollywood’s famed venue The Troubadour, this show felt a lot like a homecoming for Los Angeles-based Mr. Little Jeans.  The synth-pop band effortlessly flowed through their headlining...
  3. Radiation City, Wild Ones Bring Portland Electro-Pop To The Crocodile Seattle – Two Portland-based bands recently brought stunning, infectious indie electro-pop to The Crocodile, thrilling the crowd with catchy melodies, impressive beats, and strong female vocals. Headlining the night was Radiation City, a five-piece with Portland origins going back to...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/shilpa-ray-brings-superb-savagery-lower-east-side/feed/ 0 A Conversation With Golden Grrrls’ Ruari MacLean http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-golden-grrrls-ruari-maclean/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-golden-grrrls-ruari-maclean/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 15:50:31 +0000 It’s been a wild year for Golden Grrrls. The Glasgow/London-based outfit released a romping self-titled debut album via Slumberland Records (U.S.) and Night School (UK), toured Stateside for the first time (a feat they never thought they’d achieve), and filmed a music video for the album’s single, “Take Your Time.”  What began as a bedroom

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  1. A Conversation with Ume’s Lauren Larson So much amazing music comes out of Austin, TX and it looks like the city’s next up-and-comers are the shoegazing trio Ume. Led by the talented singer/guitarist Lauren Larson, the band named after a Japanese plum blossom has made a...
  2. A Conversation With Blonds Cari Rae and Jordy Asher are Blonds. The Florida-based duo has been garnering interest in the blogosphere since self-releasing its debut EP, Dark Roots, last November. Since then, the two-piece trekked up north to New York to work with famed...
  3. A Conversation With Los Encantados’ James Armstrong For a band that has only been playing music together for a year, Los Encantados has accomplished a tremendous amount. The New York-based sextet has released not one, but three EPs since March, all acting as installments of a larger...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-golden-grrrls-ruari-maclean/feed/ 0 Audacity’s Kyle Gibson Discusses Orange County, Touring And Their Upcoming Album http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/audacity-s-kyle-gibson-discusses-touring-with-man-or-astro-man-and-what-to-expect-on-their-upcoming-album/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/audacity-s-kyle-gibson-discusses-touring-with-man-or-astro-man-and-what-to-expect-on-their-upcoming-album/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 15:00:15 +0000 If the guys in Audacity know one thing, it’s how to have fun. The Orange County bred punk rockers have been playing music together since Elementary school, and though they have grown up since then, they still focus on having a good time, and it’s worked out in their favor. The quartet is gearing up

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  1. Restorations’ Jon Loudon Discusses The Band’s Origins, New Album And Touring All good things must come to an end, and every once and awhile something even more amazing ascends from the ashes. This was the case for vocalist/guitarists Jon Loudon, Dave Klyman and Ben Pierce. After the demise of the trio’s...
  2. Hot As Sun Discusses Their Debut Album And Playing With Foster The People Some people just have music in their blood, and it’s safe to say that Jamie Jackson is one of those people. Ever since she can remember, she has been singing—whether it be to the radio or as part her church...
  3. We Were Lovers Talk About Their Upcoming Album, Pyramids, and Why They Decided To Become A Duo   Ash Lamothe and Else Gebremichael have been making music together for years, but they haven’t molded their project into what each of them really wanted until recently. After a number of member changes, the two decided that they were...
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  2. Album Review: The White Buffalo – Once Upon A Time In The West After releasing multiple EPs over the years and several months of anxiously waiting, The White Buffalo’s full-length, Once Upon A Time In The West, is finally available for mass consumption. Released today through Unison Music Group, and although it’s only...
  3. No Joy, Best Coast, and Wavves hit the Hawthorne Theater in Portland wavves rock out, courtesy their myspace Saturday, February 19th was no night for vocalists at the Hawthorne Theater in the South East corner of Portland, Oregon. With a line-up that consisted of No Joy, Best Coast, and Wavves, volume and...
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  1. Interview with New Jersey’s The Static Jacks Photo by Michael Nika The Static Jacks is a punky, garage- and angst-laced quartet from New Jersey. Their upcoming album If You’re Young will be released August 30th, and is now available for pre-order here. I spoke to lead vocalist...
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  3. The Ross Sea Party – Artist of the Week The Ross Sea Party is a Los Angeles-based quintet whose indie rock manages to house both the wisdom of age and the carefree spirit of youth. I listened to each one of their songs listed on Facebook for all of...
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  1. An Interview with Country Bred Rockers The Features Allow me to introduce to you your next favorite band: The Features. From small town Tennessee, this band is rife with a country angst, a subconscious punkiness, a little bit of whimsical sentimentality, and a really funny drummer. Signed to...
  2. Black Mountain is back with “Wilderness Heart” With an album cover that has a on-coming shark about to attack an office building, Black Mountain is saying you better be ready for its next album, which is slated to be released on September 14. The Canadian quartet’s third...
  3. Album Review: White Denim’s “D” Is an A+ The Background: Ah, White Denim. I remember the very day when my love affair with their distinctly deft sounds began.  ‘Twas a chilly October night last year.  I was at the El Rey, seeing Portugal. The Man for the first...
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