Best New Bands » Gauntlet Hair 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 Jackson Scott Gets Weird at Glasslands http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/jackson-scott-gets-weird-at-glasslands/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/jackson-scott-gets-weird-at-glasslands/#comments Mon, 05 Aug 2013 23:19:37 +0000 The Carolinas breed some out there shit, man. Asheville, NC native Jackson Scott is one of them. His bio is full of high-brow jargon, which I’m sure he didn’t write himself, but after absorbing a few songs the connection begins to emerge. With his first musical memory being that of hearing Nirvana at four years

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  1. Album Review: Jackson Scott, Melbourne Melbourne is far from a typical summer album release. Far from what I would expect to come out of Asheville, N.C. or Fat Possum Records. Instead, Jackson Scott’s dripping, echoing vocals and fuzzed out songs sound like they’ve come from...
  2. Album Review: Gauntlet Hair, Stills Even if it weren’t for the Garage Band recordings, I can still vividly remember what my first high school band sounded like. I’ll save you the gory details, but it was fine at best. It can be hard to strike...
  3. TeamMate’s Dani Buncher and Scott Simons Discuss Their Upcoming EP And Unusual Story Every band has an inception story, but Dani Buncher and Scott Simons is not your typical tale. The two dated for ten years, and after spending some time enduring a long distance relationship, Buncher realized she might be gay and...
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  1. Gauntlet Hair Unleashes Debut Album Andy R. (né Andy Rauworth) and Craig Nice (né Craig Fleischman) say they have been playing music together since they were 15. In 2010, nearly a decade later, the duo released a 7” entitled Out/Don’t… under the moniker Gauntlet Hair...
  2. Gauntlet Hair Announce Spring Tour Have we mentioned Gauntlet Hair too much on BestNewBands.com? Our Katrina Nattress listed their self-titled debut album as a top 5 album of last year, and said she was “confident that the duo will receive the recognition it deserves in...
  3. Album Review: The Dead Trees’ WHATWAVE Yes, The Dead Trees are another Los Angeles bred, skinny-jean wearing, moustache-rocking, grunge garage band hitting the local club scenes (I saw them open for The Whigs at The Troubadour back in 2009).  But, this band stays distinct thanks to...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-gauntlet-hair-stills/feed/ 0 Mixtape 28: Laura Marling, Father John Misty and more http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-28-laura-marling-father-john-misty-and-more/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-28-laura-marling-father-john-misty-and-more/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:02:44 +0000   This week’s mix is a combination of old and new tracks, because discoveries are fun, but sometimes re-discoveries are just what we need. Best Coast is on because Kristen saw them at The Mohawk, and also because it’s summertime. There’s also an older track from Shilpa Ray, when she had her Happy Hookers, because

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  1. Father John Misty Seduces The El Rey Josh Tillman has been a part of the music scene in one way or another for years. Whether it be with his solo work under J. Tillman or pounding out grooves behind the drum kit for Fleet Foxes, the bearded...
  2. Father John Misty Announces Tour Dates Upon releasing his Sub Pop debut, Fear Fun, at the beginning of the month, Father John Misty has not only received praise for the record, but has also made his late night debut on The Late Show with David Letterman...
  3. Sasquatch! Day One: Reunions, Sea Wolf and Father John Misty Sasquatch!—like many music festivals—is an entity in flux; new bands come and go, while different promotional events and partnerships set up shop around the grounds, ensuring another year is paid for. Still, one constant exists in the form of the...
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  1. Gauntlet Hair Unleashes Debut Album Andy R. (né Andy Rauworth) and Craig Nice (né Craig Fleischman) say they have been playing music together since they were 15. In 2010, nearly a decade later, the duo released a 7” entitled Out/Don’t… under the moniker Gauntlet Hair...
  2. ALO Announce Spring / Summer Tour Dates New album Sounds Like This to be released May 8, 2012 ALO have announced an initial run of US tour dates this spring in support of the group’s forthcoming album Sounds Like This, to be released May 8, 2012 on Brushfire...
  3. THE TREWS Return To The U.S. For Spring Tour THE TREWS are returning to the U.S. for another round of tour dates this spring in support of their fourth full-length studio album, Hope & Ruin. The band returns on April 17 and will kick off a 16-city tour in Bridgeport, CT. ...
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  1. Top-5 Albums of 2011 – Chris Castro Editors Note: As a special for the last week of 2011, BestNewBands.com is running lists of our writer’s top-5 albums of 2011. Because it’s the end of the year and because we want to find out what our writers really...
  2. Top-5 Albums of 2011 – Matt De Mello Editors Note: As a special for the last week of 2011, BestNewBands.com is running lists of our writer’s top-5 albums of 2011. Because it’s the end of the year and because we want to find out what our writers really...
  3. Top-5 Albums of 2011 – Kelly Knapp Editors Note: As a special for the last week of 2011, BestNewBands.com is running lists of our writer’s top-5 albums of 2011. Because it’s the end of the year and because we want to find out what our writers really...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/top-5-albums-of-2011-katrina-nattress/feed/ 0 The Snowball Festival Returns March 2 thru 4, 2012 http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/the-snowball-festival-returns-march-2-thru-4-2012/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/the-snowball-festival-returns-march-2-thru-4-2012/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:38:43 +0000 The SnowBall Music Festival will return to Nottingham Park in Avon, CO, March 2–4, 2012, for a second year of supreme music and mountain sports. Tickets for the event are on sale now on the newly re-designed SnowBall website. The festival is announcing two bands a day for the 2012 lineup on their Facebook page, click here to

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  1. A Night Spent with Deer Tick and Guards Trekking to Reggie’s, which is located on the far end of Chicago’s South Loop, is usually a task I only do for those can’t miss shows, Guards and Deer Tick was just that. Reggie’s has the appeal of a warehouse...
  2. Deer Tick Has a Damn Good Time Playing Rock N’ Roll On Divine Providence There comes a time in every moody artist’s career when he or she has a “fuck it” moment – that point where they’re exhausted with being brooding and emotive and just want to have a damn good time playing rock...
  3. Seattle’s Decibel Festival, a Preview Seven years ago music enthusiast Sean Horton founded the Decibel Festival in Seattle, bringing to life an exhibition of his passion. The identity of the festival was the electronic music scene and the effect of it, in a city that...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/the-snowball-festival-returns-march-2-thru-4-2012/feed/ 0 Gauntlet Hair Unleashes Debut Album http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/gauntlet-hair-unleashes-debut-album/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/gauntlet-hair-unleashes-debut-album/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:39:50 +0000 Andy R. (né Andy Rauworth) and Craig Nice (né Craig Fleischman) say they have been playing music together since they were 15. In 2010, nearly a decade later, the duo released a 7” entitled Out/Don’t… under the moniker Gauntlet Hair and created a swarm of buzz around their stabbing, reverbed avant-pop. And then those bastards

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  1. Album Review: Class Actress (Elizabeth Harper) Releases Debut, Rapprocher Many years ago, back in 2004, Elizabeth Harper began her music career as a singer/songwriter, strumming an acoustic guitar and crooning to coffeehouse patrons. Half a decade later, the beautiful songstress swapped her guitar for some synthesizers and drum machines,...
  2. Album Review: Big Talk’s Debut Album Is a Fun but Forgettable Effort And so Ronnie Vannucci comes crashing into the rock music scene, proving his place as a solo artist and talented musician.  The Killers’ drummer and Jason-Lee-lookalike releases the self-titled, debut album from his solo group, Big Talk, comprised of Vannucci...
  3. Big Spider’s Back With A Proper Full Length Debut Big Spider’s Back, aka Yair Rubinstein, has interesting music taste. He expands on the dreamy, psychedelic sample-based pop from his Warped EP, and pushes his unique sound into a mind-blowing array of new territory. Incorporating everything from British library music...
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  3. Yawn Releases Their Long Awaited LP “Open Season” There is something magical about listening to a new album in full, not just a single, or a random track here or there, but to listen to a creation that a band has spent much time debating and configuring until...
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