Best New Bands » Grimes 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 6 New Bands at Outside Lands 2016 Day 1 http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/6-new-bands-outside-lands-day-1/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/6-new-bands-outside-lands-day-1/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2016 20:36:02 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32317 San Francisco – The ninth annual Outside Lands Music Festival kicked off this Friday in the misty glens of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The sparse early afternoon crowds swiftly grew to massive proportions as the day progressed, and the areas around the festival’s four stages quickly filled with attendees keen to catch some of the most renowned acts

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  1. 10 New Bands to See at Outside Lands 2016 San Francisco – This weekend marks the ninth Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, held annually in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The first edition was held back in 2008, boasting acts like Radiohead, Beck, Tom Petty, and Jack Johnson. This year...
  2. 5 New Bands We Loved at Pitchfork Day 1 Chicago – People in Chicago often joke that the city is one of the few places where you can experience all four seasons in one day. The weather here can change at any given moment. So when it comes to...
  3. 10 New Bands to See at Pitchfork 2016 Chicago – While for most people July triggers images of fireworks, American flags, grilling, and BBQ, for music festival junkees, this wonderful month ushers in thoughts of relaxing with a nice Goose Island beer, on the baseball field in Chicago’s...
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  1. 10 New Bands to See at Bonnaroo 2016 Chicago – Ah, yes, festival season is in full swing! And for many, the mecca of music festivals is fast approaching. That would be Bonnaroo, of course. The four-day long camping festival in Manchester, Tennessee has long been a favorite among...
  2. Preview: 10 New Bands At Lollapalooza Chicago – Yes, yes, it’s that’s time of year again! Time for Chicago’s biggest music festival: Lollapalooza. With so many acts and a multitude of stages, it can be hard to work out just who to see. Best New Bands...
  3. 10 New Bands to See at Pitchfork 2016 Chicago – While for most people July triggers images of fireworks, American flags, grilling, and BBQ, for music festival junkees, this wonderful month ushers in thoughts of relaxing with a nice Goose Island beer, on the baseball field in Chicago’s...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/15-new-bands-see-lollapalooza-2016/feed/ 0 Grimes and Bleachers Have A New Collaboration http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/youll-excited-playing-grimes-bleachers-new-collaborative-track/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/youll-excited-playing-grimes-bleachers-new-collaborative-track/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2015 04:25:27 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22556 New York – Two heavy hitters of the music world, synth-pop artist, Grimes (Claire Boucher), and indie pop act, Bleachers (Jack Antonoff), recently teamed up to create and release a completely new track titled, “Entropy.” The new collaborative creation debuted on the most recent installment of the HBO program, Girls and was co-written by both artists specifically for the show. Viewers

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  1. 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...
  2. Find Some Favorite New Music in Jacco Gardner ‘s New Video! Jacco Gardner, the unexpected up-and-comer from Hoorn, Netherlands, has released a brand new music video for “Find Yourself” –the first single from his imminent second record, Hypnophobia. Though not his literal debut (Cabinet of Curiosities, 2013), Hypnophobia marks the artist’s first release with the reputable Polyvinyl....
  3. Of Monsters and Men Release New Single Iceland’s Of Monsters And Men are back with an ambitious fury, releasing a new song, announcing the date for their sophomore release and revealing a list of stops for an extensive spring tour, with plenty of stops in North America! (Including their...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/youll-excited-playing-grimes-bleachers-new-collaborative-track/feed/ 0 That Voice: Synthpop Duo Purity Ring – ‘Another Eternity’ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/voice-synthpop-duo-purity-ring-another-eternity/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/voice-synthpop-duo-purity-ring-another-eternity/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:45:24 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22054 New York – Last year, electronic pop iconoclast Grimes released a track called “Go” that she had written for Rihanna. It was a weird moment that showed how all perceived boundaries between seemingly incompatible musical worlds are artificial. Here was a somewhat accidental star, just a few years removed from tiny DIY basement shows, pitching

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  1. Capitol Hill Block Party: Naomi Punk, Purity Ring, Wild Cub, Pickwick Keep the Party Going Well, we managed to find enough time to get well rested and ready for the second round of Capitol Hill Block Party after a wholly entertaining kick-off day; the day two party rivaled the first and gave us a wide...
  2. Benjamin Booker Finds His Voice   Los Angeles- Sometimes it’s failure that sets us on the track that we need to be on. For Benjamin Booker the inability to score a job in journalism out of college was the impetus for his now budding musical...
  3. Young Ejecta’s ‘The Planet’ Is Trippy, Beep-y, Wonderful San Francisco – Relative newcomers Young Ejecta have returned with a new EP—or “mini-album” as they choose to call it—entitled The Planet.  The electronic duo consists of Joel Ford (of Ford & Lopatin fame) and Neon Indian’s female vocalist Leanne...
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  1. 6 New Bands To See At LA’S FYF Fest This Weekend Los Angeles – Saturday mark’s FYF Fest’s 11th year and the much-anticipated LA festival has come a long way since its untamed and free debut. Each session has become inarguably more and more esteemed and this year’s lineup is a...
  2. 5 New Bands to See at Bumbershoot Seattle – Labor Day weekend is here, which means summer is drawing to a close. That’s right, the days of spending afternoons by the lake and evenings at an outdoor movie are almost over – but that doesn’t mean we...
  3. FYF Fest Lineup Announced Good news for fans of new music: FYF Fest is proud to announce its return to the Los Angeles State Historic Park in downtown Los Angeles, where it’s been held for the past four years. Taking place on Sept 1...
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  1. 5 New Bands To See At Pitchfork Chicago – We sure do love us some music festivals here in Chi-town. One of the most beloved is the ever-growing Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park, which begins Friday July 18th and ends Sunday July 20th and will feature...
  2. 5 New Bands at Pitchfork – Day Two Chicago – Saturday, Saturday, Saturday! Are you singing a little Elton? I was during day two of Pitchfork Festival. Right from the start, I was feeling it, thanks to one of my favorite local bands- but there were plenty of...
  3. Speedy Ortiz Extend Tour + Play Bonnaroo And Pitchfork New York – Speedy Ortiz are extending their never-ending tour schedule to include another string of dates in North America.  Hot off the heels of their second trip to Europe this year the band is going to connect the dots...
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  1. Speedy Ortiz Extend Tour + Play Bonnaroo And Pitchfork New York – Speedy Ortiz are extending their never-ending tour schedule to include another string of dates in North America.  Hot off the heels of their second trip to Europe this year the band is going to connect the dots...
  2. 5 New Bands To See At Capitol Hill Block Party Seattle – Summer is almost in full swing, and with the change comes my favorite seasonal activity- block parties. Growing up, “block party” meant water balloon fights, watermelon slices, cornhole, and s’mores, but since moving to Seattle I’ve learned that...
  3. 6 Great New Bands We Saw At Sasquatch! Day 3 George, WA. - Even after two full days in the blazing Gorge sunshine, festival goers rallied to catch the great acts Sunday’s lineup offered, including Haim, Rodriguez, tUnE-yArDs, Cold War Kids, Portugal. The Man, and much more. Check out some of the new bands...
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  1. Grimes Announces Mythical Gymnastics Tour With a handful of upcoming US festival appearances and a string of Canadian Dates with Skrillex and Diplo, Grimes is now announcing the Mythical Gymnastics tour. An extensive North American Fall headlining tour, Grimes will be joined on the road by Myths and Elite...
  2. Sasquatch!: DIIV, Earl Sweatshirt, Grimes, CHVRCHES Editor’s Note: Our Zach Klassen was on hand at Sasquatch! this year. Here are his dispatches from the event. DIIV If I had any doubts about DIIV before, I now realize it is only because I hadn’t seen them live....
  3. Speedy Ortiz Extend Tour + Play Bonnaroo And Pitchfork New York – Speedy Ortiz are extending their never-ending tour schedule to include another string of dates in North America.  Hot off the heels of their second trip to Europe this year the band is going to connect the dots...
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  1. Festival Preview: Bonnaroo What Bonnaroo does better than any other North American festival is purvey that communal atmosphere of Woodstock. As great as the festival’s atmosphere is, let’s talk about some of the bands we’re most excited to see. They’re not exactly a...
  2. Earshot Jazz Festival, a Preview A grand congregation featuring over 50 shows of the nations most acclaimed and promising jazz musicians will form in Seattle on October 15 and conclude 23 days later on November 7. The annual Earshot Jazz festival, established in 1984, has...
  3. Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Announces 2012 Lineup February 14, 2012, New York, NY — Superfly Presents and A.C. Entertainment are excited to announce the initial lineup for the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The 11th annual four-day camping and music festival will be held on June...
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  2. Concert Preview: Joe Pug – Congress Theater – January 28, 2012 Sometimes a musician bursts onto the scene and they take you back in history to a time that was so influential that it’s hard not to make comparisons. Joe Pug is that type of musician. “He’s like a young Bob...
  3. Backstory Bonus! Far-Less’ “So Glad” In this special edition of BackStory, Brandon Welch of Far-Less tells us the story behind the darkly poetic “So Glad!” “So Glad” was the first song that I had ever wrote for FL. Jordan (Powers) and Mark (Karsten) helped a...
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