When my friends and I wax sentimental, it’s become common—even expected—to hear at least one anecdote from a bygone Sasquatch weekend. Hosted at the Gorge Amphitheater in central Washington, the festival promises jaw-dropping musical talent and one of most visually stunning venues in all the land. This year suggests no different, with performances from musical
So you’re going to Coachella! If you’re anything like me, you’re probably stoked as a surfer staring at the perfect swell about seeing Radiohead live, but you’re praying they don’t imitate their latest release, The King of Limbs and leave the entire audience aurally blue-balled. You’re searching through your Gmail contacts for that one chick
The lineup for this years Coachella Festival is out and, as you would expect, it’s a great one. Headlined by The Black Keys, Radiohead, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog. The lineup includes also includes a lot of our favorites here at BestNewBands.com including: M83, Florence + the Machine, Neon Indian, Dawes, WU LYF, tUnE yArDs,
M83 Thursday January 12th and Friday 13th at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, CA – 8pm – $25/$30 – All Ages GROUPLOVE W/ Hospitality, 123 and Kid Color Saturday January 14th – Lincoln Hall in Chicago, ILL – 9pm – $15 – 18+ THE STEPKIDS w/ Cuckoo Chaos and Lushlife Saturday, January 14th – The
It’s summertime in Australia and The Falls Music and Arts Festival ending the year with a few days of fun in the sun with warm weather and hot new bands. Making the trek are BestNewBands.com favorites Grouplove (shown above, Photo by Dan Cordie), Metronomy and The Jezabels. Besides the music, one of the things that make
Just when you thought the festival season was over in the northern hemisphere along comes the 96X Winter Meltdown. Okay, you might not want to camp out, but it’s still 9 bands and two stages and the line up includes some of our favorite new bands. Not bad for $45.00 – Day Of. (Young The
Who: Hanni El Khatib with We Break Cameras, Feeding People, Kissing Cousins, and Jeremy SoleWhere: The Echo, Los AngelesWhen: Monday, September 26th at 8pmCost: FreeAge Restrictions: 21+ Who: Braids w/Pepper Rabbit & Painted PalmsWhere: Bottom Of The Hill, SanFranciscoWhen: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 9pmCost: $10/$12 at the doorAge Restriction: 21+ Who: The Album LeafWhere: Le
This past weekend, I made the journey up to San Francisco from Los Angeles to the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in Golden Gate Park. Here is my story. FRIDAY 12:35 p.m. Looking for parking in the Outer Richmond, a foggy neighborhood with limited spaces. K-Flay is on in 10 minutes. Fuck. Is that
It seems like the hardest thing to find these days is a band that sticks to the roots of what made rock music popular in the first place. At least in the Los Angeles scene, it seems as if every band wants to do the spaciest, indie-est thing while denying that they are trying to
GROUPLOVE The fresh style of the LA based indie rock outfit GROUPLOVE made an appearance at the Rickshaw Stop as a part of the weekly Popscene event. The Rickshaw was alive from the very start of the night as everyone in the building was mingling and preparing for the music. The opening band passed around