Best New Bands » Indians 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 Mixtape 27: Crystal Fighters – DIIV – Michael Kiwanuka and more http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-27-crystal-fighters-diiv-michael-kiwanuka-and-more/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-27-crystal-fighters-diiv-michael-kiwanuka-and-more/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:35:51 +0000  Summer is already starting to feel like it’s blowing up, as we’ve had a busy week with new breezy tunes to chill in your beach chair by, as well as some fresh jams to sweat it out to. In live reviews, Zach Klassen was up at Sasquatch! Music Fest, where DIIV took all his doubts

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-27-crystal-fighters-diiv-michael-kiwanuka-and-more/feed/ 0 Sasquatch Day 2: Suuns, Indians And Michael Kiwanuka http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sasquatch-day-2-suuns-indians-amd-michael-kiwanuka/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sasquatch-day-2-suuns-indians-amd-michael-kiwanuka/#comments Sun, 26 May 2013 21:32:39 +0000 Suuns may have started playing to overcast skies but there was no shortage of fans at the Yeti stage Saturday. The Montreal quartet didn’t say much, but instead charged into their brand of electronic noise rock. The pounding kick drum of “2020” drew more people from up the hill into the mass of dancers collected

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  1. Album Review: Indians I was sitting in front of my new laptop today lamenting the death of Punk Rock…again. Punk has lived and died more times in the past twenty years than Paul McCartney during the Abbey Road years. Then I listened to...
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  3. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week October 10th, 2011 Who: Screaming FemalesWhere: Space Gallary, Portland, MEWhen: Tues. October, 11th @ 7:30 Cost: $8 Age Restriction: 18+ Who: MetronomyWhere: Electric Owl, Vancouver, BCWhen: Weds. October 12th, 9PM DoorsCost: CAD 15.00Age Restriction Who: Gardens and VillaWhere: Holocene, Portland, ORWhen: Weds. October 12th, 8:30PMCost: $10.00Age Restriction: 21+ Who:  Frank TurnerWhen: ...
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