Best New Bands » indie pop 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 LANY Found Love in Chicago http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/lany-found-love-chicago/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/lany-found-love-chicago/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2016 19:23:17 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=29029 Chicago – L.A. trio LANY played two back-to-back shows at the House of Blues in Chicago, supporting Troye Sivan on the Blue Neighbourhood Tour. Best New Bands was at the second sold-out show on Tuesday night, to catch LANY – our Featured Artist – perform for a packed room, full of screaming fans. Although Paul

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  1. LANY: Soon To Be Your Latest Obsession Chicago – LA trio LANY creates catchy electro-pop with 80s vibes and hints of R&B. Catchy is perhaps an understatement; LANY is set to be your latest obsession! That is, unless you’ve already discovered the sexy, seductive tunes of LANY. Then...
  2. Wild Cub Heated Up The Vic In Chicago Chicago – That pesky Polar Vortex swept in with snow flurries and wind chills Saturday night, but inside The Vic, Wild Cub was warming the audience with its rich tropical sounds and 80s dance beats. This lively indie synth-pop band...
  3. Lights Lit Up Chicago Chicago – Lights and co-headliners The Mowgli’s performed for a packed House of Blues, having sold out the downtown venue. While fans, young and old, excitedly waited for the show to begin, I found myself questioning if I should be there,...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/lany-found-love-chicago/feed/ 4 Waxahatchee Has A New Video! http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/dont-get-caught-living-rock-check-waxahatchees-new-video/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/dont-get-caught-living-rock-check-waxahatchees-new-video/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:50:53 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=23094 Chapel Hill – Katie Crutchfield, the DIY-minded, lo-fi, indie pop singer now known for her project, Waxahatchee, (named for the river nearby her childhood house in Birmingham, AL) has been on the mind of many a fan since talk of her next record first came onto the scene. In the time leading up to the album’s

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  1. 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...
  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. Roadkill Ghost Choir Deliver Video Inspired By Horror B-Movies New York – Indie folk-rock band Roadkill Ghost Choir have released a video for their song “A Blow To The Head,” from their recent album, In Tongues, just in time for Halloween. About the video, lead singer Andy Shepard said: “We...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/dont-get-caught-living-rock-check-waxahatchees-new-video/feed/ 0 Twin Shadow ’s LP Is a Hard-Hitting Coup http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/twin-shadows-lp-hard-hitting-coup/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/twin-shadows-lp-hard-hitting-coup/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:48:06 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22538 New York – Twin Shadow’s work sits on the periphery of R&B, and concurrently houses a decidedly indie-pop essence. Never before has this coupling of genres been so pronounced than on this act’s third studio album, Eclipse, out this week via Warner Bros. Records. Twin Shadow is a NYC-bred, LA-based solo musician born George Lewis

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  1. Twin Shadow’s George Lewis Jr. Talks Tours, Goals, and Painting Twin Shadow is the sort of indie pop that you can dance yourself silly to,  pondering the deeply intimate lyrics paired with lush synthetic melodies and strung out disco funk beats. Twin Shadow is essentially the brainchild of George Lewis,...
  2. Twin Peaks Bring The Energy To Rough Trade NYC During CMJ Brooklyn – In an age when many young popular bands are a series of nice haircuts and boyish good looks, Twin Peaks is a welcome change. Drummer Connor Brodner, bassist Jack Dolan, guitarist Clay Frankel and guitarist Cadien Lake James...
  3. Dan Mangan ’s Fourth LP A Knockout Achievement New York – Vancouver-based Dan Mangan is about to release his fourth studio album, and the compilation is a breathtaking, full-bodied marvel. On his latest, Mangan maintains the hard-hitting alt-folk instrumentalism that peppered his previous work, and deepens with precision...
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  1. Band on the Run: Interview with Ben Thornewill of Jukebox the Ghost Jukebox the Ghost has traveled many miles since they formed as a trio in Washington D.C. back in 2008. And I don’t just mean the metaphorical distance between their debut album and their recently released sophomore effort because it was...
  2. Roadkill Ghost Choir Deliver Video Inspired By Horror B-Movies New York – Indie folk-rock band Roadkill Ghost Choir have released a video for their song “A Blow To The Head,” from their recent album, In Tongues, just in time for Halloween. About the video, lead singer Andy Shepard said: “We...
  3. Interview – Roadkill Ghost Choir Nashville – Roadkill Ghost Choir, a six piece indie alt rock band, has so much going for it that the band was invited to Bonnaroo with only one, awesome EP on the books. Andrew, Zach, and Maxx Shepard (a trio...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-jukebox-ghost/feed/ 1 Jib Kidder Offers Psychedelic Indie Pop On ‘Teaspoon To The Ocean’ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/jib-kidder-offers-psychedelic-indie-pop-teaspoon-ocean/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/jib-kidder-offers-psychedelic-indie-pop-teaspoon-ocean/#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2015 04:39:35 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=21396 New York – Jib Kidder’s bandcamp bio reads “no genre, no hometown, hard to pin down since Y2K.” This is true: Sean Schuster-Craig has lived all over the country (grew up in Georgia, spent time in the Midwest and on the West Coast, currently based in New York) and experimented with genres from Southern hip-hop

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  1. Matt Pryor ‘Nine Forty Live’ Offers A Retrospective New York – While we like to remember shows as these great, loud, glorious events, live albums are often a disappointment. Even when they’re professionally recorded, there is usually an overly rambunctious crowd member or equipment failure that makes what...
  2. Ex Cops ’ ‘Daggers’ LP Cuts Through Many Genres Los Angeles – Brooklyn indie-pop outfit Ex Cops is the duo of Brian Harding (formerly of Hymns) and Amalie Bruun (formerly of Minks). They first made waves late 2012/early 2013 with the release of True Hallucinations. It navigated through the channels of dream-pop...
  3. London’s Narrow Plains Talks the Meaning of Indie Folk, DIY and Debut Records Austin and London – Indie folk has always been a slippery label for me. I understand the desire to connect with an older musical tradition; it’s the execution that’s been throwing me off. Good songwriting, passionate performance, crooning backup vocals,...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/jib-kidder-offers-psychedelic-indie-pop-teaspoon-ocean/feed/ 0 I Am Harlequin is Epic Indie Pop with an Electronic Twist. http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/i-am-harlequin-is-epic-indie-pop-with-an-electronic-twist/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/i-am-harlequin-is-epic-indie-pop-with-an-electronic-twist/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:33:36 +0000 From our friends at restorm: I Am Harlequin music is epic indie pop with an electronic twist. Singer/songwriter and producer Anne Freier was born in East Germany, towards the end of the GDR regime. Her influences range from classical music, particularly the Russians of the 20th century (Prokofiev, Rimski-Korsakow, Rachmaninoff), to the advanced choir arrangements

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  1. Semi Precious Weapons- On The Rox- With A Twist I swore up and down that I was going to take an entire week to recover for SXSW 6th street insanity- lay low, re-coup, etc.  So that plan didn’t exactly work.  In fact, I pretty much burned the paper with...
  2. Jonquil: The Prettiest Flower In The Indie Bouquet Recipe for the perfect indie band: Start with beautiful voices that can sing the lowest lows and the highest highs. Stir in an assortment of instruments, most especially organs, harmonicas, trumpets and electronic keyboards. Add a dash of British flavor....
  3. Portland record store hosts indie veterans this week Legendary Portland record store Music Millenium will be hosting two of Portland’s indie veterans this week, the beloved men of The Decemberists and the lesser-known but also talented Dolorean. The record store, which has been around since 1969 and is known...
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