Los Angeles – With a powerful performance before a packed house in West Hollywood’s famed venue The Troubadour, this show felt a lot like a homecoming for Los Angeles-based Mr. Little Jeans. The synth-pop band effortlessly flowed through their headlining set, punctuated by a strong vocal performance from bandleader Monica Birkenes. The crowd quickly filled
San Francisco - Sky Ferreira celebrated the second night of her three-night residency at The Independent with a tremendously energetic concert. The 22-year old Los Angeles native—along with her backing 4-piece band—played more than a dozen songs for a highly energetic crowd, drawn mostly from her debut LP Night Time, My Time, which was released last
New York – The Real Friends show started with a Wentzian voice over. The light rasp of lead singer Dan Lambton’s voice came in over the loudspeakers as the band took the stage. The sentiments, like “I only miss you late at night,” sounded like pop punk lyrics in paragraph form and sent the audience
New York – BestNewBands.com, a top destination for reviews, interviews and news about the world’s best emerging recording artists, has announced the nominees of its 2014 Newbie Awards honoring the year’s best new band, male artist, female artist and album—plus one new category (Breakthrough Artist), as determined by a poll of the site’s editorial staff.
Seattle – Field Report treated The Sunset Tavern to an intimate, folk-laden performance on Wednesday evening. Nearing the close of their fall tour (their first “West Coast headlining tour”), Chris Porterfield, Tom Wincek, and Shane Leonard played with stunning authenticity and emotion at the Ballard venue. “We’re just doing this together, alongside each other, us
Los Angeles – Local four-piece indie pop act, Smallpools, lit up the faces of those in attendance for their show on Wednesday night at the Henry Fonda Theatre. Their fully charged performance was thrilling and left much of the crowd desiring more. Fortunately between songs the band announced that their full-length debut record would be
Los Angeles – On Tuesday evening, singer-songwriter Max Jury brought his soulful sounds to a full house at The Satellite in Silver Lake. Opening for Brooklyn-based folk-rock band Streets of Laredo, this young musician from Iowa and his two band mates filled the room with earnest lyricism, tight instrumental chemistry and sweet vocal harmonies. Blurring
New York – The Last Internationale are slated to revive the ought-rock, post-garage era with undulating force. The band released their first full-length endeavor, We Will Reign, in August via Epic Records and a video for the song, “Wanted Man,” in early November. Today, Best New Bands is excited to premiere a “making of” clip
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 began in Nashville, during 2011, with the duo of singer-songwriter Keegan DeWitt and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy
Austin – So, $ingle$ 2 is a joke, right? Not as in a bad record, more like the obvious sarcasm of the record’s title is completed by a track listing tailored to put off wannabe fans, and anyone looking to soundtrack a car commercial. The first song could easily have been selected for broad listen-ability,