Best New Bands » Katy Perry 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 Save the Clocktower – Artist of the Week http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/save-the-clocktower-artist-of-the-week/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/save-the-clocktower-artist-of-the-week/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:28:45 +0000 You might remember Save the Clocktower from a BestNewBands.com feature several months ago reviewing their album Carousel. Or you might remember the name from Back to the Future. Either way, they’re a Chicago-based band worth remembering for a rainy day or otherwise. I spoke to all three members on the phone last week, and we

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  1. Chasing Kings: Music to make art to When I first searched for Chasing Kings online,  I discovered a melancholy acoustic band that didn’t seem at all like the band I had heard so much about. Friends and colleagues alike raved about the group, but I was less...
  2. Catching up with Active Child’s Patrick Grossi I first met Active Child’s Patrick Grossi while he was opening for Islands and Steel Phantoms at The Loft in Dallas in July. We chatted about how the tour was going, and he gave me a copy of his Curtis...
  3. Vonnegutt: Alternative Hip Hop Kings of the Dirty South Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Vonnegutt, the self-described “alternative/hip-hop/pop” four-piece repping the Dirty South.  Fronted by emcee Kyle Lucas from Marietta, Georgia, Kyle had been hustlin’ on the mixtape scene for years before meeting with session...
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  3. Purple Melon- Making Retro The New Now When Eric Joyce answered the door in nothing but bell bottoms and a couple necklaces- I knew this was going to be like no interview I’d conducted before.  I’ve done the backstage thing, the dressing room thing, the street-side thing-...
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