Best New Bands » Kelly Knapp 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 Django Django Make Magic at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/django-django-make-magic-at-knitting-factory-in-brooklyn/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/django-django-make-magic-at-knitting-factory-in-brooklyn/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:55:58 +0000 Django Django just sounds musical, even if you didn’t know that was the name of an eclectic experimental psychedelic band from London. The term “psychedelic” is used broadly here, more in the way that Django Django creates unique musical paths that make take a few listens to wrap your mind around, instead of just wah

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  1. The Stepkids Are a State of Mind at Knitting Factory Saturday night’s show at Knitting Factory with The Stepkids, Cuckoo Chaos, and Lushlife was officially the first show of the year to properly blow my mind. I needed something fresh to kickstart me back into music mode, and this was...
  2. Young Galaxy Play a Cosmic Set at Knitting Factory This past Saturday, in a total spur of the moment decision after just learning about them, I checked out Young Galaxy at my neighborhood venue, Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. I was worried that tickets would sell out quick at the...
  3. Akron/Family and Delicate Steve Bring Experimental Beauty to Brooklyn Last night, Delicate Steve and Akron/Family took to the stage of a sold-out Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. The room was an eclectic mix of hipsters, music aficionados and indie-rock fans (sometimes as the same person). Delicate Steve, or the...
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  1. Earshot Jazz Festival, a Preview A grand congregation featuring over 50 shows of the nations most acclaimed and promising jazz musicians will form in Seattle on October 15 and conclude 23 days later on November 7. The annual Earshot Jazz festival, established in 1984, has...
  2. Festival Preview: Bonnaroo What Bonnaroo does better than any other North American festival is purvey that communal atmosphere of Woodstock. As great as the festival’s atmosphere is, let’s talk about some of the bands we’re most excited to see. They’re not exactly a...
  3. Seattle’s Decibel Festival, a Preview Seven years ago music enthusiast Sean Horton founded the Decibel Festival in Seattle, bringing to life an exhibition of his passion. The identity of the festival was the electronic music scene and the effect of it, in a city that...
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  1. Album Review: A Place to Bury Strangers, Worship A Place to Bury Strangers release their third full length Worship today on Dead Oceans, and if you already know them, it’s what you want to hear. If you don’t, it’s an accurate representation of what the band is all...
  2. Album Review: The White Buffalo – Once Upon A Time In The West After releasing multiple EPs over the years and several months of anxiously waiting, The White Buffalo’s full-length, Once Upon A Time In The West, is finally available for mass consumption. Released today through Unison Music Group, and although it’s only...
  3. Album Review: Beachwood Sparks, The Tarnished Gold In music, 11 years is an eternity. Fads come and go and what was yesterday’s hit is today’s washed up band. Beachwood Sparks bucks that trend, proving that as long as there’s good music to be made, people will listen...
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  1. BackStory: Love Inks’ “Blackeye” For this week’s episode of BackStory, Texas’ Love Inks took a moment to tell us the story behind their new single “Blackeye” off their upcoming album, E.S.P., due to drop on May 10. blackeye is a simple song. it was...
  2. Live Review: Alabama Shakes Tears it Up at Brooklyn Bowl Alabama Shakes are named quite literally. They are from Alabama, and when they play, there is no way to stay still. Even slower numbers like “Hold On” warrant hands in the air, “Can I get a witness”-style. Their sold out...
  3. Via Audio LIVE @ Brooklyn Bowl Via Audio has been getting a bit of press at BestNewBands recently. Their song “Babies,” was nominated for the site’s Best Song of 2010. We’ve got live footage of them playing “Wanted” at the NX25 2010 conference. And our very...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/love-inks-shy-hunters-baby-alpaca-and-young-unknowns-live-in-brooklyn/feed/ 0 Album Review: David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-david-byrne-st-vincent-love-this-giant/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-david-byrne-st-vincent-love-this-giant/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:41:55 +0000 What do you get when two people, who each on their own have many followers who believe they can do no wrong, collaborate to create a new entity? David Byrne & St. Vincent’s recently released album is a prime example of what that kind of collaboration makes possible. Fittingly, the project was inspired by another

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  1. Album Review: DIgitalism’s “I Love You, Dude” Let me preface this review with this: I know little about electronic music.  I’m working with basically Daft Punk, a little bit of Justice and Deadmau5, Air, and Hot Chip as my main references/points of comparison.  However, I look at...
  2. Album Review: Sleepy Sun, Spiny Hits Sleepy Sun‘s latest release, Spiny Hits, is the record I want to spend all my hazy summer days jamming to. This is the San Francisco-based quintet’s third album and for a new band, they certainly have the genre of psychedelic...
  3. 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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  1. Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s are a Crowd Pleaser at Webster Hall This past Friday, May 13th (yes, Friday the 13th) I caught The Twilight Singers and Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s at the ballroom in Webster Hall. This is a bigger venue that I don’t frequent often, since it...
  2. The Joy Formidable & The Lonely Forest Prove To Be A Formidable Live Pair at Webster Hall In what has to be the most elaborate stage setup I’ve ever seen executed in New York with a venue NOT named Madison Square Garden, The Joy Formidable took the stage at Webster Hall Friday evening, complete with antique furniture,...
  3. The Get Up Kids are back and at Webster Hall with Miniature Tigers Tomorrow If you were a teenager in the mid- to late 90s, you probably remember The Get Up Kids in their heyday, before the genre “emo” became so distorted with the cringe- worthy connotations it has now. After making music for...
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  1. Austin City Limits After Show: GAYNGS It’s hard to believe that Austin City Limits is nearly over! Last night I had the pleasure of seeing GAYNGS at an ACL after show at Emo’s in Austin’s Red River district The show opened up with Brooklyn-based Indie outfit...
  2. Earshot Jazz Festival, a Preview A grand congregation featuring over 50 shows of the nations most acclaimed and promising jazz musicians will form in Seattle on October 15 and conclude 23 days later on November 7. The annual Earshot Jazz festival, established in 1984, has...
  3. Festival Preview: Bonnaroo What Bonnaroo does better than any other North American festival is purvey that communal atmosphere of Woodstock. As great as the festival’s atmosphere is, let’s talk about some of the bands we’re most excited to see. They’re not exactly a...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-austin-city-limits/feed/ 0 New Beard Takes The Paper Box Down to New Beard City http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-beard-takes-the-paper-box-down-to-new-beard-city/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-beard-takes-the-paper-box-down-to-new-beard-city/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:37:50 +0000 “You won’t stand still, so why should the world?” New Beard certainly doesn’t stand still, and they don’t want anyone else to at their shows. On Saturday they played the last date of their tour run that we recently previewed at The Paper Box; a relatively new (and possibly the best new) venue in the

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  1. Tour Preview: New Beard One of the latest genre-defying new bands to come out of NYC is New Beard. This eclectic five-piece is led by former Arizona frontman/songwriter Ben Wigler, accompanied by a virtuousic electric tuba player (Tuba Joe Exley), a singly named lefty...
  2. Brahms Takes The Stage At Scubas In Chicago This past Thursday, Brahms took the stage at Schubas in Chicago. It was great to see the boys back on the same stage I discovered them on, almost a year ago. I have seen the band open shows several times...
  3. Pegasus Bridge Takes Electro Pop Rock To New Heights! Pegasus Bridge is ripping through UK music charts- and it’s no secret why.  Their pop-rock infused with a little electro elements are keeping crowds on their toes- and most definitely unable to hold still during their onstage serenades. As with...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-beard-takes-the-paper-box-down-to-new-beard-city/feed/ 0 The Mynabirds Call All Their Generals at Mercury Lounge http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-mynabirds-call-all-their-generals-at-mercury-lounge/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-mynabirds-call-all-their-generals-at-mercury-lounge/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:27:09 +0000 Singer/songwriter and The Mynabirds frontwoman Laura Burhenn had her snakeskin boots on, ready for stomping on the black and white chevron-painted stomp box under her feet. She and backup vocalist Rebecca Marie Miller stomped in unison rhythm for their whole set at Mercury Lounge this past weekend, making it as percussive as possible. Miller also

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  1. Other Lives Create Dramatic Soundscapes at Mercury Lounge Early shows in the summer always feel strange to me, since it’s just so bright outside. Last night (or day), I checked out the early show at Mercury Lounge where Other Lives played, with Ravens & Chimes as support. Even...
  2. Howlin’ Rain Soaks Mercury Lounge Is it just me, or does there seem to suddenly be a surge of classic epic rock song revivalists emerging? Not necessarily new bands, but bands that are just now starting to get wider recognition and appreciation; and sure, brand...
  3. Hittin’ the Groove with Ava Luna at Mercury Lounge All the videos I had watched of Ava Luna, or any of their songs I had listened to up until this point barely do them justice. Their show at Mercury Lounge Friday night made everything else pale in comparison. They...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-mynabirds-call-all-their-generals-at-mercury-lounge/feed/ 0 Spectre Folk and Chris Lee’s Double Record Release at Union Pool, with Lee Ranaldo http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/spectre-folk-and-chris-lee-s-double-record-release-at-union-pool-with-lee-ranaldo/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/spectre-folk-and-chris-lee-s-double-record-release-at-union-pool-with-lee-ranaldo/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2012 01:18:13 +0000 Thursday night, Union Pool hosted Vampire Blues’ Double Record Release Spectre Folk’s The Ancient Storm and Chris Lee’s Bury the Kings. Vampire Blues is Steve Shelley (of Sonic Youth)’s new record label, and he also has producing credits on Chris Lee’s album, as well as being the house drummer for this show. The last time

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  1. Heliotropes, Dead Stars and The Veda Rays Rock Union Pool The middle of the week promised a great lineup at Union Pool on what was probably the nicest almost-spring night in Brooklyn yet. It was Dead Stars’ 7-inch release show, with Heliotropes and The Veda Rays supporting – all bands...
  2. Cliffie Swan, Pablo Picasso and TEEN Will Work for Ears at Union Pool The Brooklyn tripod formerly known as Lights (not to be confused with the Canadian version, which can be found here: LIGHTS) reemerged as Cliffie Swan last night at Union Pool in Williamsburg(h), Brooklyn and brought some of Brooklyn’s Finest along...
  3. Black Marble Opens at Light Asylum’s Fierce Record Release Show Black Marble sounds exactly like what their name implies: cold and dark. Their show at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge this past Thursday showed the duo of Chris Stewart and Ty Kube invoking post punk and no wave styles...
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