Best New Bands » Lauren Novik 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 3 Best Performances At A Festival – Part Three – Little Comets! http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/3-best-performance-at-a-festival-part-three-little-comets/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/3-best-performance-at-a-festival-part-three-little-comets/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:53:17 +0000 I’m from the city of angels so traipsing around in a mud laden field isn’t exactly my idea of a good time- but take that and add seven stages chock full of kick ass music and I’m willing to take one for the team! Of course the only fest capable of offering up such a

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  1. Frank Turner Rocks Reading Fest, And Soon, L.A.! Reading and Leeds festivals had about a trillion and one amazing musical acts to satisfy anyone and everyone’s musical appetites- but hands down my favorite live performance (and let me tell you- it was a tough decision!) was Frank Turner...
  2. At Hudson River Park Pier 54, tUnE-yArDs and Austra Give Magical Performances tUnE-yArDs Yesterday (7/14) the line to get into tUnE-yArDs with Austra spanned across several blocks; going so far down I couldn’t even see the end of it. I’m not sure if everyone got in, but the capacity at Hudson River...
  3. Sunset Junction Don’t Miss List! SUNSET JUNCTION DON’T MISS LIST! Since most people in Los Angeles are addicted to music- us track addicts are over recovering from Lollapalooza insanity, and on to sorting out our next festival that promises a little music mayhem!  Enter Sunset...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/3-best-performance-at-a-festival-part-three-little-comets/feed/ 0 3 Best Performances At A Festival – Part Two – It’s A Tie! http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/3-best-performances-at-a-fest-part-two-its-a-tie/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/3-best-performances-at-a-fest-part-two-its-a-tie/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:40:15 +0000 Moving right along on our countdown of the best of the best performances this summer I have two tied for number two- and they couldn’t be any more different from each other! Our Daniela Montelongo was busy covering the musical fustercluck that is Chicago’s infamous Lollapalooza and raved about Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.s’ set.  She

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  1. Weekend Concert Preview: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. at the Echo with EMA and Oregon Bike Trails! If you Los Angelenos need a great way to start your summer, head over to The Echo tonight to see Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. play live with supporting acts EMA and Oregon Bike Trails.  Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. is touring...
  2. At Hudson River Park Pier 54, tUnE-yArDs and Austra Give Magical Performances tUnE-yArDs Yesterday (7/14) the line to get into tUnE-yArDs with Austra spanned across several blocks; going so far down I couldn’t even see the end of it. I’m not sure if everyone got in, but the capacity at Hudson River...
  3. Seattle’s 2010 Decibel Festival Round-Up The 2010 Decibel festival concluded last night with an explosive finale at Neumos in Seattle. The festival ran on for five days, from the Opening Gala at Pravada Studios on Wednesday, to the final echoing footstep departing late night from...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/3-best-performances-at-a-fest-part-two-its-a-tie/feed/ 0 3 Best Performances At A Festival – Part One – Four Year Strong! http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/3-best-performances-at-a-festival-part-one-four-year-strong/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/3-best-performances-at-a-festival-part-one-four-year-strong/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:37:43 +0000 After 6 months of covering festivals both in the U.S. and Europe, it’s time to reflect on all the great performances we covered and to recognize the best of the best. So, we’re going to pick three of the most memorable and relive the moment. Here’s part 1: First up is Four Year Strong‘s performance

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  1. Bathgate’s Salt Year Is Dark, Introspective and a Winner It’s been a rough ride for Ann Arbor-based alt-folk crooner Chris Bathgate. On his fourth record, Salt Year, which is a title that the singer uses to describe the time of personal tumult that transpired during the writing and recording...
  2. New Year Sun Bear: Music Is Life, Not Just Homework It’s a typical day. I’m attached to my Macbook Pro I’ve affectionately named my Appletini, I’m scouring the online music sites for something that doesn’t make me want to throw my ipod against a wall, and my music A.D.D. is...
  3. Eastern Conference Champions Rebound With A Strong EP Freed from the shackles of the major label machine, Eastern Conference Champions has had a big 2010. With a September residency at Los Angeles’ Spaceland to landing a coveted spot on the Twilight: Eclipse soundtrack, ECC has been very busy....
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/3-best-performances-at-a-festival-part-one-four-year-strong/feed/ 0 Frank Turner Rocks Reading Fest, And Soon, L.A.! http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/frank-turner-rocks-reading-fest-and-soon-la/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/frank-turner-rocks-reading-fest-and-soon-la/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:26:51 +0000 Reading and Leeds festivals had about a trillion and one amazing musical acts to satisfy anyone and everyone’s musical appetites- but hands down my favorite live performance (and let me tell you- it was a tough decision!) was Frank Turner who’s act sparked an enormous crowd wide sing a long to almost everyone of his

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  1. Reading Rainbow and The Dodos at the Doug Fir in Portland Reading Rainbow by Maxwell Monty Tuesday night’s Reading Rainbow & The Dodos show at the Doug Fir Lounge jumped out the the gate, with opener Reading Rainbow taking the stage at exactly their assigned time of 9:15. The Boy-Girl garage-pop...
  2. I bet you never saw this Turner Cody video I first met Turner Cody in 2000 at the famed Balloon Heaven studio in Jersey City, where many an antifolk record was cut. He had a session before me, a cute girl with him, and sunglasses in the late evening....
  3. Saint Motel Rocks The Palms As wild co-eds roamed the poolside and casino of the Palms hotel in Las Vegas, Saint Motel was hard at work polishing up their SXSW set with a two-night stint at the venerable venue.  Though many of the people who...
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  1. And the Winner of the MTV VMA L.A. Breakout Artist Is….The Divine! Last night at The Music Box in Hollywood, three Los Angeles bands competed for the coveted title of ‘MTV VMA L.A. Breakout Artist’. The artists included rock/hip hop duo The Divine, power pop quintet It Boys (recently featured in an...
  2. Eastern Conference Champions Return With A Winner It’s been a long four years since Los Angeles-based, via the north suburbs of Philadelphia, rock outfit Eastern Conference Champions released its last full-length. That doesn’t mean they haven’t been busy. With the release of a couple of EPs (Santa...
  3. Pheo’s Sexy “Wriot!” Shuts Bedroom Doors If Moreno Valley rapper Pheo lived in L.A., he’d have been scooped up by a scouting agent long ago. That’s why, despite a deep desire to see him perform as (or more) often than lots of local artists, we’re glad...
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  1. Don’t Miss At SXSW- The Madison Square Gardeners! With just a few weeks left to go, the Madison Square Gardeners took us on the road, and behind the scenes as they get ready to rock at this year’s SXSW! The Brooklyn-based sextet will be playing two night’s at...
  2. Don’t Miss At SXSW- Texas Tornado Party (Friday!) It’s Friday.  You’ve been at SXSW for at least forty-eight hours now, and you’ve slept for about eight of them- in a non-consecutive manner.  You’re finally getting ready to head to your 6th Street haunt, because the musical masochist in...
  3. Reading Rainbow and The Dodos at the Doug Fir in Portland Reading Rainbow by Maxwell Monty Tuesday night’s Reading Rainbow & The Dodos show at the Doug Fir Lounge jumped out the the gate, with opener Reading Rainbow taking the stage at exactly their assigned time of 9:15. The Boy-Girl garage-pop...
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  1. Funeral Party- Something To Celebrate There’s never a dull moment in Los Angeles.  Most times the best concert venues are in the less than stellar L.A. areas- but sacrifices must be made in the pursuit of listen worthy music.  On my way to the Bootleg...
  2. Reading Rainbow and The Dodos at the Doug Fir in Portland Reading Rainbow by Maxwell Monty Tuesday night’s Reading Rainbow & The Dodos show at the Doug Fir Lounge jumped out the the gate, with opener Reading Rainbow taking the stage at exactly their assigned time of 9:15. The Boy-Girl garage-pop...
  3. Concert Review: Fun. Puts the Fun in Funeral Party fun. At the strange hour of 6:30 pm, I headed over to The Wiltern in Los Angeles to see Funeral Party and Fun. open up for Panic! At the Disco.  It was still light outside, and this confused me.  Then...
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  2. Dry The River Takes Over North America- And Soon Fest Season! So it’s never easy to retract a statement- but when I said that U.K. spawned Dry The River were going to be big, I lied- they ARE big. Post-SXSW the folk rock group has been incessantly playing and weaving their...
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  3. Neumos, A Vibrant Highlight of Seattle Music Clubs Lying in the nexus of Capitol Hill’s most vibrant area is Neumos, a diverse club that hosts bands of both renown and obscurity. The Seattle club, Moe’s Mo Roc’n Café, was formed in 1992 and enjoyed eleven prosperous years until...
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