Chicago – L.A. duo Cardiknox is ready to unveil Portrait, the indie pop band’s debut album. The masterminds behind Cardiknox – Lonnie Angle and Thomas Dutton – have been hard at work, making their dreams come true, despite the occasional obstacles here and there. The two met in Seattle, became friends, and together moved to New
Going to a new festival can be a bit of a gamble, and going to a new festival to see a new band (well new to me, anyway) can be a recipe for disappointment. Saturday’s crowd at the Silver Lake Jubilee was relatively tame compared to the drunken hordes at last year’s Sunset Junction, and
It’s all happening! Lauren and Laurel are on the ground at SXSW, and the reports will start coming in today. Follow all the action on their Twitter accounts, and here on BestNewBands.com- Twitter.com/LaurenNovik, Twitter.com/LaurelKathleen, and Twitter.com/BestNewBandscom!
BestNewBands.com staffers Laurel Kathleen and Lauren Novik are hitting the road for SXSW this week, and we invite you to keep tabs on what they’re up to here on the site and via Twitter! You can follow BestNewBands.com on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/bestnewbandscom Follow Laurel Kathleen on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/LaurelKathleen Follow Lauren Novik on Twitter at
Sometimes living in the world renowned city of Los Angeles seems amazing. You’d think living in a city with an unrivaled amount of culture and music could hold no bad characteristics. Then it takes you an hour and fifteen minutes to get to the Key Club and suddenly that city with a population of two
Due to intervening forces, we weren’t able to get this Q&A with Gamble & Burke into Lauren Novik’s pre-CMJ showcase of the band, but we’re giving it to you today! Get to know these Massachusetts lads, and enjoy the music video at the bottom of the post. Lauren Novik: What are your main musical influences
Minus The Bear rocked the Wiltern in Los Angeles last night- and the performance was more than a little impressive. I entered during the first song only to find myself amidst an argument between someone working at the Wiltern and a fan who was beyond upset with his hundred dollar balcony seats. The main issue
Unwrapping what seemed to be about the hundreth CD I’d finally had the chance to wade through- I was slightly excited about these eleven tracks based on the CD’s poignant name alone- White Collar Lies. But, being slightly jaded from several lackluster tunes and tracks that had dominated the better half of my morning already-
Walking into The Viper Room last night to see the much heard about and highly underrated (as of yet!) Parlotones- I had literally crossed into a whole other country, South Africa to be exact. After parking in Siberia, Laurel Kathleen and I had managed to wander into S.A. without knowing it- who knew a passport
Sometimes you need to just be dancing in the streets- down in Chicago, New Orleans, New York City- Sunset Junction- and to give you your fix of cardio craziness via dance-off, Sunset Junction brought in Deejay Echo to fuel your fire- and he did not disappoint! At this point every L.A. kid looking to