Oh, Slang Chickens, you are hilarious. Thanks for another terrific how-to video, this week teaching us how to tour happily. The chicken cooking tutorial last week was amazing. By the end of the month, we will have learned so much from you!
In this installment of BackStory, Princess Pangolin‘s Julie Carpenter tells us the story behind her song “Heatwave.” If Mark Frauenfelder of BoingBoing says it’s good, you know it is. You can catch Princess Pangolin at LA’s Echoplex on April 1. This song started with the pizzicato violin riff…I started playing that and humming the melody.
When Sebastian Bernarski won a pair of tickets to see The Parlotones at The Mercury Lounge in New York City this week, he took his camera to the show, and he shared some of his pics with us. We’ll be giving away tickets to see the band in Portland and Los Angeles in the next
LA’s Slang Chickens are back for their second installment as BestNewBands.com’s Artists in Residence for March, and this week they’ve raised the bar by giving you a cooking lesson *and* a song. Chickens on chicken.
Come fly with the Slang Chickens this month as they share with BestNewBands.com during the month that sees the end of their residency at the Echo and their time at a little festival we like to call SXSW.
South African rock darlings (and former BestNewBands.com Artists in Residence) The Parlotones are touring the United States, and we want to help YOU meet the band and see a show for free! This February and March, BestNewBands.com will be giving away chances to meet The Parlotones in New York City, Portland (Oregon) and Los Angeles.
In this week’s installment from Ivan & Alyosha, they take us behind the scenes into the RV as they hit the road for a tour!
In this episode of BackStory, New Jersey’s “Delicate Steve” Marion tells us the story behind his song “Butterfly.” Here is how Butterfly happened. I sat down one day in the place where I make music and took out this small drum machine I bought at a salvation army and turned the speed of it all
The New Music Seminar, which BestNewBands.com will be attending next week, announced their list of the Top 100 Artists on the Verge this week, and there are a lot of familiar names on it. Here’s some of how NMS chooses bands for the list: The NMS Artist on the Verge Top 100 is compiled based
In this episode of BackStory, Ryan Camenzuli of Wild International tells us the story behind their song “Mayoridad.” Without getting into too much detail, this song is really about coming to terms with your mistakes and realizing you can only grow from them and hope for the best in the end. Before I wrote this song,