Los Angeles – On Tuesday evening, singer-songwriter Max Jury brought his soulful sounds to a full house at The Satellite in Silver Lake. Opening for Brooklyn-based folk-rock band Streets of Laredo, this young musician from Iowa and his two band mates filled the room with earnest lyricism, tight instrumental chemistry and sweet vocal harmonies. Blurring
Seattle – New Jersey two-piece band Dads made a stop under the Space Needle. Earlier this year they delivered their 90s emo revival sound on their latest album I’ll Be The Tornado. Best New Bands spoke with vocalist and drummer John Bradley and guitarist/vocalist Scott Sharinger last month about the album, coming into adulthood, and
Chicago – That pesky Polar Vortex swept in with snow flurries and wind chills Saturday night, but inside The Vic, Wild Cub was warming the audience with its rich tropical sounds and 80s dance beats. This lively indie synth-pop band began in Nashville, during 2011, with the duo of singer-songwriter Keegan DeWitt and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy
Los Angeles – After seeing their performance last Friday at The Bootleg Hifi, audience members unfamiliar with alternative-pop act Ex Cops would have no way of knowing that the band just released one of the most polished records of 2014. While Ex-Cops’ most recent release, Daggers (on Downtown Records), saw the band venturing into more
New York – Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr is a tilt-a-whirl of a band that jazzes listeners with their addictive hooks, unapologetic fervor and passion-tinged pop-rock soundscapes. This is an act that’s notorious for delivering spellbinding live showings, and Thursday night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg matched that reputation with undulating force. The evening was
New York - The Lone Bellow recently announced their new album Then Came The Morning, to be released January 27, 2015 on Descendant Records. Aaron Dessner of The National produced the album. The Brooklyn-based indie-folk trio have just announced a coinciding tour that will begin February 23 and cover much of the midwest and east. Odessa will perform as
San Francisco – Shit got loud at the Regency Ballroom as Julian Casablancas and his new band, The Voidz, descended upon an eager crowd. Casablancas, who is best known as the lead singer for the indie rock band, The Strokes, released his first album as a solo artist back in 2009 with Phrazes for the
Baltimore – When Andrew McMahon plays a show, whether it is a Jack’s Mannequin reunion, a surprise Something Corporate gig or his annual Dear Jack benefit concert, there is always a group of loyal listeners in attendance. Of course there’s is variety in the audience, but people who have been listening to McMahon since the
Milwaukee – Even though Zeds Dead and Capital Cities were playing shows on the upper levels of The Eagles Ballroom, The Wild Feathers managed to pack the ground floor of The Rave. Wisconsin concertgoers filled out the old dive bar that seemed especially fitting for a good ole Southern rock ‘n’ roll band and presented fans with
New York – Kicking off an early show at Manhattan’s much-loved Mercury Lounge the other night, Avi Buffalo charmed fans with an hour-long set of melody-heavy, rambling tracks. True to this act’s quietly electric identity, the night was both intimate and moving, and offered a perfect pre-weekend mind state to the work-weary New Yorkers who found their