Best New Bands » lofi 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 New Bums – Voices in a Rented Room http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/new-bums-voices-in-a-rented-room/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/new-bums-voices-in-a-rented-room/#comments Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:29:57 +0000 Los Angeles – Ben Chasny and Donovan Quinn have done the whole psych-genre thing already. The main music project for Chasny is Six Organs of Admittance, admittedly a psych folk group, and Donovan Quinn’s band, the Skygreen Leopards, also classifies themselves as a psych-folk project. But when put together, Chasny and Quinn have created a new

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  1. Dinosaur Bones Live At Austin’s, Empire Control Room Austin – “The first thing I saw was a mirage”. So goes the opening line of the enveloping tune, “Dreamer’s Song”, by the alt-rock quartet, Dinosaur Bones. Accordingly, these were the first words sung by frontman Ben Fox as he...
  2. The Last Internationale – Live At The Viper Room Los Angeles – At a pizza joint Friday night on the Sunset Strip, The Last Internationale (a New York band comprised of Delila Paz, Edgey and Fernando Silva) told BestNewBands.com that the discovery of Woody Guthrie and Howlin’ Wolf six...
  3. Grave Babies Light Up Record Room in Portland   If you’re at all familiar with Grave Babies, lead singer Danny Wahlfel’s recent response to a question from IntoTheWoods.tv about song meaning might not be all that shocking— “They’re pretty much just all about depression and nihilism. A lot...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/new-bums-voices-in-a-rented-room/feed/ 0 Cotillon Premieres ‘80s-Inspired Video For ‘Talk To Her’ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/cotillon-premieres-80s-inspired-video-for-talk-to-her/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/cotillon-premieres-80s-inspired-video-for-talk-to-her/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:12:52 +0000 Nothing is more fitting from a Los Angeles trio that self-describes itself as “West Coast Love Fuzz” and “Flower Punk” than a music video that looks like it came straight out of the ‘80s, and today we are excited to premiere Cotillon’s “Talk To Her,” off the band’s upcoming White Roses EP. Directed by David

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  1. Lost Weekend Premieres CGI Video For ‘Let Me In’ In 2010, four friends began to play music together on the unfinished 11th floor of Winnipeg’s Commodities and Exchange building. It was there that guitarist/vocalist Matt Worobec, keyboardist Zack Antel, bassist Jason Pankratz and drummer Luke Janzen began writing and...
  2. Oceanography Premieres Black And White Video For “Drinking Water” Though Oceanography’s roots seem to be planted in gothic Americana, there is one thing founder Brian Kelly wants to make clear: this is not a folk outfit. He’s not just some guy singing and playing guitar. And after hearing tracks...
  3. Stroik Premieres Frenetic New Single, “James” Stroik has been receiving praise for his charmingly lo-fi bedroom recordings, and today we are excited to premiere “James,” the third single from the North Carolina-based songwriter.  Where his previously released songs featured quaint keyboard sounds, this track centers on...
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  1. Wall’s Shoestring EP Out Today Big Picnic Records is excited to release WALL’s EP, Shoestring, out today. You can stream the minimal, lush 5-song EP here.  In conjunction with the release, WALL recently wrapped her first string of US appearances, enchanting audiences with her fragile vocals...
  2. Ticket Giveaway: WALL At Bootleg Bar, 3/8   It’s a fact that good things come out of UK, and it looks like the newest future shining star is WALL. The young producer is releasing her debut EP, Shoestring, in the U.S. on April 2 via Black Cab...
  3. Album Review: Blonds, The Bad Ones Cari Rae and Jordy Asher’s music outfit, Blonds, gets compared to groups like Tennis and Cults. Why? Because they are a boy and a girl making pop music. These are not bad comparisons by any means, but Rae and Asher’s...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-wall-shoestring-ep/feed/ 0 Stroik Premieres Frenetic New Single, “James” http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/stroik-premieres-frenetic-new-single-james/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/stroik-premieres-frenetic-new-single-james/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:37:07 +0000 Stroik has been receiving praise for his charmingly lo-fi bedroom recordings, and today we are excited to premiere “James,” the third single from the North Carolina-based songwriter.  Where his previously released songs featured quaint keyboard sounds, this track centers on vigorously strummed guitar chords and robotic drum machines/claps. “’James,’ is a gesture of home for

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  1. Pony Village Premieres Whimsical Acoustic Single, “Wildwood Drive” Up in the Pacific Northwest, clouds and rain make up the majority of the weather, and though it can be dreary, it can also make for some inspired songwriting. That mood and feeling the rain produces in some is an...
  2. Deleted Scenes Premieres New Single ‘English as a Second Language’ Washington DC art-rockers Deleted Scenes has premiered the first single “English as a Second Language” from their genre-tweaking, sophomore full-length, Young People’s Church of the Air, due out July 10th on Park The Van Records. Streaming at Paste, the single’s “lyrics are dark,...
  3. Love Echo Premieres Sensual New Single, “Control” Leave it to a guy/girl duo to create a new type of seductive, lucid dream pop. Love Echo has self-described its music as “post-dreampop, post-chillwave, post-electroindiepop, post-post-twee, post traumatic stress disorder,” and oddly enough, that’s not far off. Consisting of...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/stroik-premieres-frenetic-new-single-james/feed/ 0 The Babies Release Their Sophomore Album, Our House On The Hill http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/the-babies-release-their-sophomore-album-our-house-on-the-hill/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/the-babies-release-their-sophomore-album-our-house-on-the-hill/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:09:49 +0000 Four years ago, Woods’ Kevin Morby and Vivian Girls’ Cassie Ramone decided to create a loose side-project outlet as a way to play house parties in their hometown of Brooklyn, New York. In the time that followed, the project took on a life of its own, and The Babiesbecame more of a well-known name. After

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  1. Album Review: Jesca Hoop, The House That Jack Built Though this is her third album, Jesca Hoop is still a relative unknown to many music listeners. What is known, and should who aren’t familiar should know, is that Hoop has hobnobbed with some of the biggest names in the...
  2. Album Review: Beach House – Bloom Beach House’s latest offering, Bloom, is officially out on Sub Pop, and the band continues to build on the more polished atmosphere of their previous album, Teen Dream. Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally are continuing to reinvent the arpeggio and...
  3. Save the Clocktower’s sophomore album Carousel worth riding again and again There’s a lot to like about Save the Clocktower‘s album Carousel. The Chicago trio’s sophomore album was released at the end of February 2011, but it’s worth a belated review because the album is fantastic. The musicianship is solid, but...
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  1. Artist of the Week: Memoryhouse Evan Abeele and Denise Nouvion never intended on forming a new band. Now known as Memoryhouse, they’ve become exactly that. With the release of their debut album, The Slideshow Effect, the duo has combined their individual interests (composing for Abeele...
  2. Artist of the Week: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros It’s been a long strange trip for Alexander Ebert. Before he formed the much buzzed about new band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, he was the frontman for Ima Robot. But after the band dissolved, nobody would have thought...
  3. Artist of the Week: PO PO Since the early ‘60s, garage and lo-fi rock have been staples in music. Though many of the bands of this genre are mostly unrecognized or have faded into oblivion, that doesn’t mean that they didn’t have an impact on bands...
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  1. Artist of the Week: FIDLAR Punk rock has always been about two things: simplicity and keeping it real. When the first bands busted out of New York City in the late ‘70s and Southern California in the early ‘80s, they made sure regardless of their...
  2. Album Review: Portugal. The Man’s “In the Mountain In the Cloud” In the Mountain In the Cloud is finally here to reaffirm my ongoing love affair with Wasilla, Alaska’s very own Portugal. The Man.  Out today, this is this hardworking band’s 6th studio album—they’ve been cranking out one album a year...
  3. 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...
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  1. Artist of the Week: Foxy Shazam If the phrase “Foxy Shazam” makes you think of a film starring Pam Grier, you’re not too far off. The name comes from a slang term for “cool” common at lead singer Eric Nally’s high school in Cincinnati, OH, and...
  2. Artist of the Week: Howlin’ Rain What’s there to be said about Howlin’ Rain that we haven’t said already? Having recently released a terrific third album, the band is currently touring the west coast in support of the record. The Russian Wilds has been released to...
  3. The Ross Sea Party – Artist of the Week The Ross Sea Party is a Los Angeles-based quintet whose indie rock manages to house both the wisdom of age and the carefree spirit of youth. I listened to each one of their songs listed on Facebook for all of...
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