Best New Bands » Long Beach 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 Artist of the Week: We Barbarians http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-we-barbarians/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-we-barbarians/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:33:33 +0000 Although the band has its roots in California, there is something far more east coast about We Barbarians’ post-punk revivalist sound.  The grandiose hard-pop of their new EP, Headspace, sounds more at home darting between skyscrapers and roaming the 8 million person blob of New York, than basking in the laid-back fun in the sun

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-we-barbarians/feed/ 0 Delta Spirit To Finish Its Tour On A High Note http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/delta-spirit-to-finish-its-tour-on-a-high-note/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/delta-spirit-to-finish-its-tour-on-a-high-note/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +0000 For Long Beach, California-based outfit Delta Spirit, practice truly does make perfect. Their second full-length album, History From Below, was the group’s first album to appear chart on the Billboard Top 200 and is a tangible sign that the band’s profile has grown since its inception in 2005. The roots rockers began their journey in

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/christa-mae-and-the-brigade-at-viento-y-agua/feed/ 0 Christa and The Adjustments at Clancy’s Irish Pub, 3/15/09 http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage-artists/christa-and-the-adjustments-at-clancy-s-irish-pub-3-15-09/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/second-stage-artists/christa-and-the-adjustments-at-clancy-s-irish-pub-3-15-09/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:00:00 +0000 This Sunday I went to see my good friend, Christa Knudsen, play at an Irish Pub in Long Beach with her new band, The Adjustments. Christa Knudsen The set was great. Simple, straightforward music that provided a solid foundation for the poetry Christa has been writing longer than I’ve known her (since her freshman year

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