In this special BONUS edition of BackStory, The Bewitched Hands take a moment to share the lyrics and tell us the story behind their single “Sea.” The first version of the song “sea” was done by Baptiste alone, and has been worked by the whole band in studio, and in rehearsal for the gigs. That’s
In this installment of BackStory, Menno of Canadian rock band Hollerado tells us the story behind their song “Americanarama,” which appears on their current release Record in a Bag. You can catch them live on tour NOW, and enjoy a taste of what they do right here… Basically the song is part of this story
In this very special installment of BackStory, Courtney Taylor-Taylor of The Dandy Warhols tells us the story behind their hit “We Used to be Friends” and a little bit about the new music he digs and where he finds it. Leona Laurie: What new/emerging artists are you excited about, and where do you find new
In another special BONUS installment of BackStory, Kevin Harrison emerges from “New Jersey and The Carolinas” to tell us the story behind his song “Here I am.” The “BackStory” to Here I Am is pretty much the back story to a year of my life. Every once and a while a song comes out that
In this bonus episode of BackStory, friends of the site and former Artists in Residence These United States share the story behind their song “Old John Chapman Takes a Good Long Walk.” Their six-week tour starts this Thursday in Chicago. You can find dates and info at http://www.myspace.com/theseunited or http://www.facebook.com/theseunitedstates. Most people know John Chapman,
In this episode, the guys from Italian Japanese share the lyrics to “Jeremiah” and the song’s backstory. Jeremiah is about my friend’s younger brother. His name was actually Lance. We were all very close, like family. At the age of 4, Lance was diagnosed with leukemia. He developed many issues along with the leukemia and
In this installment of BackStory, Florida’s Orange Avenue shares the story and video behind their song “Just Refrain.” This is the first song and also our first single that we are pushing right now that is off of our EP titled RESET. We shot a video for this song at Dale Earnhardt, Jr.’s nightclub called Whiskey
This week Chicago musician Brad Brubaker talks about his song “A Lullaby to Make the Nightmares Go Away” from his album For My Enemies, With Love. On August 27, he opens for PIMProv at Chemicially Unbalanced Theatre, where he will sing and do funny stuff. His next straight music gig is at a gay bar:
This week’s BackStory entry comes from friend of the site and former Artist in Residence Kathryn Ostenberg. In addition to sharing the lyrics and story to a brand new song, she recorded an exclusive video of it (below), so enjoy! Hello BestNewBands.com readers! So- this is a brand new song…I finished it today…(7/17/2010) It’s called
Today we’re kicking off a new, weekly series in which up-and-coming bands share with us the lyrics and stories to their songs. This week’s entry comes from Seattle’s The Soft Hills, telling us the story behind their song “The Great Undiscovered.” The Great Undiscovered is about play, innocence, and gaining a new vision of wonder.