Best New Bands » Metric 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 Festival Preview: Osheaga http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-osheaga/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-osheaga/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 04:07:28 +0000 Remember when Montreal seemed like a total breeding ground for great art and all your favorite indie bands back around the mid-2000s? Well, it still kind of is. From August 3-5, Osheaga Festival presents what’s been dubbed as the largest festival of its kind in Canada, showcasing some of the best bands around, as well

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-osheaga/feed/ 0 Broken Social Scene is the Best Live Show of 2010! http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/broken-social-scene-is-the-best-live-show-of-2010/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/broken-social-scene-is-the-best-live-show-of-2010/#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:00:00 +0000 Congratulations, Broken Social Scene! After going on 10 years of music making and touring, BSS has won a little something for it-best live show of 2010. I honestly couldn’t agree more. Why? Because I have been blessed enough to experience all that is the gloriousness of Broken Social Scene live, and after all it took

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  2. Broken Social Scene at the Wiltern-I Felt Superconnected This past Tuesday, October 19th, Broken Social Scene played to a full house at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. As I entered the theater, I could feel the anticipation brewing in the air. I’ve been waiting to see Broken...
  3. Eux Autres: There’s Nothing Broken About This Bow Eux Autres, the San Francisco-based pop band, released their third album Broken Bow today. I listened to most of this album on a freezing, slushy day in Portland, but Eux Autres’s sunshine pop kept me warm. The first track, “Jamais,”...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/broken-social-scene-is-the-best-live-show-of-2010/feed/ 0 The Weekend Playlist: The Lollapalooza 2010 Mix http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/the-weekend-playlist-the-lollapalooza-2010-mix/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/the-weekend-playlist-the-lollapalooza-2010-mix/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:00:00 +0000 Lollapalooza starts today in Chicago, and BestNewBands.com’s intrepid reporter, Lauren Novik, will be on the scene. Lauren will be sending in her daily impressions of the granddaddy festival, as well as interviews with several bands. To help get you in the mood for the Lollapalooza coverage, here’s a playlist from the bands I’d be aiming

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