Best New Bands » Mr. Dream 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 Mister Heavenly Comes to Get Everyone at Mercury Lounge http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/mister-heavenly-comes-to-get-everyone-at-mercury-lounge/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/mister-heavenly-comes-to-get-everyone-at-mercury-lounge/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:39:42 +0000 Ryan and Nick of Mister Heavenly Sunday night at Mercury Lounge was a line-up of misters, plus a Fort Lean. Mister Heavenly was of course the main draw, with the combined powers of Ryan Kattner (Honus Honus) of Man Man, Nick Thorburn of Islands and The Unicorns, and Joe Plummer from Modest Mouse. The supergroup

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/mister-heavenly-comes-to-get-everyone-at-mercury-lounge/feed/ 0 First night of CMJ 2011: Stereogum Showcase at Glasslands http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/first-night-of-cmj-2011-stereogum-showcase-at-glasslands/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/first-night-of-cmj-2011-stereogum-showcase-at-glasslands/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:09:48 +0000 After a somewhat convoluted series of events, I ended up at Glasslands for the official Stereogum CMJ showcase, just in time to see Cuckoo Chaos. The band has more new songs in their repertoire, more electronics, and more experimentalism up their cuckoo sleeves. They started out with some familiar songs, such as “Jesus Flag American

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