Best New Bands » music review 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 Album Review: Portugal. The Man’s “In the Mountain In the Cloud” http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-portugal-the-mans-in-the-mountain-in-the-cloud/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-portugal-the-mans-in-the-mountain-in-the-cloud/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:53:52 +0000 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 since 2006 (with each album of impressive quality, no less).  In the Mountain In the

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  1. Album Preview: Portugal. The Man’s “In the Mountain In the Cloud” If you’re a Portugal. the Man fan like me, you’ve probably been anticipating their upcoming album release for a long time already (I mean, you’ve probably even pre-ordered the deluxe package by now). Expected to drop July 19th, In the...
  2. Concert Review: Portugal. The Man Takes Over the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA This past Saturday night, May 7th, I headed down to the House of Blues in Anaheim to check out Portugal. The Man in concert for the second time.  The first time I saw this strangely wonderful band play was last...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-portugal-the-mans-in-the-mountain-in-the-cloud/feed/ 2 Album Review: DIgitalism’s “I Love You, Dude” http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-digitalisms-i-love-you-dude/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-digitalisms-i-love-you-dude/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:51:03 +0000 Let me preface this review with this: I know little about electronic music.  I’m working with basically Daft Punk, a little bit of Justice and Deadmau5, Air, and Hot Chip as my main references/points of comparison.  However, I look at this as a good thing because, with electronic music, I either love it and dance

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  2. Album Review: White Denim’s “D” Is an A+ The Background: Ah, White Denim. I remember the very day when my love affair with their distinctly deft sounds began.  ‘Twas a chilly October night last year.  I was at the El Rey, seeing Portugal. The Man for the first...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-digitalisms-i-love-you-dude/feed/ 0 Album Review: White Denim’s “D” Is an A+ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-white-denims-d-is-an-a/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-white-denims-d-is-an-a/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 17:00:00 +0000 The Background: Ah, White Denim. I remember the very day when my love affair with their distinctly deft sounds began.  ‘Twas a chilly October night last year.  I was at the El Rey, seeing Portugal. The Man for the first time (read about my second time seeing them in Anaheim here!).  Unsuspectingly, I stood in

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