Savages Romance Chicago

Savages by Sarah Hess - Best New Bands

  Chicago – When was the last time you attended a show that left emotionally wrenched? In a good way, of course… For me, it was last Thursday night, when U.K. post-punk band Savages unleashed one of the most powerful performances I’ve ever seen. The ladies of Savages – Gemma Thompson (guitar), Ayse Hassan (bass),

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Mayer Hawthorne to Perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Mayer Hawthorne by Jake Michaels - Best New Bands

Los Angeles - Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Mayer Hawthorne will perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday April 13th, in support of his fourth full-length record, Man About Town, which is available everywhere today via Vagrant Records/BMG. Mayer Hawthorne will be performing the album’s single, “Love Like That.” Fans can grab tickets to attend here. Mayer Hawthorne was a Best New Bands Featured Artist,

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It’s a Good Day for Tiny Moving Parts

Tiny Moving Parts - Best New Bands

Richmond – Minnesota band Tiny Moving Parts is having a good day. The trio premiered the new music video for “Headache” via NPR, who called the track “a wide-swinging pop-punk song with some wily finger-tapping.” Tiny Moving Parts also announced it will release a brand new LP through Triple Crown Records, titled Celebrate, on May 20, 2016, and revealed the album

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The Joy Formidable Add Tour Dates

The Joy Formidable - Best New Bands

Los Angeles – Welsh trio The Joy Formidable are touring in support of their recently released album Hitch, out via their own record label C’Mon Lets Drift in partnership with Caroline (US), Orchard/ Membran (Europe) and MapleMusic (Canada.) The fantastic live band went to work on their third studio album with one mission: to make

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Yeasayer: Amen & Goodbye

Yeasayer - Best New Bands

San Francisco – It’s not always easy to pick apart an album. Even those that seem more straightforward seem to guard some concealed meaning within the confines of the hour or so an artist or band is given to express themselves, but when given an album by a group that is so notoriously and deliciously abstract as Brooklyn’s

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