Best New Bands » Neko Case 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: Nikki Lane – Walk of Shame http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-nikki-lane-walk-of-shame/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-nikki-lane-walk-of-shame/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:46:05 +0000 Is Nancy Sinatra the tree from which all Indie female singers fall from? With Jenny Lewis, Neko Case, Caitlin Rose and now Nikki Lane that seems to be the case. Lane is making her debut on I Am Sound records with Walk of Shame and with that debut she has put herself in the conversation

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  1. Album Review: Big Talk’s Debut Album Is a Fun but Forgettable Effort And so Ronnie Vannucci comes crashing into the rock music scene, proving his place as a solo artist and talented musician.  The Killers’ drummer and Jason-Lee-lookalike releases the self-titled, debut album from his solo group, Big Talk, comprised of Vannucci...
  2. Album review: The Hope Trust’s Light Can’t Escape The expanse between a freshman and sophomore album is perhaps the hardest distance for an artist to travel. The product of such a journey can delight or betray fans, and oftentimes does both. As it seems almost impossible to avoid...
  3. Album Review: The Albertans, “New Age” The Albertans released their second full-length album, New Age, yesterday, and through my five back-to-back-to-back listens, I grooved and nodded and thought that these must be Sufjan Stevens‘ poppy, edgy siblings.   This Canadian quintet, formed by a fateful convening...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-nikki-lane-walk-of-shame/feed/ 1 Sleeper Agent Wakes Up the Bootleg http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sleeper-agent-wakes-up-the-bootleg/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sleeper-agent-wakes-up-the-bootleg/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:33:16 +0000 Driving to the Bootleg Theater last night, I was yawning the whole way there.  School had just started, and I had spent the past two hours reading Shakespeare (seriously…).  I was in serious need of a pick me up, and, fortunately, that’s exactly what I got. Walking into the old warehouse venue I could already

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  1. Agent Ribbons at Bootleg Theater: Songs, patty cake, and a stolen guitar Becoming a fan of Agent Ribbons is like an invitation down the proverbial rabbit hole: you have no idea how deep you’re going to get involved after that first tentative step. I was at first intrigued by their genre-defying album...
  2. Races and Duniven Play Bardot in Hollywood Bardot–a Los Angeles club tucked into Hollywood’s dense layout–is swanky.  Swanky like an old-school mansion with dark weaving hallways, swanky like tentatively walking in on some exclusive party, unsure of where you belong.  Old friends met and chatted holding colorful...
  3. Natalie of Agent Ribbons talks tours, songwriting, and getting banned from the UK Agent Ribbons is a two- and sometimes three-piece all female band that defies categorization with the style and flair of true artists.  They’ve been described by themselves and others as garage, cabaret, baroque pop, and vaudevillian punk, but none of...
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  1. Q&A: Emily Simonian For Orange County singer/piano vixen Emily Simonian, music has been driving force in her life. Though she was forced into playing, Simonian eventually came to grips with music and became something she loves. Recently, Bestnewbands.com caught up with her to...
  2. Lost in the Trees: A Different Sound From A New Band “I’m just really drawn to the sound of big orchestra and different instruments, which has been around for a really long time,” says Ari Picker, the creative force behind Chapel Hill, NC based Lost in the Trees. “That’s the instrumentation...
  3. Young Galaxy: The Smartest Band You’ve Never Heard Of Young Galaxy are not just another dream-pop band. They’re not another Canadian indie-pop band, either. So what are they? Well, they are a consistently great and dedicated band that has suffered the highs and lows of the music industry. They...
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  1. A Recommendation: The Cinematic Orchestra I will admit out front that I am a huge So You Think You Can Dance fan. Every summer I look forward to watching a batch of new contestants fly through cha cha, jazz, contemporary, and hip hop numbers while...
  2. A Special New Band: Pavement So, okay, they aren’t exactly new, but it is hard to argue that Pavement isn’t special. Sure, as a 22- year-old I can’t claim I’d been there or participated when they first came around. I’d never heard of Pavement until...
  3. MGMT “Congratulate” Themselves When I heard that MGMT was releasing a new album, a sequence of memories suddenly flashed before my eyes. Memories of house parties in the summer, when someone would play “Kids” and send the whole lot of us bouncing off...
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  1. Emperor X Plays Guerilla Show in Irvine Post Office Chad Matheny of Emperor X will be playing a guerilla show tonight at the 24-hour Post office lobby  on 17192 Murphy Ave, Irvine, CA 92614. Several other acts will also be in attendance, switching off between songs round-robin style. The...
  2. There is a password for a free show tonight by The Dance Party In case you missed their recent strip-club show, our darling gents The Dance Party are playing a show at the Viper Room tonight, and there’s a password to get in for the low-low price of free. This gives the event...
  3. On the fence about Friday night, LA? Here’s an easy fix for your Friday night social woes: some guy who you’ve never met’s birthday party! But don’t be weirded out, because The Dance Party will be there playing their relentlessly radio-ready pop rock. Have you not seen...
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  1. John Maxfield, guitar, piano, laptop He didn’t have a band surrounding him, but John Maxfield rocked a small Whiskey crowd with acoustic guitar, keyboard and laptop providing the odd drum track Monday night. Moving between instruments, Maxfield put on a show perhaps better suited to...
  2. Fred Van Vactor: Everything Good All At Once Well, recently I saw Fred in Eugene, and he told me his first album was almost ready, and that he’d send me a copy. I’d only been home a few days when it arrived, and I love it. “Leaving Eugene”...
  3. These United States grace California this week DC-based These United States are one of the best honest working bands alive, and they’re in California this week. After a gig at the Hemlock Tavern tonight in San Francisco and The Starry Plough tomorrow in Berkeley, they’ll make their...
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