Best New Bands » new band 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 Best Friends: Hot. Reckless. Totally Insane. http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/best-friends-hot-reckless-totally-insane/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/best-friends-hot-reckless-totally-insane/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:02:54 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=25968 Portland - Best Friends’ debut album is Hot. Reckless. Totally Insane. Born out of Sheffield, the foursome delivers self-deprecating garage pop that is more about music than show. Their LP, Hot. Reckless. Totally Insane consistently surprises its listeners with tracks that are littered with playfulness and attitude but never loses sight of the importance of skilled

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  1. Real Friends Inspire An Active New York Crowd New York – The Real Friends show started with a Wentzian voice over. The light rasp of lead singer Dan Lambton’s voice came in over the loudspeakers as the band took the stage. The sentiments, like “I only miss you...
  2. Grave Babies Bring Their Meticulous Darkness to Portland Portland – Nothing screams Goth like Grave Babies. The eclectic four-piece stopped at Mississippi Studios in Portland Monday night in promotion of their upcoming album Holographic Violence due out July 24th. Their lo-fi, distorted sound has garnered them comparisons to...
  3. Mansionair Make New Friends with Glassnote Records! New York – The three piece electronic group that is Mansionair, has just hit a noteworthy break in their band’s career. The New York City based record label, Glassnote Entertainment Group, home to highly acclaimed artists that include the likes of:...
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  1. Westkust Mesmerizes On Dreamy Debut Los Angeles – Swedish noise poppers Westkust are set to make a splash stateside with their LP, Last Forever. Due out on July 10th, Last Forever is a collection of shoegazing tunes that include punk sensibilities and ethereal guitars. With...
  2. Chris Marshall and The August Light – ‘Some Kind of Dream’ Berlin – Chris Marshall and The August Light’s new LP is out and it’s a welcome expansion of their previous work. Traditionally, Seattle has been known as the place on the West Coast to find the best emerging musical acts....
  3. James Bay ’s Passionate Debut LP ‘Chaos And The Calm’ Los Angeles – Right off the bat of the opening track from Chaos And The Calm, the 2015 Brits Critics’ Choice winner James Bay sings with experienced aplomb. However, the British singer/songwriter/guitarist is only debuting his first LP. The affecting...
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  1. A Chat With Van McCann Of Catfish And The Bottlemen Chicago – The Welsh band Catfish and the Bottlemen are ready to take the U.S. by storm! The indie garage rockers just released their debut album The Balcony, performed on Late Show with David Letterman, and soon will be kicking...
  2. Seoul Bears Their’s New York – I sat down for burritos in the Lower East Side with Montreal atmospheric electronic outfit Seoul before their show at Elvis Guesthouse celebrating the release of their debut LP I Become A Shade. We talked about the...
  3. Algiers Pass Up an Encore at the Echo Los Angeles – As The Echo’s house lights dimmed and the eager audience shuffled into place, an ominous drone filled the otherwise empty stage. One by one, Franklin James Fisher, Ryan Mahan, and Lee Tesche took the stage, each member...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/little-chat-little-may/feed/ 0 Grave Babies Bring Their Meticulous Darkness to Portland http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/grave-babies-bring-meticulous-darkness-portland/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/grave-babies-bring-meticulous-darkness-portland/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:06:09 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=25855 Portland – Nothing screams Goth like Grave Babies. The eclectic four-piece stopped at Mississippi Studios in Portland Monday night in promotion of their upcoming album Holographic Violence due out July 24th. Their lo-fi, distorted sound has garnered them comparisons to The Cure and even a darker Jesus and Mary Chain. Grave Babies have continued to

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  1. Radiation City, Wild Ones Bring Portland Electro-Pop To The Crocodile Seattle – Two Portland-based bands recently brought stunning, infectious indie electro-pop to The Crocodile, thrilling the crowd with catchy melodies, impressive beats, and strong female vocals. Headlining the night was Radiation City, a five-piece with Portland origins going back to...
  2. Grave Babies Light Up Record Room in Portland   If you’re at all familiar with Grave Babies, lead singer Danny Wahlfel’s recent response to a question from IntoTheWoods.tv about song meaning might not be all that shocking— “They’re pretty much just all about depression and nihilism. A lot...
  3. Album Review: Grave Babies, Crusher   Grave Babies’ name does not exactly scream “listen to me now!” and the album art of the band’s new album, Crusher, does not exactly scream “buy me now!” So instead here I am screaming – buy this album now!...
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  1. Ex Cops ’ Arresting Performance At Bootleg Hifi Los Angeles – After seeing their performance last Friday at The Bootleg Hifi, audience members unfamiliar with alternative-pop act Ex Cops would have no way of knowing that the band just released one of the most polished records of 2014. ...
  2. Smallpools Float Through Their Fonda Theatre Performance Los Angeles – Local four-piece indie pop act, Smallpools, lit up the faces of those in attendance for their show on Wednesday night at the Henry Fonda Theatre. Their fully charged performance was thrilling and left much of the crowd...
  3. Boy & Bear Dazzle New Yorkers With A Powerful Performance Brooklyn – Wednesday night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg boasted a sold-out bill and a whole heap of alt-folk rock lovers, some still drenched from the night’s rainy temperaments. On deck to ease the mid-week blues was Sydney’s own...
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  1. The Moth & The Flame live at The Echo Los Angeles – For the past few weeks, The Moth & The Flame have graced The Echo’s stage during their co-residency alongside Freedom Fry. The Los Angeles-by-way-of-Provo, UT band is gaining attention for their catchy and well-produced brand of alternative-pop....
  2. Aly Spaltro of Lady Lamb Captivates The Echo Los Angeles – With a voice that could move mountains filling every corner of The Echo on Thursday, one would expect the source of these resonant sounds to be of substantial proportions; instead, Lady Lamb leader Aly Spaltro is a...
  3. Speedy Ortiz Delivers at The Echo Los Angeles – It was pretty fitting that just before the four members of Speedy Ortiz took the stage at Los Angeles’ The Echo, Pusha-T’s boastful trap-hop single “Numbers on the Boards” pulsed through the venue’s PA. Sadie Dupuis and...
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  1. Yumi Zouma: Dream Season Is Upon Us With ‘EP II’ Los Angeles – The dream pop group Yumi Zouma is the formation of three friends Charlie Ryder, Josh Burgess, and Kim Pflaum. Each individually live in different places (New York, Paris, and Christchurch, New Zealand). Last year Lorde brought fellow...
  2. Ex-Cult Light Up With ‘Cigarette Machine’ Los Angeles – With their most recent release, Cigarette Machine, Memphis-based Ex-Cult has refined their songwriting without abandoning the intense attitude and swagger of their earlier material.  Despite recording their debut with Ty Segall and jumping from legendary Memphis label...
  3. Black Marble Opens at Light Asylum’s Fierce Record Release Show Black Marble sounds exactly like what their name implies: cold and dark. Their show at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge this past Thursday showed the duo of Chris Stewart and Ty Kube invoking post punk and no wave styles...
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  1. The Walkman Release “We Can’t Be Beat” Off Heaven And Announce Tour Dates Fat Possum Records is pleased to release “We Can’t Be Beat,” the lead track from The Walkmen’s upcoming album Heaven, on May 29th. The record is the band’s sixth and was produced by Phil Ek (Fleet Foxes, Shins, Band of Horses)...
  2. Album Review: Augustines Self-titled LP Austin – The Brooklyn indie-alternative band Augustines (formerly known as We Are Augustines) has come a long way since their short-lived career under the name of Pela. In their self-titled sophomore LP, the earnest trio of musicians has created something...
  3. Superhumanoids Unveil Ramones Cover & Announce National Tour LA-based Superhumanoids are pleased to announce that they will be supporting Active Child and Balam Acab on their upcoming North American tour. A full list of dates is below. The band also recently recorded a dreamy cover of the classic...
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  1. Tony Castles “No Service” Is the Soundtrack of Your Life In New York, it’s when you’re riding the train. Chicago, traipsing home on a still, frostbitten, snowy, late night. L.A., watching the sun spill diamonds into the ocean. On vacation, whirling about on a shopping spree fueled by mid-morning mimosas....
  2. New Bands At SXSW – Day 1 Recap Austin – I write this having just heard of the terrible tragedy that occurred last night outside The Mohawk in Austin, TX.  This is a bar I go to often to hear incredible live music and in fact, I spent...
  3. This past weekend: MS MR and Xylos at Glasslands MS MR is somewhat of a mysterious new band. They seem to have just emerged from the Internet, using the most random web images they could find in their media, and labeling themselves as “Tumblr Glitch Pop, Soul Fuzz, Electroshock”...
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  1. Q&A With Gavin Jasper of Saints of Valory “A Brazilian, a Frenchman, a Canadian, & an American walk into a bar…” This isn’t the intro to a terrible ethnic joke, but the Twitter caption, and essentially the story behind up and coming pop-rockers Saints of Valory, now hailing...
  2. Crystal Antlers: A Band of Endless Possibilities The buzz around Crystal Antlers keeps building, and after seeing both of their shows in Brooklyn a couple weeks ago, it’s not hard to understand why. They’re not only a great band, but also pretty cool people. Before their last...
  3. Album Review: FIDLAR, Don’t Try As we wrote in our Artist of the Week category during SXSW, Los Angeles-based punk rockers FIDLAR are a new band on the rise. Though many outside the City of Angels have yet to familiarize themselves with the quartet, these...
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