Best New Bands » New Indie Bands 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 HIGHS ’ ‘Dazzle Camouflage’ Is Worth Finding http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/highs-dazzle-camouflage-worth-finding/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/highs-dazzle-camouflage-worth-finding/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2016 07:13:15 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=29888 Los Angeles – Canada’s HIGHS shows off flair and slick production on the sweeping alt-pop debut, Dazzle Camouflage. The band – which consists of Doug Haynes, Karrie Douglas, Joel Harrower, Paul Vroom, and Liam Cole – has crafted the first “true” summer album of 2016. Dazzle Camouflage marks the follow-up to the band’s 2014 self-titled EP and a

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  2. Night Moves Return With Magical ‘Pennied Days’ Los Angeles – The Minneapolis based group Night Moves triumphantly return, after nearly four years, with sophomore LP Pennied Days (Domino Recording Co.). The band’s first record, 2012′s Colored Emotions, was a collection of poppy, 70s vibrancy. It was nostalgic yet distinctive. It heavily wore...
  3. 4 New Bands Dazzle At Fun Fun Fun Day 1 Austin – Fun Fun Fun Fest definitely front-loaded its lineup. The five bands I wrote about played on Friday, along with Alt-J (who Best New Bands reviewed earlier this month), 2 Chainz, Dinosaur Jr., Death From Above 1979, Judas Priest,...
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  1. Neon Indian Illuminates San Francisco’s Newest Venue, The Social Hall San Francisco – As one of the first pioneers of the recently popularized genre of chillwave, Alan Palomo’s Neon Indian has been a steady source of entertainment, mixing glitchy electronic beats with catchy hooks and airy, heavily reverberated vocals.  Neon...
  2. Neon Indian – VEGA INTL. Night School San Francisco – Alan Palomo’s Neon Indian project is a hard one to pin down when it comes to genre.  Generally, the whole concept of genres—in terms of modern musical expression—are thought of in either one of two ways: there...
  3. Day Wave Front and Center at Noise Pop Festival San Francisco – Jackson Phillips – the mastermind behind dreamy guitar pop outfit Day Wave – has made a lot of, well, waves, within the indie music sphere, the past year or so, especially for someone who has yet to...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/neon-indian-noise-pop-festival/feed/ 0 Featured Artist: James Supercave http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/james-supercave-2/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/james-supercave-2/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:05:26 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=29127 Los Angeles – First things first: James Supercave is not an actual person, but the result of a long running collaboration between three musicians based in Los Angeles. Joaquin Pastor, Patrick Logothetti, and Andrés Villalobos have been playing together for years, and for the last three years they have called their current project James Supercave. The band released its debut

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  1. James Supercave Releases Debut LP “Better Strange” Los Angeles – James Supercave’s highly anticipated debut album Better Strange is out today on Fairfax Recordings. Better Strange which was co-produced by Kevin Augunas (Cold War Kids, Nick Waterhouse, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros) and the band is...
  2. Featured Artist: PHASES Chicago – LA band PHASES has literally gone through some phases. What started out as JJAMZ, with Z Berg (The Like), Alex Greenwald (Phantom Planet), James Valentine (Maroon 5), Jason Boesel (Rilo Kiley, The Elected, Bright Eyes), and Michael Runion, has turned...
  3. Featured Artist: Arielle Los Angeles – Imagine growing up with the musical pedigree of Arielle; singing since age five with Peninsula Girls Chorus, learning piano, trumpet and guitar by the tender age of 10. By that age, most kids’ biggest accomplishment is memorizing...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/james-supercave-2/feed/ 0 Years and Years’ Darkly Poppy Debut LP http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/years-years-s-darkly-poppy-debut-lp/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/years-years-s-darkly-poppy-debut-lp/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2015 01:08:56 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=25886 New York – London-based synth-pop trio Years & Years have already achieved widespread success since their formation in 2010. They have been slowly but steadily building up a collection of critically lauded single releases and won BBC’s Sound of 2015 (past winners of which include now household names Sam Smith, Haim and Ellie Goulding).  Years

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  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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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/panic-perfect-releases-remix-announces-tour/feed/ 0 Westkust Mesmerizes On Dreamy Debut http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/westkusts-mesmerizes-dreamy-debut/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/westkusts-mesmerizes-dreamy-debut/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2015 23:48:10 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=25880 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 their wall-of-sound style, the nine tracks featured on Last Forever cut especially deep. Last Forever

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]]> 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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