Best New Bands » new music 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 Diane Coffee Steals The Show At Barboza http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/diane-coffee-steals-the-show-at-barboza/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/diane-coffee-steals-the-show-at-barboza/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:27:22 +0000 Seattle – Those Darlins and Diane Coffee played Seattle’s Barboza. I’m going to assert that Those Darlins were having an off night because I refuse to accept that a band with such promise and clout as performers regularly put up such a tiresome act. I still have faith in Those Darlins. Diane Coffee, on the

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  1. Foxygen side project Diane Coffee shares new single   Child stars, swallowed up and spat out by the Hollywood machine at an early age, tend to grow up into destruction and despair. But 26-year-old former Disney voice actor Shaun Fleming – also known as Diane Coffee – is...
  2. Lady Danville Returns to UCLA for Acoustic Coffee House Charity Benefit Show Last night, I made the quick jaunt up to the Covel Grand Ballroom on “The Hill” at UCLA (essentially, the heart of on-campus housing/dorm life/pajama-clad kids sipping coffee at 10 pm and giggling loudly) to see a concert held by...
  3. Live Review: Waxahatchee at Seattle’s Porchlight Coffee and Records   I want to be able to say that Waxahatchee played a supreme show at Porchlight Coffee and Records this past Saturday. I want to be able to say that because Waxahatchee, the solo project of the former P.S. Eliot’s...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/diane-coffee-steals-the-show-at-barboza/feed/ 1 Haim Announce Spring 2014 Headlining Tour http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/haim-announce-spring-2014-headlining-tour/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/haim-announce-spring-2014-headlining-tour/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2013 13:30:39 +0000 New York – Haim will be headlining a North American tour next spring to support their debut album on Columbia, Days Are Gone.  And this weekend, sisters Este, Danielle and Alana are the musical guests on Saturday Night Live, alongside host Josh Hutcherson (Chasing Fire). The SoCal trio recently received two nominations in BestNewBands.com’s 2013 Newbie Awards: for Best New Band and Best

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  1. The Lone Bellow Release New Single, Announce Extensive Headlining Tour We were introduced to the band, The Lone Bellow, earlier this year when we reviewed their self-titled Americana debut, on Descendant Records.  Our Nashville-based writer said “the collection is rooted in a Southern upbringing, a gospel-folk sensibility and a tragic...
  2. 1776 Announce Debut LP, Spring Tour With The Dandy Warhols Self Titled Album Out June 5th on Beat The World Records / The End Records 1776 are a rock band from the small logging town of Longview, Washington. They are Nigel Ledgerwood, Christopher Cook, Mitchell Rupe, and Zach Whiton. For...
  3. The Joy Formidable Announce Headlining US Tour Welsh trio The Joy Formidable are happy to announce headlining tour dates across the United States for March of 2012. The tour will begin on March 12 in San Francisco and end on April 2 in Toronto. On the way,...
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  1. 5 New Songs We Like: Number 3 Chicago – One of the main goals of BestNewBands.com is to share new bands—and their music—with our readers. And one of our own pleasures is when our writers introduce new artists and new songs to their colleagues. In many cases,...
  2. Album Review: Yellowbirds, Songs From The Vanished Frontier It’s 2013 which means Apollo Sunshine hasn’t been around for about four years now, which sounds like a longer time than it feels. Perhaps that’s because, while the band might have left us, thankfully front man Sam Cohen has not....
  3. 5 New Songs For The Week: Active Child, London Grammar And More Active Child – “Subtle” (Ft. Mikky Ekko)  Pat Grossi’s project, Active Child, returns with bravado on the new single “Subtle,” from his forthcoming EP Rapor. Don’t let the title fool you, there is nothing subtle about this synth-pop banger. Grossi...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/5-new-songs-we-like-number-4/feed/ 0 Jamestown Revival Announce December Tour Dates http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/jamestown-revival-announce-december-tour-dates/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/jamestown-revival-announce-december-tour-dates/#comments Thu, 21 Nov 2013 05:39:45 +0000 Jamestown Revival have announced a string of tour dates around the west coast this December. The band will be touring beginning on December 8 in San Diego at Lestats, before playing in Los Angeles on December 10 at the Troubadour. The tour continues with dates in San Francisco, Seattle, and other cities, before ending on December 21 in Denver at the

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  1. Preview – Jamestown Revival – The California EP Nashville – Here’s a story you rarely hear: An increasingly successful musician walks away from his Atlantic Records deal and the attention of MTV and ABC’s music supervisors to form a bluegrass-inspired band with his childhood buddy. Whether or not...
  2. ALO Announce Spring / Summer Tour Dates New album Sounds Like This to be released May 8, 2012 ALO have announced an initial run of US tour dates this spring in support of the group’s forthcoming album Sounds Like This, to be released May 8, 2012 on Brushfire...
  3. 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)...
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  1. Preview: Australia’s The Rubens’ touring The U.S. To Support The Release Of Their Self-Titled Debut LP My sister and I will never start a band together. We used to occasionally play violin and cello together as kiddos, but we will never garner international stardom from making music together. That just isn’t the fate slated for most...
  2. Caged Animals Releases 2nd Album, Commences Tour Brooklyn-based songwriter Vincent Cacchione, who records as Caged Animals, has just released the group’s second album, In The Land Of Giants, on Lucky Number Music.  His band will support the effort with an 18-city US club tour this month with...
  3. The Lumineers Self-Titled Debut Album Lands at 43 on Billboard Top 200 The self-titled debut album by Denver band The Lumineers landed at #43 on the Billboard Top 200 chart this week, selling over 10,000 copies. The album was released last week on Dualtone, and ended up peaking at #8 on iTunes...
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  2. Live Review: Haim At Austin City Limits Festival Austin – The sisters Haim (rhymes with time), rocked the main stage on Saturday afternoon at Austin City Limits this year, riding high off the release of their debut album, “Days Are Gone“, just two weeks ago. The twentysomething San...
  3. Live Review: Balmorhea At Austin’s Mohawk When I meet the six members who make up Balmorhea at Austin’s Mohawk, I am immediately struck by their kind spirit. It is perhaps, that very nature, full of nurture and unadulterated calmness, that fuels the singularly instrumental music they...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-in-austin-twenty-one-pilots-at-emo-s/feed/ 0 Catching Up With The 2012 Newbie Awards Winners http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/catching-up-with-the-2012-newbie-awards-winners/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/catching-up-with-the-2012-newbie-awards-winners/#comments Wed, 20 Nov 2013 05:43:54 +0000 We didn’t know what to expect when we asked our writers one year ago to nominate their favorite new artists of 2012 for our inaugural Newbie Awards.  In November, we identified the categories—New Band, Male, Female, Album and Song—and then waited for the nominations to come in.  The diversity of the artists blew us away…after

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  1. BestNewBands.com Announces Its 2013 Newbie Awards Nominees Whew…the sound you just heard wasn’t a sigh.  It was simply us catching our breath after tabulating the votes from our writers for the nominees of our second annual Newbie Awards, honoring the top new band, female, male and album of...
  2. Frank Ocean Is On Saturday Night Live This Week A quick note: Frank Ocean is appearing on Saturday Night Live, hosted by Seth MacFarline, this Saturday. Check out our review of his album Channel Orange and see him perform live on the show. He’s great....
  3. 2013 Best New Album Nominees: Who Grabs The Newbie? There’s something for everyone in our Best New Album of 2013 Newbie Awards nominees. Frankly, the diversity of our writers’ musical tastes made this category pretty wide open and it was thus hard to narrow the list down to a...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/catching-up-with-the-2012-newbie-awards-winners/feed/ 1 Deap Vally – Electric Ballroom http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/deap-vally-electric-ballroom/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/deap-vally-electric-ballroom/#comments Sun, 17 Nov 2013 16:19:58 +0000 London – Since the release of their exceedingly well received debut album “Sistrionix” in June this year, much fuss has been made about Californian duo Deap Vally.  After meeting at a needlework class (really!) in 2011, Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards have developed an unconventional sound which is mesmerising, yet hard to pin down.  There’s

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  1. Deap Vally Announce More Tour Dates Los Angeles based rock-duo Deap Vally have announced a run of West Coast dates this September. The “Moon Block Party presents Deap Vally & Friends” shows begin on September 16 in Seattle and travel south through Portland, Pomona, San Diego, Aspen and...
  2. Deap Vally Announce Tour Dates With Arctic Monkeys Los Angeles-based rock-duo Deap Vally will be touring next month with UK-based rock band Arctic Monkeys for a handful of dates. The band will be supporting the Arctic Monkeys in Nashville, Birmingham, and Chattanooga from October 7through October 9. For the...
  3. Album Preview: Deap Vally’s Sistrionix If one of the consequences for taking a crochet class is finding a drummer to start a two piece rock and roll garage outfit that teeters on the edge of Karen O’s howl and Jack White’s scuzzed distortion, I’m going...
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  1. Magic Kids Play to a Packed House at The Mercury Lounge The Mercury Lounge is a cozy little venue situated close to the crossroads of the two hippest streets in Manhattan, Houston and Bowery. Weekend nights this area is bursting with club-goers, bar-hoppers, couples getting shawarma at Bereket Turkish Kebabs and...
  2. The Powerful Music of Gregory Alan Isakov & Sanders Bohlke at Mercy Lounge Nashville – Gregory Alan Isakov plays big in a quiet way. Some musicians command attention by playing a raucous performance with the volume at 10, but not Isakov. He brought only his acoustic guitar and a banjo to the stage...
  3. This is the Kit Plays The Mercury Lounge This is the Kit is the songwriting project of Kate Stables, who has a voice like an old friend. Some songs are like a comfortably rollicking lullaby, and others like stimulating psychedelic adventures. For her late set at Mercury Lounge,...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/houndmouth-plays-to-a-packed-house-at-mercy-lounge/feed/ 0 2013 Best New Album Nominees: Who Grabs The Newbie? http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/2013-best-new-album-nominees-who-grabs-the-newbie/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/2013-best-new-album-nominees-who-grabs-the-newbie/#comments Tue, 12 Nov 2013 23:00:00 +0000 There’s something for everyone in our Best New Album of 2013 Newbie Awards nominees. Frankly, the diversity of our writers’ musical tastes made this category pretty wide open and it was thus hard to narrow the list down to a manageable number. We anticipate the final voting margin to be this close.   Our six well-deserved

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  2. Live Review: Savages at Austin City Limits Festival 2013 Austin – Watching Savages perform live is a necessary, energizing experience, a group bringing together the powerful guitar riffs of Gemma Thompson and invigorating percussive sounds from Fay Milton. Frontwoman Jehnny Beth leads the group with a strong, deep vocal...
  3. Laneway Festival Singapore 2013 If you are the kind of music enthusiast who consistently travels and are thinking of your next destination for early 2013, you shouldn’t think twice about heading to this side of the globe that is Southeast Asia. This region is...
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