Best New Bands » New Zealand 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 Unknown Mortal Orchestra Live At The Echoplex http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/unknown-mortal-orchestra-live-at-the-echoplex/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/unknown-mortal-orchestra-live-at-the-echoplex/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:53:01 +0000 It’s been a busy year for Portland-based lo-fi outfit, Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Not only has the trio released its self-titled debut, but it has also been touring the world non-stop for well over six months now. I was able to catch the band a few months ago at The Echo, however frontman Ruban Nielson was

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  3. Lord Huron’s Melancholy Tropacalia at Echoplex I’ve been anxious to see Lord Huron ever since I saw a clip of their set at CMJ. They sounded like what would happen if Local Natives, Animal Collecive, and Paul Simon got together to write songs over drinks on...
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  1. Liam Finn’s FOMO Is A Must Have For Anyone Who Loves Great Music It’s not often that as a musician that you can brag about touring with Wilco, Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam and The Black Keys, but Liam Finn has done exactly that. Perhaps helped by his impressive pedigree (his father is legendary...
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  3. Q&A: Star Anna Star Anna and The Laughing Dogs have had quite an eventful year thus far. Between the release of their third album, Alone In This Together, and playing at PJ20 (Pearl Jam’s 20th anniversary concert in East Troy, WI), Star Anna...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-liam-finn/feed/ 1 Avalanche City: A Folk/Rock Hybrid Of Epic Proportions! http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/avalanche-city-a-folk-rock-hybrid-of-epic-proportions/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/avalanche-city-a-folk-rock-hybrid-of-epic-proportions/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 23:00:00 +0000 It was oh, I don’t know, about a trillion degrees in L.A. yesterday.  Literally, I tried to check in at Hell via Foursquare but sadly it wasn’t an option.  Despite the heat wave that would make anyone want to do absolutely nothing but live in a refrigerator all day word on the street was that

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