Longtime BestNewBands.com faves Grouplove have done it again. The Los Angeles-based quintet and our official “Best New Band of 2011″ have hit number 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Radio chart for their hit single, “Tongue Tied,” which you may have heard quite a few times on an Apple commercial and several television programs. If
Two years ago, I saw Kristian Matsson (a.k.a. The Tallest Man On Earth) for the first time in Portland’s swanky Doug Fir Lounge. He was supporting his sophomore album, The Wild Hunt, and though I was only familiar with a selection of tracks on the album, the Swedish singer-songwriter blew me away. On Tuesday night,
Rare Grooves plays a guerrilla show at the Irvine Post Office. Tonight, Tuesday May 4th, Rare Grooves will be playing at The Smell in Los Angeles with Daniel Francis Doyle. Rare Grooves is the new, punk/garage rock effort of guitarist/vocalist Danny Miller and drummer/vocalist Tabor Allen after the split up of their former band, Widow
Last summer I was working in the receiving room of Barnes and Noble with my boss, Kyle, when we received a new guy to help us out. He was soft-spoken, with a gentle, good-natured demeanor. He was also shy. So shy that we found it difficult to get him to talk much. After a few
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 my sophomore year of high school in 2005, six years and several solo projects after
1. You ask a friend to recommend some music to you. He tells you about Harlem. You promise to “check them out,” with little intention of actually doing it.2. You get on a plane for Austin, Texas (you’re undecided about moving so you’re visiting).3. You read a favorable review of Harlem’s debut album with Matador
(*A work of fiction by Nick Juarez) With the addition of She and Him and Charlotte Gainsbourg to the lineup, Coachella appears as if it is being taken over by Hollywood. Although this isn’t at all old news, I’ve been noticing a trend in cute-as-a-button female actresses moving into the indie music spotlight. Zooey Deschanel
Pop songs + musicians with ironic senses of humor = The only thing I’ve been listening to for the last couple of days.
I first heard The XX’s debut album xx playing in Barnes & Noble (where I work). I immediately bought it. The band is fronted by singer-guitarist Romy Madley Croft and singer-bassist Oliver Sim, who sing lust-filled songs of superficial romances and half-hearted promises of love. In the group’s most pop-driven song they sing “We watch
This weekend my girlfriend and I are going to San Francisco to measure a bridge (not the whole bridge, I’ve been told over and over again). You might have heard of this bridge. It’s called “The Golden Gate Bridge” and wikipedia describes it as “a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the