Best New Bands » Night Beats 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 More Austin Psych Fest: We Don’t Ever Want To Leave http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/more-austin-psych-fest-we-don-t-ever-want-to-leave/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/more-austin-psych-fest-we-don-t-ever-want-to-leave/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:02:13 +0000 What can’t be said of Austin Psych Fest? It’s clear this outing of psychedelic proportions is of its own world – a world that inhabits creatures of color, of sound, of intellectual properties, and spew tag lines like get-me-another-expletive-beer/swig/toke while I bask in this Austin sun. Day two brought the rain – a monsoon that

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/austin-psych-fest-2012/feed/ 0 Grant Olsen of Gold Leaves Talks About His New Album and Staying Gold. http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/grant-olsen-of-gold-leaves-talks-about-his-new-album-and-staying-gold/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/grant-olsen-of-gold-leaves-talks-about-his-new-album-and-staying-gold/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:41:27 +0000 Gold Leaves is Grant Olsen (Image by Kyle Johnson), who you may know from Arthur & Yu. This has been a busy and productive year for him, culminating in the release of his debut album, The Ornament, followed by a US and UK tour that he just recently wrapped up. On this album, Olsen conveys

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