After a brief hiatus, we’re back with a new Mixtape featuring coverage from BestNewBands.com’s music savvy writers, plus some new tracks from new bands that are fresh out the oven. Katrina was at Los Angeles’ The Echoplex for Cotillon’s last residency night, and witnessed their “straightforward, heartfelt performance.” Brigit covered Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival, and highlights included The
Looking at the past three years, it wouldn’t be presumptuous to assume that No Age was in a deep, deep slumber. At last, the L.A.-based duo of Randy Randall and Dean Allen Spunt have released their third full-length record, An Object. Their latest effort is definitely a summer album, but not in the classic sense
Today’s styling of punk music is harder to find than before. This can be attributed to the watered down version of pop punk that nearly destroyed the genre and turned punk from a lifestyle and attitude into just another cash cow. While bands we won’t mention did their best to kill it, there have
Since the early ‘60s, garage and lo-fi rock have been staples in music. Though many of the bands of this genre are mostly unrecognized or have faded into oblivion, that doesn’t mean that they didn’t have an impact on bands of a later generation. In the past few years, bands like No Age have led
Over the past few years, the Los Angeles indie rock scene has fortunately began to replace itself in the hearts and minds of music fans who once thought of the city solely as a Mecca for hair metal bands. With the emergence of groups like Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, The Airborne Toxic Event
Last night I ventured into Oakland to witness Lucky Dragons, The Fresh & Onlys and No Age at the New Parish. This was my first time in Oakland and my first time seeing any of these bands, but the experience I had vaguely reminded me of the shows I used to go to when I was