Best New Bands » No Joy 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 No Joy Brings Their Psych-Rock To Mississippi Studios http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/no-joy-brings-psych-rock-mississippi-studios/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/no-joy-brings-psych-rock-mississippi-studios/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2015 07:08:43 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=25310 Portland – The always-focused musicians of No Joy brought their psych-rock to Mississippi Studios Friday night. The show followed the June 9th release of their LP, More Faithful. Their third release proves to be their most complex and their live show only reflected that. Strewn with ominous fade-outs, slow murky vocals and assertive skill, No

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/joy-faithful/feed/ 0 Album Review: No Joy, Wait to Pleasure http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-no-joy-wait-to-pleasure/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-no-joy-wait-to-pleasure/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:44:13 +0000 There are certain buzz words that appear over and over again in album reviews: fuzzy, crunchy, dreamy, maturing, etc. They’re not genres, necessarily, but they’re words used to almost categorize a band’s sound down to Kingdom-Phylum-Class-Order-Family-Genus-Species status. They let you know exactly what you’re getting into before you even open the CD or, as is

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