Best New Bands » Northside Festival 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 Northside Festival Highlights http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/northside-festival-highlights/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/northside-festival-highlights/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:00:00 +0000 The dust has settled from the 4-day whirlwind of music that was Northside Festival, but what an amazing whirlwind it was. There was music just about everywhere, spilling into the street from bars, some people literally playing on a street corner (not part of Northside, but street bands always pop up during festivals), and some

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/northside-festival-highlights/feed/ 0 Idiot Glee’s Album Release Show at Glasslands http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/idiot-glees-album-release-show-at-glasslands/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/idiot-glees-album-release-show-at-glasslands/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:30:00 +0000 It was a great night for music and mingling last night at Idiot Glee’s album release party, hosted at Glasslands. It was also the second time this week that I was there early enough to catch all the openers, and was glad I did. For those that got there late, you missed out. I have

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