Best New Bands » Of Monsters and Men 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 LIVE 105 FM’s BFD Festival http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-105-fms-bfd-festival/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-105-fms-bfd-festival/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:30:07 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=25147 San Francisco – This past weekend, throngs of Bay Area youth migrated to the South Bay to gather at this year’s installment of LIVE 105 FM’s BFD (acronym for Big Fucking Day) festival.  Celebrating its 21st edition, this festival is put on by the local alternative rock station LIVE 105, at the Shoreline Amphitheater in

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  1. Of Monsters and Men Release New Single Iceland’s Of Monsters And Men are back with an ambitious fury, releasing a new song, announcing the date for their sophomore release and revealing a list of stops for an extensive spring tour, with plenty of stops in North America! (Including their...
  2. Of Monsters And Men Premiere New Video – Add Tour Dates New York –  Of Monsters And Men exclusively premiere their new music video for “Crystals”. It’s the first single from the group’s anxiously anticipated second full-length record, Beneath The Skin [Republic Records], in stores everywhere and available through all digital partners on June 9, 2015.  You can...
  3. Album Review: Of Monsters and Men, My Head Is An Animal Of Monsters and Men, a clever play on Of Mice and Men are a fun band. They exude fun, there’s really no better way to put it. They’ve been all over our site recently and with good reason. The group’s...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/monsters-men-beneath-skin/feed/ 0 Of Monsters And Men Premiere New Video – Add Tour Dates http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/monsters-men-premiere-new-video-add-tour-dates/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/monsters-men-premiere-new-video-add-tour-dates/#comments Mon, 11 May 2015 19:34:05 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=24364 New York –  Of Monsters And Men exclusively premiere their new music video for “Crystals”. It’s the first single from the group’s anxiously anticipated second full-length record, Beneath The Skin [Republic Records], in stores everywhere and available through all digital partners on June 9, 2015.  You can pre-order the album HERE! In the video directed by Arni & Kinski and shot in Iceland

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/monsters-men-premiere-new-video-add-tour-dates/feed/ 1 Of Monsters and Men Release New Single http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/monsters-men-new-single-will-get-beneath-skin-ears/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/monsters-men-new-single-will-get-beneath-skin-ears/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:05:35 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22573 Iceland’s Of Monsters And Men are back with an ambitious fury, releasing a new song, announcing the date for their sophomore release and revealing a list of stops for an extensive spring tour, with plenty of stops in North America! (Including their previously reported participation in the Sasquatch Music Festival.) June 9, 2015 is the day to

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/monsters-men-new-single-will-get-beneath-skin-ears/feed/ 0 Of Monsters and Men Are In Prime Form In Austin http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/of-monsters-and-men-are-in-prime-form-in-austin/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/of-monsters-and-men-are-in-prime-form-in-austin/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:38:04 +0000 Of Monsters and Men have made significant strides. In a short three years, the Icelandic masterminds released debut album My Head Is An Animal to critical acclaim conquering the charts in the U.S., UK, Canada, Ireland, Iceland and nearly every other European country. This year the team took home European Border Breakers Awards top honor

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  2. Of Monsters and Men Win Over SXSW Having spent the majority of my time at SXSW indoors checking out new bands, I was elated to head to Stubbs BBQ‘s outdoor area to catch the new band Of Monsters and Men.  Having never been there, I had no idea...
  3. Q&A with Raggi of Of Monsters and Men As we’ve written about over the past few months, Of Monsters and Men are one of the breakout new bands of 2012. During their first proper U.S. tour, they’ve sold out almost every venue they’ve played and their song “Little...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/of-monsters-and-men-are-in-prime-form-in-austin/feed/ 0 Of Monsters And Men, Vampire Weekend, Kanye To Close SNL Season http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/of-monsters-and-men-vampire-weekend-kanye-to-close-snl-season/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/of-monsters-and-men-vampire-weekend-kanye-to-close-snl-season/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 15:30:50 +0000 Season 38 of NBC standby Saturday Night Live will finish with a musical flourish after a three-week hiatus.  This Saturday (4), guest host Zach Galifianakis will be joined by Of Monsters and Men.  A week later (11), SNL alum Kristen Wiig hosts musical guests Vampire Weekend.  And the season finale (18) will feature A-Lister Ben

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  2. OF MONSTERS AND MEN Add More Tour Dates We’re excited to announce that due to an overwhelming demand, Icelandic indie/folk rockers Of Monsters and Men have added additional shows to their North American tour and also moved a few to accommodate additional fans!!! Pre-sales for the shows begin...
  3. OF MONSTERS AND MEN Announce U.S Tour Dates and New Album Alt-folk artisans OF MONSTERS AND MEN have set April 3, 2012 as the release date for their debut album, My Head is an Animal via Universal Republic Records. My Head is an Animal follows up their debut Into the Woods EP, which garnered unanimous...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/of-monsters-and-men-vampire-weekend-kanye-to-close-snl-season/feed/ 0 Interview – Sóley Stefansdottir http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-s%c3%b3ley-stefansdottir/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-s%c3%b3ley-stefansdottir/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2012 04:03:31 +0000 Picture a place with beautiful and haunting landscapes, marvelous mountains and foaming seas. It’s full of artists who all make music that reflects the natural beauty, expressed in honest and creative ways. Every song has an interesting story that it tells, and it all comes alive in beautiful and haunting ways, and makes you feel

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/preview-st-jeromes-laneway-festival-singapore/feed/ 0 Elle King Selected As Opening Act For Of Monsters And Men http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/elle-king-selected-as-opening-act-for-of-monsters-and-men/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/elle-king-selected-as-opening-act-for-of-monsters-and-men/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:01:05 +0000 Elle King, a brand new RCA Records artist has been hand-picked as the opening act for OF MONSTERS AND MEN on a slew of upcoming theater dates. Before heading out on tour,   Elle King will be performing at the CMJ Music Festival in NYC on October 17th at RockwoodMusic Hall (at 10:30 pm). Comments Elle on

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