Best New Bands » Oregon 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 Blood Beach: A Hair Band for These Modern Times? http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/blood-beach-a-hair-band-for-these-modern-times/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/blood-beach-a-hair-band-for-these-modern-times/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 20:00:00 +0000 At The Woods last night watching Blood Beach open for (former BestNewBands.com Artists in Residence) Rumspringa and Bear Hands, the very first thing I noticed was the hair. The self-described “garage/basement band” is blessed with four heads of shiny, flowing hair. Check out the video of their song “Soft Serve” to see for yourself. BestNewBands.com

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  1. Beach House Comes to Soho in Santa Barbara The Baltimore-based dream pop duo Beach House made a much-appreciated stop at Santa Barbara’s Soho Music Club on Friday, April 16, before heading into the desert heat for their Coachella appearance. The crowd was desperate to see the sold out...
  2. We Barbarians and Superhumanoids: Eclectic Sets @ The Echo Last night We Barbarians (pictured) and Superhumanoids filled the Echo with sounds and people of all shapes and sizes. I thought the diverse crowd perfectly reflected the eclectic mix of the two groups’ styles, supporting both the soft, glow of...
  3. Blood Red Shoes Walks All Over The Music Scene! Blood Red Shoes are stepping all over the music scene right now- and lucky for us L.A. kids, they’re heading to the Bootleg Theater Monday, October 18!  (Click HERE for your chance to win tickets!)  Their no holds barred rock...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/blood-beach-a-hair-band-for-these-modern-times/feed/ 0 Eux Autres: C’est Tres Fun! http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/eux-autres-c-est-tres-fun/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/eux-autres-c-est-tres-fun/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:12:33 +0000 Eux Autres, which is pronounced ooz-oh-tra and means, literally “them others,” aren’t French. They’re ‘kind of from Portland’ but call San Francisco home. At the Mississippi Studios last night, Eux Autres were the opening band for Chain Gang of 1974 and Candy Claws. The pop band claims to “write songs with sparse instrumentation,” but to

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  1. The Giving Tree Band Review: The Joke, The Threat, & The Obvious If you are looking for a new, edgy style and hate the sound of a little twang, this album by The Giving Tree Band is definitely not for you. Those who don’t take classic Americana or folk music seriously may...
  2. Josh Tatum Band Shakes the House of Blues Foundation Room Josh Tatum and his band of merry band mates had no problem packing the ornately decorated Foundation Room at House of Blues in Los Angeles last night. The entire show bordered on theatrical, or perhaps that was due to the...
  3. Phoenix and Neon Indian to Play the SB Bowl on 9/19 When I first “discovered” Phoenix (actually, more like when I found out that I was the last one of my friends to realize how awesome they are), I was awestruck. It was like the feeling that you get when you...
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  1. Whiteaker Block Party: Celebrating Eugene’s Home-Grown Talent Some secrets are not meant to be kept. This year’s Whiteaker Block Party exposed me to a few musical groups that, despite their humble beginnings, are on the fast track to fame. The only question now is: do I keep...
  2. Fred Van Vactor: Everything Good All At Once Well, recently I saw Fred in Eugene, and he told me his first album was almost ready, and that he’d send me a copy. I’d only been home a few days when it arrived, and I love it. “Leaving Eugene”...
  3. Sitting Down with Pilot Whale In a studio warehouse in Orange, Ca, there dwells a band of brothers. Brothers set to do what no other band has ever done before…alright. You got me. Though that unnecessarily epic intro may not have been essential to this...
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  1. Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party, Part II This past weekend’s Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle featured some of the greatest and most acclaimed independent bands of the Northwest. The main stage gave us a glimpse of the ‘whose who’ in regional music, however neighboring it were...
  2. Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party Round-Up, Part I The sun was out and the atmosphere was pleasant for the 14th annual revelry of the Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle this past weekend. The three day festival at first included three stages, which became four stages, which finally...
  3. Three Up-and-Comers Worth Watching at Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party Seattle’s upcoming Capitol Hill Block Party is going to be fantastic. We looked at three of the headliners last Friday, and here, as promised, are three of the up-and-comers worth checking out. *** Kicking off the Capitol Hill Block Party...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/whiteaker-block-party-celebrating-eugene-s-home-grown-talent/feed/ 0 The Surf Roots Tour: Currently Working its Way Through the Pacific Northwest http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-surf-roots-tour-currently-working-its-way-through-the-pacific-northwest/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-surf-roots-tour-currently-working-its-way-through-the-pacific-northwest/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0000 Eugene, OR certainly missed a great show last night. The Surf Roots Tour, featuring Tamarama, The Green, Stranger and Anuhea, stopped at the WOW Hall, but only 25 or so people came to see it. A small audience didn’t affect the artists, however: each act performed with great enthusiasm and transformed the tiny concert hall

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  1. TOMS Shoes and the Give Event: Doing It Big for the Little Ones and two of the Bands that Contributed to the Cause On July 24, the Give Event was hosted at the Irvine Spectrum in Irvine, Ca.  Sponsored by TOMS, Active, and Krochet Kids, there were numerous independent artists personalizing shoes with their talent as well as musical acts to supply the...
  2. Neon Indian Kicks Off New Tour What is the Neon Indian? Contrary to popular belief, it’s not one of the tall sparkly blue people from Avatar.  It’s the five-piece psychedelic pop band lead by Alan Palomo, and their debut album Psychic Chasms might be one of...
  3. The Bloody Beetroots Unveil New Act at the House of Blues, San Diego What do you get when you combine the musical discipline of a classically trained composer with the black-leather-wearing, chain-smoking sensibilities of a hardcore punk rocker, and then hand him some DJ equipment and synthesizers just for kicks? What you get...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-surf-roots-tour-currently-working-its-way-through-the-pacific-northwest/feed/ 0 The Music of the Oregon Country Fair 2010 http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/the-music-of-the-oregon-country-fair-2010/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/the-music-of-the-oregon-country-fair-2010/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:00:00 +0000 With 18 stages scattered throughout the venue, deciding which performances to watch at the Oregon Country Fair can be a hard decision. This year, I took the “wander around and see what happens” approach to OCF entertainment. Here are some photos and reviews of the shows I saw: The first act to draw me in from the Fair

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  1. Fair 2010: The Oregon Country Fair Starts Today If you’re going to the Oregon Country Fair, there are some items you will undoubtedly need to bring. A camera, because the entire festival is a photo opportunity. A reusable water bottle, because walking through the forest in the hot...
  2. BestNewBands.com’s Show Wish List: The shows we want to see this week & think you should, too The Bird and The Bee open for The Swell Season at The Hollywood Bowl this week. CALIFORNIA Los Angeles When:Monday, July 12th, 9pm Pacific Where: McWorld, 5011 W. Adams Blvd.; L.A. CA Who: David Liebe Hart & Adam Papagan, Three...
  3. Abe Vigoda This weekend my girlfriend and I are going to San Francisco to measure a bridge (not the whole bridge, I’ve been told over and over again). You might have heard of this bridge. It’s called “The Golden Gate Bridge” and...
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  1. Billy Corgan tickles the ivories, tries on some country I can’t decide which drippy news source to link to, so I’ll just let you Google “billy corgan jessica simpson” and see what you come up with. And who wouldn’t have an opinion on that one? But let’s get down...
  2. Christa Mae and The Brigade at Viento Y Agua, April 29th, 2010   I caught Christa Mae and the Brigade last Thursday, April 29th, at the Viento Y Agua coffee house in Long Beach, where they previewed songs from their upcoming album The Truth Is… Armed with an acoustic guitar and backed...
  3. Hard Fest? More like Suck Fest. (Updated) Well, I don’t feel stupid anymore about buying tickets to San Diego’s Street Scene after already buying tickets to see Chromeo at Hard Fest/Hard Summer in LA. Why? Because Hard Summer didn’t happen. I drove to LA tonight with high...
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  1. Christa Mae and The Brigade at Viento Y Agua, April 29th, 2010   I caught Christa Mae and the Brigade last Thursday, April 29th, at the Viento Y Agua coffee house in Long Beach, where they previewed songs from their upcoming album The Truth Is… Armed with an acoustic guitar and backed...
  2. The Bach Remix: I made this! One of the highlights of my career this year so far was staging the fourth annual Bach Remix at The District, a nightclub and venue in Eugene, Oregon. My partner in this endeavor was a friend from graduate school, PhD...
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