Best New Bands » Palma Violets 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 Featured Artist: Palma Violets http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-palma-violets/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-palma-violets/#comments Tue, 12 May 2015 07:17:38 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=24383 Los Angeles – Upon the release of their very first single, “Best of Friends,” Palma Violets were bestowed with what could be regarded as both a blessing and a curse. The song blew up in the United Kingdom, instantly making them one of their country’s most recognizable rock acts; it also put tremendous pressure on

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  1. Palma Violets Impress In Los Angeles Los Angeles – One thing is for sure – London’s Palma Violets have the swagger and stage theatrics that is the inevitable byproduct of being critically lauded from the moment their first song was released. The infamously trigger-happy British music...
  2. Palma Violets Blossom With ‘Danger In The Club’ Los Angeles – After breaking out in a major way with their rowdy, pub-rock-indebted 2013 debut 180, Palma Violets did what any young buzz band would do: they spent the subsequent months on the road, connecting with old fans and...
  3. Loose and Carefree: Palma Violets ‘Danger In The Club’ San Francisco – It’s hard to find an indie rock band completely free of irony in the 21st century. Rock artists seem to have a cynical chip on their shoulders these days, unable to enjoy the simple pleasures of loud...
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  1. Palma Violets Blossom With ‘Danger In The Club’ Los Angeles – After breaking out in a major way with their rowdy, pub-rock-indebted 2013 debut 180, Palma Violets did what any young buzz band would do: they spent the subsequent months on the road, connecting with old fans and...
  2. Palma Violets Impress In Los Angeles Los Angeles – One thing is for sure – London’s Palma Violets have the swagger and stage theatrics that is the inevitable byproduct of being critically lauded from the moment their first song was released. The infamously trigger-happy British music...
  3. Album Review: Palma Violets, 180 Apparently before Palma Violets’ debut album 180 was released, the London band received a lot of hype in its homeland. They won NME’s Best New Band award and were nominated for the BBC’s Sound of 2013 award.  Now that the...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/loose-carefree-palma-violets-2nd-album-danger-club/feed/ 0 Palma Violets Blossom With ‘Danger In The Club’ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/palma-violets-blossom-danger-club/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/palma-violets-blossom-danger-club/#comments Thu, 07 May 2015 07:05:49 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=24200 Los Angeles – After breaking out in a major way with their rowdy, pub-rock-indebted 2013 debut 180, Palma Violets did what any young buzz band would do: they spent the subsequent months on the road, connecting with old fans and winning over new ones, garnering a reputation for a rowdy live show. After all that

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  1. Palma Violets Impress In Los Angeles Los Angeles – One thing is for sure – London’s Palma Violets have the swagger and stage theatrics that is the inevitable byproduct of being critically lauded from the moment their first song was released. The infamously trigger-happy British music...
  2. Palma Violets Play Big At Barboza Seattle – Palma Violets released its debut album, 180, earlier this year which we clearly loved so it was a treat to hear most of the songs on the album played live. The band was supposed to play Seattle’s Neumos on...
  3. Album Review: Palma Violets, 180 Apparently before Palma Violets’ debut album 180 was released, the London band received a lot of hype in its homeland. They won NME’s Best New Band award and were nominated for the BBC’s Sound of 2013 award.  Now that the...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/palma-violets-blossom-danger-club/feed/ 1 Palma Violets Impress In Los Angeles http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/palma-violets-impress-los-angeles/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/palma-violets-impress-los-angeles/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2015 23:25:46 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22940 Los Angeles – One thing is for sure – London’s Palma Violets have the swagger and stage theatrics that is the inevitable byproduct of being critically lauded from the moment their first song was released. The infamously trigger-happy British music magazine NME cast Palma Violets into the pantheon of “next big things” in 2012 when

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  2. Palma Violets Rage Hard at Shea Stadium Palma Violets took Shea Stadium by storm last weekend. Shea is known for their DIY all ages shows, that can get plenty crazy, and this London psych punkers went for it full force. They were getting talked about fiercely before...
  3. A Conversation with Palma Violets Sam Fryer and Chilli Jesson Much has happened with Palma Violets since they raged out at Shea Stadium over a month ago, this week’s release of their debut album, 180, not being the slightest. For a band that started playing together just a year and some months ago, they’re already...
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  3. Mixtape 10: Palma Violets, The Growlers, Bellamaine, Hollis Brown and more Here we go with Mixtape #10! This past week was heavy on the psych shoegaze and blues side, with coverage of Writer and Palma Violets, our Artist of the Week The Growlers, plus an album review from our new Seattle...
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