Best New Bands » preview 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 10 New Bands to See at Bonnaroo 2016 http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/10-new-bands-see-bonnaroo-2016/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/10-new-bands-see-bonnaroo-2016/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2016 06:58:13 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=31113 Chicago – Ah, yes, festival season is in full swing! And for many, the mecca of music festivals is fast approaching. That would be Bonnaroo, of course. The four-day long camping festival in Manchester, Tennessee has long been a favorite among music lovers, who travel from all over the world to get down on the farm.

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  1. 4 New Bands at Bonnaroo: Day 4 Manchester Tennessee – The final day of Bonnaroo was a slow, hot one. People moved at a snail’s pace. The sun burnt shoulders, arms, and noses. Dust blew in every direction. But despite it all, good vibes and happiness seemed...
  2. Day Three at Bonnaroo: Some Amazing New Bands Tennessee – Day Three at Bonnaroo saw some pretty amazing things: the annual SuperJam took place (featuring Chance the Rapper, Pretty Lights, and Bleachers’ Jack Antonoff, to name a few), Jon Hamm fed Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch some gummy...
  3. 10 New Bands To See at Bonnaroo 2015 Chicago – The end of winter marks one of our favorite things: festival season! In your best Oprah voice, let me hear you say, “Bonnaroo!” Okay, now that you’ve gotten that of your system, Best New Bands is here to...
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  1. Coachella 2011 Coverage: The Strokes, Kanye West, and Festival Wrap-Up Following the awesomeness that was Death From Above 1979, it dawned on my that the weekend was almost over. Coachella is really an experience, even beyond the music; the people, the sights, the conversation, the atmosphere–everything stays with you and...
  2. Concert Preview: Joe Pug – Congress Theater – January 28, 2012 Sometimes a musician bursts onto the scene and they take you back in history to a time that was so influential that it’s hard not to make comparisons. Joe Pug is that type of musician. “He’s like a young Bob...
  3. 5 Must-See Bands On The Coachella Undercard So you’re going to Coachella! If you’re anything like me, you’re probably stoked as a surfer staring at the perfect swell about seeing Radiohead live, but you’re praying they don’t imitate their latest release, The King of Limbs and leave...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/coachella-preview-2-chainz/feed/ 0 Blackbird Blackbird Set To Release Boracay Planet EP http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/blackbird-blackbird-set-to-release-boracay-planet-ep/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/blackbird-blackbird-set-to-release-boracay-planet-ep/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:45:11 +0000 San Francisco-based electronic artist Mikey Maramag has been releasing music under the moniker Blackbird Blackbird since 2010 and yesterday announced his signing with Lavish Habits Records Under his new label, Maramag plans to release a new EP entitled Boracay Planet. The record will act as a follow-up to his lauded 2010 debut full length, Summer

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  1. Body Language’s “Holiday (Savoir Adore Remix),” Holiday Single out now on Lavish Habits / OM Records   Body Language’s “Holiday (Savoir Adore Remix),” Holiday Single out now on Lavish Habits / OM Records Brooklyn’s own Body Language has risen from the DIY venue basements armed with the kinetic dynamite you would expect from the name. Originally coaxed to...
  2. The Tallest Man On Earth Celebrates His Album Release At The Wiltern Two years ago, I saw Kristian Matsson (a.k.a. The Tallest Man On Earth) for the first time in Portland’s swanky Doug Fir Lounge. He was supporting his sophomore album, The Wild Hunt, and though I was only familiar with a...
  3. Savoir Adore Announce Summer Tour If you’re not familiar with the back-story of Savoir Adore, what began as a 48-hour challenge between two best friends blossomed into one of Brooklyn’s most exciting and unique young bands. With an experimental approach to their writing and recording,...
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  1. Sleeper Agent Wakes Up the Bootleg Driving to the Bootleg Theater last night, I was yawning the whole way there.  School had just started, and I had spent the past two hours reading Shakespeare (seriously…).  I was in serious need of a pick me up, and,...
  2. 5 Must-See Bands On The Coachella Undercard So you’re going to Coachella! If you’re anything like me, you’re probably stoked as a surfer staring at the perfect swell about seeing Radiohead live, but you’re praying they don’t imitate their latest release, The King of Limbs and leave...
  3. THE TREWS Return To The U.S. For Spring Tour THE TREWS are returning to the U.S. for another round of tour dates this spring in support of their fourth full-length studio album, Hope & Ruin. The band returns on April 17 and will kick off a 16-city tour in Bridgeport, CT. ...
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  1. Album Review: Brian Lopez – Ultra Brian Lopez, a soulful, curly-headed, Tucson-raised singer-songwriter has made his way on to my music radar and left a great first impression with his first solo, full-length album, album, Ultra.  Branching out from his role as the leader of experimental...
  2. BackStory: The Octopus Project’s “Catalog” This installment of BackStory features the story behind Austin, Texas’ The Octopus Project‘s song “Catalog.” And the photo of the band above was taken by Wiley Wiggins– and he directed the video below, too. He’s a man about the Austin...
  3. Album Review: Big Talk’s Debut Album Is a Fun but Forgettable Effort And so Ronnie Vannucci comes crashing into the rock music scene, proving his place as a solo artist and talented musician.  The Killers’ drummer and Jason-Lee-lookalike releases the self-titled, debut album from his solo group, Big Talk, comprised of Vannucci...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/brian-lopez-on-tucson-his-new-album-ultra-and-being-compared-to-an-octopus/feed/ 0 Parenthetical Girls Embark on “PG-13 Tour” http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/parenthetical-girls-embark-on-pg-13-tour/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/parenthetical-girls-embark-on-pg-13-tour/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:35:36 +0000 Leave it to Zac Pennington and his bizarro freak-pop troupe Parenthetical Girls to entitle their tour, the “PG-13 Tour” (parents strongly caution). The Portland-based group embarked on its risqué road voyage on Wednesday, March 21st, and plans to make the rounds through North America, beginning in California and ending up in Seattle in mid-May.  Pennington’s

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  1. Parenthetical Girls Charm The Echoplex I saw my Portland darlings, Parenthetical Girls, open for British sensations Los Campesinos! last Saturday night at Los Angeles’ Echoplex.  If you are familiar with the Brit poppers, then you probably know how devoted their fans are, and you also...
  2. THE TREWS Return To The U.S. For Spring Tour THE TREWS are returning to the U.S. for another round of tour dates this spring in support of their fourth full-length studio album, Hope & Ruin. The band returns on April 17 and will kick off a 16-city tour in Bridgeport, CT. ...
  3. New Tour Announcements from Foals, Washed Out, Shearwater, and Jenny and Johnny Fall is just around the corner, and you know what that means? Tours, tours, and more tours! Luckily for you, we are here to bring you the latest tour announcements from our favorite emerging bands. Below are some new dates...
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  1. THE TREWS back on tour in the U.S. in January “Two brothers, two guitars, two larger than life voices“ - American Songwriter Canada’s THE TREWS completed their US RESIDENCY TOUR in the tail end of 2011 as they continue touring behind Hope & Ruin, their fourth full-length studio album.  Feedback was amazing and...
  2. Mean Creek Announces Spring Tour With Counting Crows NEW FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, YOUTH COMPANION, OUT THIS FALL FREE DOWNLOAD: “SUNLIGHT” (MP3) Boston-based rock band Mean Creek is excited to announce its upcoming Spring tour of the United States supporting Counting Crows. Beginning on Friday, April 13 at the Showbox in Seattle, WA,...
  3. Canadian Rockers The Trews Bring Their Brand Of Music To Birmingham Chart topping Canuck rockers, The Trews came to the UK to properly introduce themselves.  In the UK’s second largest city, Birmingham, they played the HMV Institute with the help of a few local bands providing warm up and for the...
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  1. Album Review: Class Actress (Elizabeth Harper) Releases Debut, Rapprocher Many years ago, back in 2004, Elizabeth Harper began her music career as a singer/songwriter, strumming an acoustic guitar and crooning to coffeehouse patrons. Half a decade later, the beautiful songstress swapped her guitar for some synthesizers and drum machines,...
  2. Concert Preview: Emily Simonian Plays New York and Boston This Week Get ready east coast, there’s a new sultry songstress that will be making her debut on your side of the country this week. For the first time, Emily Simonian will play shows in the music hotbeds of New York and...
  3. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 8/22/11 Picked By: Claire Gallagher Who: Active Child with White Sea, Correatown, and Random Patterns Where: The Echo, Los Angeles, CA When: Monday, August 22nd at 8:30pm Cost: Free Age Restrictions: 21+ *** Picked By: Kelly Knapp Who: Stephen Malkmus Where: Academy Records, NYC When: Thursday, August 25th, at...
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  1. Night of the Living Grave Babies at Death by Audio I’ve never been bored at a Death by Audio show, and last night was no different. Perpetual Ritual, Grave Babies, Ganglians, and Xray Eyeballs all played great sets. These were all bands I had not seen live yet, and I...
  2. Via Audio Playing an Intimate Set at Moscot on Saturday Hey guys, remember that review I wrote back in December of Via Audio at Brooklyn Bowl? Probably not, but that’s ok. Basically, I talked about how awesome the Brooklyn-based band is, how their sassy funk sound is immediately infectious, and...
  3. Via Audio’s “Babies”: the Number One Song of 2010 Via Audio may have released “Babies” in late 2009, slightly ahead of the release of their 2010 album Animalore, but it caught your attention in 2010, and according to BestNewBands.com readers, it’s the Number One Song of the year. Tenth...
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  1. Album Review: Real Estate – Days It’s fall—the leaves are changing, the weather is sucking, and Real Estate’s latest LP, Days, is in your car’s CD player, or at least it should be. The five-piece hailing from New Jersey made a name for itself in 2009,...
  2. Real Estate, Big Troubles Rock the Doug Fir Lounge Good vibes and shimmering chords filled the air last night at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland where Real Estate played a brief but wonderful set in promotion of their excellent new album, Days. The five-piece kicked off their set...
  3. Real Estate Owns at The Independent in San Francisco Real Estate Last night, I made my way over to The Independent in San Francisco for the psych indie sounds of the New Jersey born Real Estate. I started my night out by missing my bus stop. This had me...
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