Best New Bands » psychedlic 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 Album Review: White Arrows, Dry Land Is Not A Myth http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-white-arrows-dry-land-is-not-a-myth/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-white-arrows-dry-land-is-not-a-myth/#comments Fri, 29 Jun 2012 05:06:56 +0000 Ever since White Arrows released its Fireworks of the Sea EP this spring, the quintet’s full-length debut has been on my radar. The L.A.-based five-piece created its own brand of electro pop, incorporating calypso and tropical beats with soaring synthesizers and catchy lyrics, and its unique sound hooked me instantly. With all this anticipation built

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  1. White Arrows Slays The Roxy I saw White Arrows perform live for the first time as the opening act for UMO at the Echoplex about a month ago and instantly fell in love with this new band. Led by visionary Mickey Church, the L.A.-based quintet...
  2. Album Review: Magic Wands—Aloha Moon Chris and Dexy Valentine first generated buzz around their self-proclaimed “lovewave” outfit, Magic Wands, when the new band released its first EP, Magic, Love and Dreams back in 2009. Intrigued with the two-piece’s sparkling psychedelic pop gems, music critics and...
  3. Album Review: Tanlines—Mixed Emotions To correspond with the release of their debut full-length, Mixed Emotions, Tanlines premiered a video for the album’s second single, “All of Me,” the week of the release. This video featured a fuzzy VHS taping of the duo sternly performing...
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  1. Album Review: Theresa Andersson’s Street Parade Right before the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicked off, the city’s own Theresa Andersson has just released her already largely acclaimed album, Street Parade. On this LP, Andersson finds a way to combine her Nordic heritage with the...
  2. Album Review: Miike Snow, Happy To You If Miike Snow’s eponymous debut is this relatively new band’s introduction to indie-friendly electro-pop music, then this sophomore offering by Stockholm-based trio is their gate to top-40 success. For some this is a revelation, but if you found comfort in...
  3. Milo Greene Announce Headlining Tour + Album! Though the band has yet to release a proper album, Milo Greene has been busy nestling into the niche it made itself beside fellow Los Angeles psych/folkers Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros and Local Natives. The quintet has already...
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  1. Black Mountain is back with “Wilderness Heart” With an album cover that has a on-coming shark about to attack an office building, Black Mountain is saying you better be ready for its next album, which is slated to be released on September 14. The Canadian quartet’s third...
  2. Artist of the Week: FIDLAR Punk rock has always been about two things: simplicity and keeping it real. When the first bands busted out of New York City in the late ‘70s and Southern California in the early ‘80s, they made sure regardless of their...
  3. Artist of the Week: Foxy Shazam If the phrase “Foxy Shazam” makes you think of a film starring Pam Grier, you’re not too far off. The name comes from a slang term for “cool” common at lead singer Eric Nally’s high school in Cincinnati, OH, and...
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  1. Album Preview: Portugal. The Man’s “In the Mountain In the Cloud” If you’re a Portugal. the Man fan like me, you’ve probably been anticipating their upcoming album release for a long time already (I mean, you’ve probably even pre-ordered the deluxe package by now). Expected to drop July 19th, In the...
  2. Concert Review: Portugal. The Man Takes Over the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA This past Saturday night, May 7th, I headed down to the House of Blues in Anaheim to check out Portugal. The Man in concert for the second time.  The first time I saw this strangely wonderful band play was last...
  3. In Solidarity With Portugal. The Man Artist: Portugal. The Man Genre: Psychedelic/progressive rock From the political uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East to the Midwestern United States, a sense of awareness and community seems to be spreading throughout the globe. Personally, I can’t get...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-portugal-the-mans-in-the-mountain-in-the-cloud/feed/ 2 Viva Voce Presents The Sounds Of Summer On The Future Will Destroy You http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/viva-voce-presents-the-sounds-of-summer-on-the-future-will-destroy-you/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/viva-voce-presents-the-sounds-of-summer-on-the-future-will-destroy-you/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:00:00 +0000 The principal duo of Kevin and Anita Robinson, better known to the masses as Viva Voce, is back on the scene with their first new record since 2009’s Rose City. The Future Will Destroy You is the outfit’s first album with Vanguard and for the Portland-based via Muscle Shoals band, this is one of their

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  1. The Sounds’ “Something To Die For,” Is Not Few bands can do 80′s New Wave within the last decade better than The Sounds. It’s just one of those things that is kind of known within the music industry. The Swedish band’s brand of uber-catchy rock/pop, headed by vocalist...
  2. Making Funny Sounds with Me and Jessie Stein of The Luyas Canada has produced many indie greats like the Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene.  The Luyas are next on that list. Hailing from Montreal, the Luyas are a four (sometimes five thanks to violinist Sarah) piece ensemble of Jessie (vocals),...
  3. Best Coast Sinks into the Summer Haze with Debut Album Not to sound conceited or anything, but Best Coast picked the right side of the country to name their band after. There’s nothing like a hot California summer, and Best Coast’s debut LP Crazy for You harnesses the mood of...
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