Best New Bands » punk 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 Cerebral Ballzy ­At The Roxy http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/cerebral-ballzy-at-the-roxy/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/cerebral-ballzy-at-the-roxy/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:04:04 +0000 Los Angeles – When the powers that be came down and decided Cerebral Ballzy would be a perfect compliment to support OFF! on their current tour, they must’ve had an eye on the past when doing so. After all, the seemingly ageless Keith Morris, OFF!’s front man/punk rock progenitor, no doubt has his fingerprints on

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  1. New Mixtape: Sky Ferreira, Cerebral Ballzy, Alex Winston And More New York – Lots of new bands to catch up on for this edition of our Mixtape, with live reviews, interviews, album reviews, and a handful of just out of the oven music and video releases. Ghost Wave was our...
  2. Emily’s Army Storms The Roxy On Friday night, I was treated to a night of youthful energy, served up by the contagiously vivacious punk quartet from Oakland, CA: Emily’s Army.  This group of kids–seriously, they’re still in high school–lit up The Roxy in Los Angeles...
  3. 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...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/cerebral-ballzy-at-the-roxy/feed/ 1 The Eagulls Are Already Turning Heads With Debut Album http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/the-eagulls-are-already-turning-heads-with-debut-album/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/the-eagulls-are-already-turning-heads-with-debut-album/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:47:06 +0000 Nashville – Hailing from Leeds, England, The Eagulls are made up of five members: Mark Goldsworthy (guitar), Henry Ruddel (drums), Liam Matthews (bass), Tom Kelly (guitar) and George Mitchell (vocals). Even if you weren’t positive where this band originated, the album cover should give it away: at first glance it appears to be just a

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  1. Eagulls and Yvette Rocked Loud At Mercury Lounge New York – Eagulls just swooped back through NYC after a much buzzed about CMJ run (including by us), and played both Mercury Lounge in Manhattan and Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn. I believe I once again caught the tamer...
  2. Live Review: Yuck, Eagulls and Courtney Barnett At CMJ New York – After the victorious rush of the first night, the following night was highlighted by a super late set from the reconfigured Yuck.  Their headlining set at Glasslands for the NME/Hate Hate Hate/Sunday Management CMJ party didn’t begin until...
  3. Gauntlet Hair Unleashes Debut Album Andy R. (né Andy Rauworth) and Craig Nice (né Craig Fleischman) say they have been playing music together since they were 15. In 2010, nearly a decade later, the duo released a 7” entitled Out/Don’t… under the moniker Gauntlet Hair...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/the-eagulls-are-already-turning-heads-with-debut-album/feed/ 0 Skaters Rocks Their Record Release at Bowery Ballroom http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/skaters-rocks-their-record-release-at-bowery-ballroom/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/skaters-rocks-their-record-release-at-bowery-ballroom/#comments Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:17:42 +0000 New York – NYC-based melodic garage punk band Skaters played their album release show at Bowery Ballroom Monday, and it was nothing short of a riotous dance party. Skaters came out to the Ghost Busters theme song as a tribute to the recently departed Harold Ramis, who played Egon. But, because this show was a celebration

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  1. Randomness and Fun with Skaters at Bowery Ballroom Skaters are those kids that crotchety old men like to shake their fist at and yell, “You PUNKS!” Or at least that’s how they look on stage. They sound like it too sometimes, but their version of punk is a...
  2. SKATERS Capture all the Punk Energy of the City on Debut LP Manhattan New York – On Manhattan, the debut full length from Skaters, the band has honed a city into an album. Singer Michael Ian Cummings, drummer Noah Rubin, guitarist Joshua Hubbard, and bassist Dan Burke embody the kind of motion and energy...
  3. Live Review: Skaters Los Angeles – There’s a fluid element to Skaters live show. They play really close together, even on a larger stage, and they move around each other in an accidental, random fashion. You expect it to run afoul… But it...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/skaters-rocks-their-record-release-at-bowery-ballroom/feed/ 0 SKATERS Capture all the Punk Energy of the City on Debut LP Manhattan http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/skaters-capture-all-the-punk-energy-of-the-city-on-debut-lp-manhattan/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/skaters-capture-all-the-punk-energy-of-the-city-on-debut-lp-manhattan/#comments Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:32:06 +0000 New York – On Manhattan, the debut full length from Skaters, the band has honed a city into an album. Singer Michael Ian Cummings, drummer Noah Rubin, guitarist Joshua Hubbard, and bassist Dan Burke embody the kind of motion and energy that only in NYC can it make sense the way it does. These punks are

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  1. SKATERS Announce Spring Headlining Tour Burbank, CA - New York City’s very own SKATERS have announced that they will hit the road for a spring headlining tour presented by FILTER in support of their debut albumManhattan, which will be released by Warner Bros. Records on February 25th. Following appearances at SXSW...
  2. Interview: Skaters Los Angeles – The new band Skaters, from New York City, actually doesn’t skate. “We’re musicians first and we don’t [want] to break our wrists,” lead singer Michael Ian Cummings told a Boston music blog earlier this year. “We chose...
  3. Live Review: Skaters Los Angeles – There’s a fluid element to Skaters live show. They play really close together, even on a larger stage, and they move around each other in an accidental, random fashion. You expect it to run afoul… But it...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/skaters-capture-all-the-punk-energy-of-the-city-on-debut-lp-manhattan/feed/ 1 Speedy Ortiz Make It Look Easy At Irving Plaza http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/speedy-ortiz-make-it-look-easy-at-irving-plaza/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/speedy-ortiz-make-it-look-easy-at-irving-plaza/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2014 11:15:57 +0000 New York – Speedy Ortiz opened up for Los Campesinos! at Irving Plaza last night, but I wish I had caught their show someplace else. I’m starting to believe more and more that you can’t get a real taste of punk, grunge, art rock, noise rock, or any music in that realm, the way it’s

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  1. ZZ Ward Packs Irving Plaza New York – When I first heard ZZ Ward, she was touted as a bluesy songwriter and vocal talent with a hip hop background, with a big emphasis on her collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Fitz & the Tantrums and Freddie...
  2. Super Mash Bros. Display Another Side of Mash-Up At Irving Plaza Like all others within the ever-expanding genre of mash-up, Super Mash Bros. are a music lover’s paradise. While mash-up artists all strive to serve a healthy dose of rock, pop and hip-hop on a plate, these guys garnish it with...
  3. 8 New Bands To Watch In 2014 Los Angeles – As another year kicks off, there are a lot of great new bands (and solo artists) coming to our attention. So many in fact, it’s easy to miss some really amazing music. So, we decided to try...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/speedy-ortiz-make-it-look-easy-at-irving-plaza/feed/ 0 Potty Mouth Make Real Life Rock at Glasslands http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/potty-mouth-make-real-life-rock-at-glasslands/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/potty-mouth-make-real-life-rock-at-glasslands/#comments Sun, 12 Jan 2014 03:07:40 +0000 New York – They’ve been a band for about three years now, but they sound and play like they’ve already known what they like way before that, and they like some good stuff. Potty Mouth formed when singer/guitarist Abby Weems was still a junior at a high school in Amherst, MA, and lead guitarist Phoebe,

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  1. FINALLY, A Real Rock Album That Pulls No Punches Courtesy of Golden State It seems like the hardest thing to find these days is a band that sticks to the roots of what made rock music popular in the first place. At least in the Los Angeles scene, it seems as if every...
  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...
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  1. Artist of the Week: The Static Jacks New Jersey’s The Static Jacks are climbing the steep steps to indie-rock acclaim.  Guitar-in-hand, the group breathes juvenile hellfire and wrestles across the barriers of punk, garage and soul on their full-length debut, If You’re Young, produced by Chris Shaw...
  2. Preview: Gardens & Villa – Dunes New York – Lush is best way to describe Gardens & Villa. True to their name, these guys make music that is naturally striking, full of life and blissful to revel in. Their sound is one toxic indie-band cocktail. Start...
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  1. The Civil Wars: Barton Hollow Listening to the alt-country duo The Civil Wars’ debut album put me through the emotional wringer. Joy Williams and John Paul White write and perform heart-wrenching duets full of breathy vocals accompanied by sparse acoustic instruments. With voices like theirs...
  2. Hollow Earth Radio Showcases Local Favorites at the Black Lodge   March is an exciting time in Seattle. Not only do the rainy days lessen (if only slightly) and we get more frequent reminders of the that fact that we’re surrounded by some pretty great mountains, but local community radio...
  3. Live Review: Bleached At The Glass House Los Angeles – The Glass House on Saturday felt like a high school dance.  Between the gymnasium floor, the Christmas trees on stage, the red and green spotlights and the floating, twirling mirror ball hanging from the ceiling rafters… It...
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  3. Savages Make the Rainy Cities London and Seattle Collide at Neumos London and Seattle might have an unspoken agreement between the drizzly cities that when natives of the two cities meet, presumptions of shallow and surficial friendliness can be cast aside and everyone will know that they’re all having a good...
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  2. Hot As Sun Discusses Their Debut Album And Playing With Foster The People Some people just have music in their blood, and it’s safe to say that Jamie Jackson is one of those people. Ever since she can remember, she has been singing—whether it be to the radio or as part her church...
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