Best New Bands » Radiohead 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: Thundercat, Apocalypse http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-thundercat-apocalypse/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-thundercat-apocalypse/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:49:29 +0000 Sometimes great music comes from obscure places. Other times it’s so obvious that the music is overwhelmingly amazing that impossible to put your finger on the pulse of why that’s the case. After a few years of working behind the scenes with L.A.-based producer/maestro Flying Lotus, bassist extraordinaire Thundercat (not to be confused with the

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  1. Album Review: Jesca Hoop, The House That Jack Built Though this is her third album, Jesca Hoop is still a relative unknown to many music listeners. What is known, and should who aren’t familiar should know, is that Hoop has hobnobbed with some of the biggest names in the...
  2. Album Review: Onuinu – Mirror Gazer It’s easy for a band or artist to find inspiration from a certain style of music, but how about creating an entirely new genre? That’s what Dorian Duvall did. Under the moniker Onuinu (pronounced on-you-in-you), the Portland-based multi-instrumentalist refers to...
  3. Album Review: Milk Music, Cruise Your Illusion In the heart of the grunge homeland, the great Pacific Northwest, grunge ain’t dead – it’s just evolved. Olympia, Washington’s Milk Music released its debut full-length album, Cruise Your Illusion, on April 2 and with it has channeled the Ghost...
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  1. Album Review: White Arrows, Dry Land Is Not A Myth 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...
  2. 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...
  3. Album Review: Arrange, New Memory Sometimes the most beautiful works of art rise from the ashes of pain and suffering. So is the case with Malcom Lacey’s hypnotic, masterful songwriting. Hiding under the moniker “Arrange,” the young bedroom producer released his debut LP, Plantation, last...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-ultra%c3%adsta-ultra%c3%adsta/feed/ 0 Flying Lotus To Release New Album And Tour This Fall http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/flying-lotus-to-release-new-album-and-tour-this-fall/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/flying-lotus-to-release-new-album-and-tour-this-fall/#comments Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:38:22 +0000 Flying Lotus will be releasing Until The Quiet Comes, the long-awaited follow-up to 2010′s Cosmogramma on October 2 on Warp Records. Composed, according to the rapper, as “a collage of mystical states, dreams, sleep and lullabies”, the new album has the distinct feel of a nighttime voyage. The sound is an unhinged, yet elegant evolution

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  1. Maps & Atlases Set For International Tour and Album Release The Chicago-based math rock outfit, Maps & Atlases, recently announced a European and national tour set for this spring, in support of its upcoming full-length release, Beware and Be Grateful. The LP is the quartet’s sophomore effort, as well as...
  2. Dawes and Blitzen Trapper Release Free Tour Sampler EP for Upcoming Fall Tour I find I encounter this issue frequently:  I am going to a concert, and I range from vaguely familiar with to wholeheartedly obsessed with one of the bands, and am completely clueless about the opener or headliner or co-headliner or...
  3. Video Preview: Fun. in the Studio for their New Album (Plus Fall Tour Dates Announced!) Breaking news, Nate Ruess fans!  Pop-rock trio fun. has a new album coming out next year and has recently released a video through Complex magazine previewing the currently untitled album.  The video features the band in the studio with producer...
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  1. Frank Ocean Gears Up For Tour And Album Release It is safe to say that Frank Ocean is the man of the moment. In the midst of creeping into stardom, selling out shows during a nationwide tour, and gearing up to release his debut LP, the 24-year-old R&B singer...
  2. Orange Peel Sunshine: Funny Name, Serious Rock   Orange Peel Sunshine has undergone many lineup changes since their formation in 1999, but their output of post punk grunge rock is still as energetic and in-your-face as it ever was. In a market oversaturated with dream pop and...
  3. A Chat With The Ocean Floor Before The Ocean Floor’s show at Rontom’s last week, I got a chance to sit down with them and talk about their projects, their sound and which artists they like the best. I hope I get to see The Ocean...
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  1. Veronica Falls Announces US 2012 Tour Dates The very best type of pop music is the kind that mixes sweetness and light with dissonance and darkness, the sort which injects a perfectly addictive harmony with something sadder, stranger. Think of the gloomy melodrama of “Tell Laura I...
  2. Lollapalooza Lineup Announced- Let’s Get Amped! So since apparently I can’t live in the now- I only live in the future, set your delorean to 88mph’s and catch up because we all need to get amped for this year’s LOLLAPALOOZA!!!! Aside from strong and steady headliners...
  3. 10 Acts To Watch Out For In 2012: CBC Radio3′s Predictions Follow the link to CBC Radio 3′s 10 Acts To Watch Out for in 2012 list, originally posted by Lisa Christiansen on CBC Radio 3′s website on December 21st  ...
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  1. You Heard ‘Em Here First: BNB’s New Artist Spotlight From the few bars of a radio request to a recommendation from your ultra-hip friend, we are constantly barraged with new music – but how can we find time to sift through all of it to find what’s good? In...
  2. Interview with Elizabeth and the Catapult I admit, it was the name that originally piqued my interest in Elizabeth and the Catapult. But after listening to their Myspace page, I adored the group’s music as much as the thought-provoking moniker. When I got an opportunity for...
  3. Interview with Montreal’s Winter Gloves Unbeknownst to me before this interview, Montreal is apparently a pretty awesome place. The rent is cheap, the coffee is good, the girls are beautiful, and the music is great. Although that’s all fun and good, Winter Gloves are preparing...
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  1. Lollapalooza Lineup Announced- Let’s Get Amped! So since apparently I can’t live in the now- I only live in the future, set your delorean to 88mph’s and catch up because we all need to get amped for this year’s LOLLAPALOOZA!!!! Aside from strong and steady headliners...
  2. Gary Clark Jr. Shows What’s To Come on The Bright Lights EP Austin-based bluesman Gary Clark Jr. has a lot of responsibility on his shoulders. The guitarist has been anointed with the label of the leader of the local scene, offering a style that has at times been compared to Jimi Hendrix...
  3. 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...
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  1. An Album Review: Pilot Whale’s New Recitals to Attend Last week I sat down with Pilot Whale and saw the course of song perfection.  Though the album was created before the band got the process down pat, I jumped at the chance to give the whole album a listen...
  2. 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...
  3. Album Review: The Albertans, “New Age” The Albertans released their second full-length album, New Age, yesterday, and through my five back-to-back-to-back listens, I grooved and nodded and thought that these must be Sufjan Stevens‘ poppy, edgy siblings.   This Canadian quintet, formed by a fateful convening...
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  1. Save the Clocktower’s sophomore album Carousel worth riding again and again There’s a lot to like about Save the Clocktower‘s album Carousel. The Chicago trio’s sophomore album was released at the end of February 2011, but it’s worth a belated review because the album is fantastic. The musicianship is solid, but...
  2. Introducing our first-ever Artist of the Week LA Font! LA Font is the kind of band that invites their audience to experience the full spectrum of emotions along with them at their live shows. At any given moment, the entire room could be experiencing heart-racing excitement, angsty adrenaline spikes...
  3. Art vs Science – Artist of the Week Official video for “Higher“ Art vs Science is an Australian dance rock trio that puts out the energy and charismatic strangeness of a much larger group. Their full length album The Experiment came out early this year, with their EP...
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  1. Ximena Sariñana Redefines Herself On Her First English Album On the heels of tours with bands Fitz & the Tantrums and Ray LaMontagne, Mexican singer, songwriter and keyboardist Ximena Sariñana recently released her self-titled, major label, debut English album. The album fuses pop and dance to a new audience,...
  2. Little Scream Keeps Music Fun I was able to catch Little Scream, aka Laurel Sprengelmeyer immediately after her set at Music Hall of Williamsburg, just before The Antlers went on. She was wearing an outfit that I suspect was made specifically for her, thus no...
  3. Delta Spirit Rock The Music Box and A Conversation With Matthew Vasquez At 11 pm on Wednesday night at the Music Box on Hollywood Blvd., San Diego-natives Delta Spirit took to the stage for their largest headlining show to date in the City of Angels. Having recently sold out the El Rey...
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