Best New Bands » rap 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 3 Best New Bands Alumni Win Grammys http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/3-best-new-bands-alumni-win-grammys/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/3-best-new-bands-alumni-win-grammys/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2017 18:00:19 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34129 London – Welcome to a new feature in which we recap some of the week’s music highlights. The week kicked off with the 59th annual Grammy Awards. Adele and Beyonce may have hogged the headlines but it was good to see some Best New Bands alumni get among the mainstream plaudits. It was second time

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  1. New Bands We Loved On Sunday At Pitchfork Chicago – The final day of Pitchfork 2015 was hands down the best of the three. The weather was almost perfect, with no rain and temps in the 80s. Yes, we could’ve done without the humidity, but it’s Chicago, so...
  2. Cage The Elephant Announce UK & Europe Shows In February London – Cage the Elephant, who release their new album Tell Me I’m Pretty through Columbia Records on 18th December, have confirmed a string of European shows in February. The gigs will be the bands’ first since playing with Foals at Alexandra...
  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...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/3-best-new-bands-alumni-win-grammys/feed/ 2 Run The Jewels Announce WRTJ Season 2 http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/run-the-jewels-announce-wrtj-season-2/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/run-the-jewels-announce-wrtj-season-2/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2017 05:19:33 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34045 Los Angeles – Following the surprise digital release of Run The Jewels 3 on Christmas Day, Run The Jewels, the firebrand rap duo of El-P and Killer Mike, have announced that the second season of their acclaimed radio show WRTJ kicks off Friday, January 6 at 5pm EST (with encore broadcast Saturday at 11pm PST)

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  1. Run The Jewels Announce ‘JEWEL Runner’ Tour Dates New York – The hip-hop super duo, Run The Jewels (El-P and Killer Mike) has announced their Jewel Runner Fall U.S. tour. Tickets for the tour are available HERE via special pre-sale promotion with Songkick and Spotify. The group will be touring in continued support of RTJ2,...
  2. Run The Jewels Releases Video for the NSFW “Love Again” Chicago – Rap duo Run The Jewels is following up a crazy Coachella weekend – in which after getting an introduction from Bernie Sanders, rappers Killer Mike and El-P destroyed the Coachella main stage with a mind-blowing performance – with the release of the official video for “Love Again...
  3. Run The Jewels Go Back-To-Back In Chicago Chicago – When does an underground hip hop group officially become mainstream? For Run The Jewels, perhaps the answer may be as simple as when you need to add a second show because the first instantly sold out. Rappers El-P...
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  1. 4 New Bands at Voodoo Music Festival Day 1 New Orleans – The face of New Orleans’ Voodoo Music Festival – formerly known as The Voodoo Experience – has changed many times over the past several years. The festival’s venue City Park – a state-run park that sits on...
  2. 6 New Bands to See at Voodoo 2016 New Orleans –  All Hallow’s Eve is upon us y’all, and for those living in the greater New Orleans area, that can only mean one thing: FRENCHMEN GONNA BE POPPIN’ Y’ALL!  WOOOOOOOOOO! Er…well, maybe two things. For all those native...
  3. 5 New Bands at Voodoo Music Festival Day 2 New Orleans – Temperatures climbed to record highs on the second day of the 2016 edition of New Orleans’ Voodoo Music Festival, parching the ground and the collective thirst of the thousands of patrons that flooded through the gates to...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/voodoo-music-festival-day-3/feed/ 1 4 New Bands at Voodoo Music Festival Day 1 http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/voodoo-music-festival-day-1/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/voodoo-music-festival-day-1/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2016 21:27:45 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33621 New Orleans – The face of New Orleans’ Voodoo Music Festival – formerly known as The Voodoo Experience – has changed many times over the past several years. The festival’s venue City Park – a state-run park that sits on the northern end of the Crescent City – hasn’t been altered too much, but the

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  1. 6 New Bands to See at Voodoo 2016 New Orleans –  All Hallow’s Eve is upon us y’all, and for those living in the greater New Orleans area, that can only mean one thing: FRENCHMEN GONNA BE POPPIN’ Y’ALL!  WOOOOOOOOOO! Er…well, maybe two things. For all those native...
  2. 5 New Bands At Treasure Island Music Festival – Day 2 San Francisco – Sunday at Treasure Island 2015 started out much sunnier than the previous day, but the wind was constantly blowing throughout the day.  It was a much stronger breeze than Saturday’s, so much so that I could’ve sworn I...
  3. 6 New Bands At Treasure Island Music Festival – Preview San Francisco – Well, it’s that time of year again: it’s fall in the Bay Area (at last!) and while a very dramatic El Niño is on its way to (hopefully) dump a ton of rain on the Golden State,...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/voodoo-music-festival-day-1/feed/ 1 D.R.A.M. Releases Video for “Cash Machine” http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/dram-releases-video-cash-machine/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/dram-releases-video-cash-machine/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2016 23:45:01 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33434 New York - After recently unveiling the title, date, and cover art for his debut album, BIG BABY D.R.A.M., chart topping singer/songwriter/rapper D.R.A.M. released the visual for “Cash Machine,” which will appear on BIG BABY D.R.A.M. when it’s released on October 21st. The video was shot in Atlanta, GA. It was directed by Lacey Duke and is continues the fun, colorful style D.R.A.M.

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  1. Run The Jewels Releases Video for the NSFW “Love Again” Chicago – Rap duo Run The Jewels is following up a crazy Coachella weekend – in which after getting an introduction from Bernie Sanders, rappers Killer Mike and El-P destroyed the Coachella main stage with a mind-blowing performance – with the release of the official video for “Love Again...
  2. SOFI TUKKER Releases Music Video for “Drinkee” New York – Experimental two-piece SOFI TUKKER has unveiled a new music video for the single “Drinkee” from the band’s upcoming debut EP called Soft Animals, to be released July 8th. New York-based musical duo consists of Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern. Best New Bands caught the...
  3. James Bay Releases “Best Fake Smile” Music Video New York – GRAMMY® Award-nominated gold-certified UK troubadour James Bay received the award for “Best British Male Solo Artist” at the 2016 BRIT Awards in London. In addition, he stunned the crowd and received a standing ovation with an unforgettable...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/dram-releases-video-cash-machine/feed/ 0 Four New Bands at Day Three of Riot Fest http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/4-new-bands-riot-fest-day-3-2016/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/4-new-bands-riot-fest-day-3-2016/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2016 15:14:19 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33093 Chicago – Sigh, Riot Fest Chicago is over. Give me a minute, I need to dry these tears. Though, I shouldn’t be too sad because we had not one ounce of mud to contend with, all weekend long, and the final day of Riot Fest left us we the best performance by a new band,

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  1. 5 New Bands to See at Riot Fest 2016 Chicago – Ah, yes, it’s that time of year again – time to experience all four seasons while attending one of Chicago’s best music festivals: Riot Fest. For some, the chances of getting rained on, spending the weekend slowly walking...
  2. Four New Bands at Day One of Riot Fest Chicago – Yesterday marked the first day of Chicago’s last summer festival of 2016. Fans from around the city and the world filled into Douglas Park on the city’s South Side, where the green grass was a plenty and mud...
  3. Five New Bands at Day Two of Riot Fest Chicago – Day two of Riot Fest went off without a hitch. That is to say, Morrissey showed up and performed. Although, he did go on late after projecting video clips for over thirty minutes straight… but according to his...
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  1. Grizfolk Talks Giants And Troublemakers Chicago – Earlier this month L.A. based electro folk-pop band Grizfolk released their highly anticipated debut album Waking Up the Giants, via Virgin Records. The band formed in 2012 when Swedish producers Fredrik Eriksson (guitar) & Sebastian Fritze (synthesizer, backing...
  2. Night Moves Talks ‘Pennied Days’ Los Angeles - This past March, Minneapolis-based psych-country group Night Moves proudly returned, after nearly four years, with sophomore LP Pennied Days (Domino Recording Co.), which features the songs “Denise, Don’t Wanna See You Cry” and “Carl Sagan.” On this latest effort, principal members...
  3. The Mysterious filous Talks High School Portland - Freshly graduated from high school, Austrian producer filous just dropped his first EP of original material, Dawn, July 17th. The 18-year old has taken great care not to reveal his name, or even his whole face, making his filous...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/yoni-geti-talks-testarossa/feed/ 1 Wale Releases Summer Single “My P.Y.T” http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/wale-releases-summer-single-p-y-t/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/wale-releases-summer-single-p-y-t/#comments Fri, 20 May 2016 19:47:15 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=30954 New York – Grammy-nominated rap superstar WALE returns with the soon to be smash hit of the summer: “My P.Y.T.” The single is now available at all digital retailers and streaming partners today. “My P.Y.T” debuted earlier this morning, with an every-hour-on-the-hour world premiere across all iHeart Media mainstream radio stations and websites. Produced by The Dope Boyz, “My P.Y.T” is

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  1. Wale Gets Ambitious on His Latest Record From his humble beginnings in the mid-aughts as a rising rapper from Washington, I’ve been on the Wale bandwagon and for full disclosure (and an interesting piece of history for those of you who care about these things), I did...
  2. MØ Releases New Single “KAMIKAZE” Today! New York – Denmark Native MØ releases her highly anticipated new single, “Kamikaze” today.  “Kamikaze” which was co-written by MØ and produced by Diplo is now available everywhere.  The track will be the first track from MØ since her collaboration on...
  3. Lorde Releases ‘Yellow Flicker Beat’ Single From The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 New York – Multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning recording artist Lorde unveiled her new single, “Yellow Flicker Beat,” the lead song from the soundtrack to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. The single is available now on iTunes and Spotify and...
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  1. Cardiknox Shines Light On Portrait Chicago –  L.A. duo Cardiknox is ready to unveil Portrait, the indie pop band’s debut album. The masterminds behind Cardiknox – Lonnie Angle and Thomas Dutton – have been hard at work, making their dreams come true, despite the occasional obstacles...
  2. Future Islands Dedicate Letterman Redux To Baltimore New York – After returning to the Late Show with David Letterman last night, Future Islands have officially released two new tracks: “The Chase” and “Haunted By You.” Last March, the Baltimore-based trio of William Cashion, Samuel T. Herring and Gerrit Whelmers,...
  3. Shakey Graves Shines At The Ace Hotel In Los Angeles Los Angeles – If it seems like Shakey Graves (nee Alejandro Rose-Garcia) has a familiar face, that’s probably because he does. Getting his entertainment career started as an actor in film and television, he has transitioned to a rough-around-the-edges Americana...
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  3. Interview: MOURN Chicago – In the United States, the last few years the music industry has seen a swell of bands that began when the musicians were still teenagers, recording in their bedrooms and basements, rising from the interwebs, signing with labels,...
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