Best New Bands » Regina Spektor 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 Zoe Boekbinder Releases her Second Solo Record, Darling Specimens http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/zoe-boekbinder-releases-her-second-solo-record-darling-specimens/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/zoe-boekbinder-releases-her-second-solo-record-darling-specimens/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:52:07 +0000 Zoe Boekbinder has always been a creative, free spirit. Born on a farm in Ontario, Canada, Boekbinder’s family packed up its belongings and took off to America in a big red truck towing a trailer when she was four years old. After six long months of driving across the western part of the United States,

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  1. Go see Oh Darling at The Satellite in LA Saturday! This Saturday, April 30th, indulge your inner indie girl with Oh Darling‘s record release party at The Satellite in Los Angeles. The album is called Brave New Sound and I was instantly hooked by the first two tracks “Prettiest Thing”...
  2. Nadler’s Third Solo LP Shows Great Promise As we discussed last week, Marissa Nadler is on the rise. The Boston-based singer/songwriter is releasing her third album, which is self-titled, independently. The album kicks off with “In Your Lair, Bear,” which is six minutes of skeletal chords and...
  3. Nick Goose Offers A Promising Solo Start A veteran of the Los Angeles music scene, Nick Goose has finally taken off on his own, releasing his first solo EP, Change Please. It’s not just a clever title for an album. In this case, it’s an artist taking...
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  1. Three Up-and-Comers Worth Watching at Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party Seattle’s upcoming Capitol Hill Block Party is going to be fantastic. We looked at three of the headliners last Friday, and here, as promised, are three of the up-and-comers worth checking out. *** Kicking off the Capitol Hill Block Party...
  2. Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party, Part II This past weekend’s Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle featured some of the greatest and most acclaimed independent bands of the Northwest. The main stage gave us a glimpse of the ‘whose who’ in regional music, however neighboring it were...
  3. Twin Shadow’s George Lewis Jr. Talks Tours, Goals, and Painting Twin Shadow is the sort of indie pop that you can dance yourself silly to,  pondering the deeply intimate lyrics paired with lush synthetic melodies and strung out disco funk beats. Twin Shadow is essentially the brainchild of George Lewis,...
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  2. Lost in the Trees: A Different Sound From A New Band “I’m just really drawn to the sound of big orchestra and different instruments, which has been around for a really long time,” says Ari Picker, the creative force behind Chapel Hill, NC based Lost in the Trees. “That’s the instrumentation...
  3. Young Galaxy: The Smartest Band You’ve Never Heard Of Young Galaxy are not just another dream-pop band. They’re not another Canadian indie-pop band, either. So what are they? Well, they are a consistently great and dedicated band that has suffered the highs and lows of the music industry. They...
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  1. Vincent Gallo & RRIICCEE at Detroit Bar: An evening of audience rudeness and artist grace Last night I finally made it out to Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa after years of intending to check it out. The draw? Vincent Gallo and his musical project RRIICCEE. I saw Gallo twice last year when he was touring...
  2. A second serving of Vincent Gallo & RRIICCEE, this time at the El Rey Last night I saw Vincent Gallo’s experimental music project RRIICCEE for the second time this week at the final show on their tour at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, and it was exactly what you might have hoped...
  3. Show Review: J Tillman and Phosphorescent at Portland’s Doug Fir Lounge The mellow crowd at Portland’s Doug Fir on Friday night came to almost complete silence when folk singer-songwriter J Tillman sang his first words. Despite his relative fame as the drummer with the sweet voice from Fleet Foxes, Tillman has...
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  2. Todd Prodanovich talks at length with Oakland’s James & Evander James & Evander are an electronic music production duo that create some incredibly lush synthesized landscapes for your listening pleasure. The group consists of Oakland’s very own Adam Myatt and Glenn Jackson, who met in college and decided to flex...
  3. Here We Go Magic Talks Pigeons, Band Dynamics, and Why Festies Have More Fun Here We Go Magic is like an ambient/psych/folk/jam band. The mix of styles is diverse, and the group’s ability to create such a textured yet cohesive sound is like a salve for the eclectic at heart. In addition to extensive...
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  3. 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...
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