Best New Bands » Roots 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 Fraser A. Gorman Announces Tour; Slow Gum Release http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/fraser-gorman-announces-tour-slow-gum-release/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/fraser-gorman-announces-tour-slow-gum-release/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2015 19:03:04 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=26968 Los Angeles - Australian singer/songwriter Fraser A. Gorman is getting ready to head Stateside, bringing with him his unique brand of roots, folk, psych, rock and soul, drawing comparisons to everyone from Cass McCombs and Bill Callahan to Woody Guthrie and Beck. After releasing his album ‘Slow Gum’ in Europe and Australia to unanimous acclaim back in June, Fraser

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  1. Fraser A. Gorman Premieres New Video Featuring Courtney Barnett On Stereogum Los Angeles - Fraser A. Gorman’s beautifully offbeat, gloriously sun-baked debut LP, slow gum is hurtling our way this summer. (Out on June 29, 2015 via House Anxiety / Marathon Artists / Milk! Records). The new single from the rapidly ascending, Australian troubadour is...
  2. Fraser A. Gorman’s New Album Is Almost Here! Los Angeles – 23-year-old, Australian singer-songwriter, Fraser A. Gorman, the up-and-comer who has turned plenty of ears and heads since appearing on the music scene only last October, is excited to finally announce the release of his debut album, Slow Gum. The record...
  3. Walk The Moon Announces Their “TALKING IS HARD Tour: Fall 2015″ New York – Walk The Moon announces their “TALKING IS HARD Tour: Fall 2015″ today. The band will kick off another round of explosive live shows on October 3rd at Austin City Limits and wrap on October 26, 2015 at the Masonic in San Francisco. Walk...
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  1. Delta Rae Selected To Perform At The Democratic National Convention Delta Rae are proud to announce that they’ve been selected to perform at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina on Thursday, September 6th. Calling it a “tribute to the dynamic convention host state,” the Democratic National Convention Committee...
  2. Artist of the Week: Saint Motel We’ve been lauding these guys as one of our favorite new bands for what seems like forever, but yesterday, at long last, Los Angeles’ own Saint Motel released their debut LP, Voyeur. Singer A.J. Jackson and guitarist Aaron Sharp have...
  3. Artist of the Week: Memoryhouse Evan Abeele and Denise Nouvion never intended on forming a new band. Now known as Memoryhouse, they’ve become exactly that. With the release of their debut album, The Slideshow Effect, the duo has combined their individual interests (composing for Abeele...
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  2. New Video: The Jezabels Tour Diary- Feb- March 2012 The Jezabels spent the last year playing sold out shows throughout Europe, the U.S. and Australia. They also released their debut album, Prisoner, and made a headlining appearance at the  NME Awards Show; a busy year by anyone’s standards.  As a way...
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