Best New Bands » san francisco 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 More New Bands at Outside Lands 2016 – Day 2 http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-outside-lands-2016-day-2/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-outside-lands-2016-day-2/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2016 20:10:43 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32330 San Francisco – Back at Golden Gate Park this Saturday, for Outside Lands Music Festival, we saw an emergence of faux fur and festivalgoers shawled with knit blankets, as temperatures rose only to the high-50s and the clouds stubbornly refused to be chased out of the neighborhood. Among the many legacy bands being presented at Outside Lands on

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  1. 6 New Bands at Outside Lands 2016 Day 1 San Francisco – The ninth annual Outside Lands Music Festival kicked off this Friday in the misty glens of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The sparse early afternoon crowds swiftly grew to massive proportions as the day progressed, and the areas around...
  2. 10 New Bands to See at Outside Lands 2016 San Francisco – This weekend marks the ninth Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, held annually in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The first edition was held back in 2008, boasting acts like Radiohead, Beck, Tom Petty, and Jack Johnson. This year...
  3. More New Bands At Lollapalooza 2016 Chicago — Saturday the sun finally showed its face for the entirety of the day’s festivities, helping to dry up some of the remaining moisture left behind by the preceding days’ rains.  Lollapalooza 2016’s third day also saw an increase...
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  1. Road Trippin’ With These United States I was lucky enough to catch These United States when they played on the same lineup as Company Of Thieves the night before Lollapalooza officially started in Chicago.  Needless to say- there’s a reason they were our Artist In Residence...
  2. Frankie of The Safes talks playing with family, their back catalog, and finding home on the road Updated! “She’s So Sad” On The Safes‘ Facebook page, the Chicago-based trio describe themselves is described as “pop tunesmiths who play with punk rock intensity”(Go Metric). After a brief listen to the song and “She’s So Sad” above, it’s hard not...
  3. On The Road With Red Sparowes The severely ambient music of Red Sparowes is absolutely worth experiencing.  The songs peppered with somber notes and self-reflective starkness are unavoidably hypnotic- and if I’m this entranced via auditory tools, I can’t wait to see what their live performance...
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  1. Delorean Brings Barcelonan Dance Rock to Soho on 9/1 Last night the Spanish quartet arrived at Soho with a beat in their heads and more than a little pep in their step. Their upbeat indie-dance tunes head everyone on the dance floor cutting loose, including themselves (see keyboardist Unai...
  2. Slowdance Dance Party at Pianos When it starts to get super cold in New York is when it’s the perfect time to go to a concert and shake that chill off. Pianos is great for that, since it’s big enough to move but small enough...
  3. San Francisco’s Rickshaw Stop is Filled with the Sounds of GROUPLOVE GROUPLOVE The fresh style of the LA based indie rock outfit GROUPLOVE made an appearance at the Rickshaw Stop as a part of the weekly Popscene event. The Rickshaw was alive from the very start of the night as everyone...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/diamond-rings-brings-a-dance-party-to-the-independent-in-san-francisco/feed/ 0 San Francisco’s Rickshaw Stop is Filled with the Sounds of GROUPLOVE http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/san-francisco-s-rickshaw-stop-is-filled-with-the-sounds-of-grouplove/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/san-francisco-s-rickshaw-stop-is-filled-with-the-sounds-of-grouplove/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:30:00 +0000 GROUPLOVE The fresh style of the LA based indie rock outfit GROUPLOVE made an appearance at the Rickshaw Stop as a part of the weekly Popscene event. The Rickshaw was alive from the very start of the night as everyone in the building was mingling and preparing for the music. The opening band passed around

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  1. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Crashes Into San Francisco’s Rickshaw Stop With a name as ridiculous as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. (DEJJ) I knew we were in for a fun night when the danceable folk pop trio from Detroit landed at The Rickshaw Stop Saturday night. The crowd was beginning to...
  2. Grouplove Spreads The Love At The Troubadour In a sign of things to come in 2011, Grouplove absolutely killed it on Friday night at The Troubadour, putting together easily one of the best local shows of the year. The show was completely sold out and there wasn’t...
  3. The Joy Formidable Plays to a Packed Crowd, but Grouplove Stands Out Last night, the packed crowd at The Bowery Ballroom was in for a treat. The Dig, Grouplove, and The Joy Formidable, three groups of varying notoriety but consistent musicianship, were about to step onstage. As it turned out, the tastiest...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/san-francisco-s-rickshaw-stop-is-filled-with-the-sounds-of-grouplove/feed/ 0 No Joy, Best Coast, and Wavves hit the Hawthorne Theater in Portland http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/no-joy-best-coast-and-wavves-hit-the-hawthorne-theater-in-portland/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/no-joy-best-coast-and-wavves-hit-the-hawthorne-theater-in-portland/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000 wavves rock out, courtesy their myspace Saturday, February 19th was no night for vocalists at the Hawthorne Theater in the South East corner of Portland, Oregon. With a line-up that consisted of No Joy, Best Coast, and Wavves, volume and reverb were key figures in nearly every song, drowning out lyrics that no one, including

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  1. Wavves @ Soho on 8/16 As word on the street would have you believe, Nathan Williams and his band Wavves are completely ridiculous. Last night when Williams and his band mates took to the stage at Soho in Santa Barbara, hilarity immediately ensued. It took...
  2. Best Coast Sinks into the Summer Haze with Debut Album Not to sound conceited or anything, but Best Coast picked the right side of the country to name their band after. There’s nothing like a hot California summer, and Best Coast’s debut LP Crazy for You harnesses the mood of...
  3. Horse Feathers and Y La Bamba Give LA a Taste of Portland Horse Feathers Everything about last night’s show at The Echo was Portland-esque, from the intimate, nondescript venue; to the good (and cheap) tap selection and flannel clad band and audience members. If I hadn’t known better, I would’ve sworn that...
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  1. Crater Farmer at 2023 It doesn’t occur to my friend and I how one finds a secret venue. Yes, you can have the address and you can print up directions, but if you don’t know what it is you’re looking for, how can you...
  2. John Shipe at The Gypsy Den in Santa Ana John Shipe, a good friend of mine from Eugene, has been parked in San Diego for the last six months, and he finally played a couple of shows in Orange County recently. His shows on January 30th and March 6th...
  3. Vincent Gallo: The King of Conceptual Confidence I’ve been a fan of Vincent Gallo’s since a screening of The Brown Bunny at the Nuart Theatre. This was soon after the Cannes debacle and the curse, the notorious billboard, etc. At the Nuart I found his film to be...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/abe-vigoda/feed/ 0 Vincent Gallo: The King of Conceptual Confidence http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/vincent-gallo-the-king-of-conceptual-confidence/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/vincent-gallo-the-king-of-conceptual-confidence/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:00:00 +0000 I’ve been a fan of Vincent Gallo’s since a screening of The Brown Bunny at the Nuart Theatre. This was soon after the Cannes debacle and the curse, the notorious billboard, etc. At the Nuart I found his film to be a carefully crafted, beautiful piece of work. The elements; the van, the motorcycle, the wardrobe;

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  1. Dirty Sweet @ Spaceland, 7/16/09 Well, it took almost exactly two years, but I have finally made it to a second Dirty Sweet show. I’d say that it was worth the wait, but honestly I wish I’d made it out to see them again sooner....
  2. Hard Fest? More like Suck Fest. (Updated) Well, I don’t feel stupid anymore about buying tickets to San Diego’s Street Scene after already buying tickets to see Chromeo at Hard Fest/Hard Summer in LA. Why? Because Hard Summer didn’t happen. I drove to LA tonight with high...
  3. David Liebe Hart and Adam Papagan at Echo Curio The first time I saw Daniel Johnston play, I wasn’t properly briefed on the phenomenon. I only knew everyone in the NYC antifolk scene worshipped this legendary songwriter from Austin. So when an old, obese guy took the stage in...
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