Best New Bands » Sasquatch! 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 Sasquatch!: DIIV, Earl Sweatshirt, Grimes, CHVRCHES http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sasquatch-diiv-earl-sweatshirt-grimes-chvrches/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sasquatch-diiv-earl-sweatshirt-grimes-chvrches/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 05:44:29 +0000 Editor’s Note: Our Zach Klassen was on hand at Sasquatch! this year. Here are his dispatches from the event. DIIV If I had any doubts about DIIV before, I now realize it is only because I hadn’t seen them live. Sure, most bands benefit from a live setting, as the tension from an audience can

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  3. Sasquatch Day 2: Suuns, Indians And Michael Kiwanuka Suuns may have started playing to overcast skies but there was no shortage of fans at the Yeti stage Saturday. The Montreal quartet didn’t say much, but instead charged into their brand of electronic noise rock. The pounding kick drum...
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  1. Father John Misty Seduces The El Rey Josh Tillman has been a part of the music scene in one way or another for years. Whether it be with his solo work under J. Tillman or pounding out grooves behind the drum kit for Fleet Foxes, the bearded...
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  3. Sea Wolf Announces Album Release Sea Wolf will release its third album, Old World Romance,  September 11 on Dangerbird Records.  Old World Romance is the highly anticipated follow up to Sea Wolf‘s successful sophomore LP, White Water, White Bloom. Sea Wolf‘s founder and leading man, Alex...
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  1. Knife Party To Release Rage Valley EP May 28 2012 Since releasing their debut EP 100% No Modern Talking in 2011, the past 4 months have been a whirlwind of success forKnife Party- the four tracks have received over 500,000 downloads worldwide and Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen have been...
  2. Catching Up With Leftover Cuties’ Shirli McAllen With an ode to Gatsby-era debauchery and smoke-filled jazz joints, Leftover Cuties will steal your heart and thrill your soul. In between albums, the band decided to release an EP of covers to serve as an appetizer while they finish...
  3. Sleeper Agent and Ben Kweller Rule the El Rey Alright, I’m gonna come out and say it: Sleeper Agent is hot.  They’ve recently released their first kick-ass album, Celebrasion, they just played Coachella, they’re in the middle of touring their sweet Kentucky faces off, and, thanks to the band’s...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/sasquatch-2012-wrap-up/feed/ 0 The Head and The Heart Light up Terminal 5 http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-head-and-the-heart-light-up-terminal-5/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-head-and-the-heart-light-up-terminal-5/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:49:31 +0000 The Head and the Heart’s Charity Rose Thielen The Head and the Heart played a sold out show at Terminal 5 last night to a jubilant crowd. I’m not sure if this band has been on the One Tree Hill soundtrack or something, but somehow they sold out this huge venue and packed it with

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  1. Girls, Real Estate, and King Krule at Terminal 5 Tonight! Well, this show is already sold out, but can that really come as a surprise? The lineup is impeccably tiered: the much-acclaimed headliner Girls, who are still rather hot off their release second full length which ended up on many...
  2. Robyn Will Never Have to Dance Alone in New York’s Terminal 5 Is Robyn an electro-pop tour-de-force? If you asked anyone at New York City’s Terminal 5 last night while Maluca or Natalia Kills were on stage, warming up the crowd with their own blend of tropical punk and synthpop, the answer...
  3. Paschal Coeur’s Last Show Has Heart I didn’t know too much about Paschal Coeur before I saw them play at The Woods last night. I knew their genre classification was all over the map, from country to electronic to pop. I knew that last night was...
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  3. Weekend Playlist – May 20, 2011 Start your weekend off right with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com! “Say Goodbye” – Falcon Liz Livengood reviewed the band’s self-released album, Disappear. Liz wrote, “I listened to Falcon’s self-released album, Disappear, one morning while puttering around....
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  1. Weekend Playlist – May 20, 2011 Start your weekend off right with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com! “Say Goodbye” – Falcon Liz Livengood reviewed the band’s self-released album, Disappear. Liz wrote, “I listened to Falcon’s self-released album, Disappear, one morning while puttering around....
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