Best New Bands » singer/songwriters 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 Malaysian Singer Yuna Is Making Her Mark In The States http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/malaysian-singer-yuna-is-making-her-mark-in-the-states/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/malaysian-singer-yuna-is-making-her-mark-in-the-states/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:15:55 +0000 Yunalis Zarai, better known as Yuna, is one busy singer/songwriter who is a relative new comer to fans in the States. Her shows are filled with appearances by celebrities like Nicole Richie, Dave Chappelle and rapper Theophilus London, unusual for 26-year-old from Malaysia. Signed to FADER’s record label, the singer is always busy. She got

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  1. Yuna’s new single “Live Your Life” out now New York’s FADER Label artist, Yunalis Zarai or Yuna might not be a household name in America (yet) but in home country Malaysia, the songstress is already an award-winning superstar in her own right. And with the release of her...
  2. Artist of the Week: Chester French What happens when you’re the hottest new band on the planet, yet haven’t released an album? Then what happens when you do release it and it falls short of the ridiculously high expectation and incredible hype? Easy. You go back...
  3. Acclaimed British Singer/Songwriter Ben Howard Plays The States So far it’s been a busy 2012 for British singer/songwriter Ben Howard. April saw the release of the new artist’s debut record in the U.S., Every Kingdom and since then, he’s been touring vigorously. 2011 was a breakthrough year for...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/malaysian-singer-yuna-is-making-her-mark-in-the-states/feed/ 0 Grace Woodroofe’s “Transformer” is NPR’s Song Of The Day http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/grace-woodroofes-transformer-is-nprs-song-of-the-day/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/grace-woodroofes-transformer-is-nprs-song-of-the-day/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 15:17:16 +0000 Grace Woodroofe’s Transformer is NPR’s Song Of The Day. We sat down with Grace last week and discussed how she is able to “channel some of the most classic and substantial influences into finding the substance within to make her own raw and real music”. See our recent interview with Grace by clicking here.  

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  1. Grace Woodroofe on the Fire Within Emerging from the white water rapids of independent music like an old soul, is blues songwriter Grace Woodroofe. In a relatively short time, she’s been able to channel some of the most classic and substantial influences into finding the substance within...
  2. Suckers’ Candy Salad Out TODAY Now Streaming On Vice/Noisey Spring Tour Starts Next Week, With Support From Frenchkiss Labelmates Young Man & Devin Suckers’ sophomore LP, Candy Salad, is out TODAY via Frenchkiss Records. Go grab yourself a copy over at  iTunesnow! If you can’t wait for...
  3. Album Review: Theresa Andersson’s Street Parade Right before the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicked off, the city’s own Theresa Andersson has just released her already largely acclaimed album, Street Parade. On this LP, Andersson finds a way to combine her Nordic heritage with the...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/grace-woodroofes-transformer-is-nprs-song-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Grace Woodroofe on the Fire Within http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/grace-woodroofe-on-the-fire-within/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/grace-woodroofe-on-the-fire-within/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:08:49 +0000 Emerging from the white water rapids of independent music like an old soul, is blues songwriter Grace Woodroofe. In a relatively short time, she’s been able to channel some of the most classic and substantial influences into finding the substance within to make her own raw and real music. There’s that bit about collaborating with her

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  1. 1776 Announce Debut LP, Spring Tour With The Dandy Warhols Self Titled Album Out June 5th on Beat The World Records / The End Records 1776 are a rock band from the small logging town of Longview, Washington. They are Nigel Ledgerwood, Christopher Cook, Mitchell Rupe, and Zach Whiton. For...
  2. Record Store Day Is This Saturday. Here Are Five Awesome Releases You Need To Pick Up. If you’re not one of the lucky ones going to Coachella, fear not, for Record Store Day 2012 is here. (Now that I think about it, even if you will be in the desert this weekend there’ll be a tent...
  3. Suckers’ Candy Salad Out TODAY Now Streaming On Vice/Noisey Spring Tour Starts Next Week, With Support From Frenchkiss Labelmates Young Man & Devin Suckers’ sophomore LP, Candy Salad, is out TODAY via Frenchkiss Records. Go grab yourself a copy over at  iTunesnow! If you can’t wait for...
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  1. Album Review: Real Estate – Days It’s fall—the leaves are changing, the weather is sucking, and Real Estate’s latest LP, Days, is in your car’s CD player, or at least it should be. The five-piece hailing from New Jersey made a name for itself in 2009,...
  2. Album Review: Class Actress (Elizabeth Harper) Releases Debut, Rapprocher Many years ago, back in 2004, Elizabeth Harper began her music career as a singer/songwriter, strumming an acoustic guitar and crooning to coffeehouse patrons. Half a decade later, the beautiful songstress swapped her guitar for some synthesizers and drum machines,...
  3. Album Review: Expensive Looks – Dark Matters Over the past few years, musicians and producers have blended into one entity. With the rise of the “chillwave” genre, more musicians have turned to producing synthetic beats and recycling bits and pieces of old tunes to create new music,...
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