Best New Bands » smith westerns 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 Smith Westerns And Sky Ferreira At Chicago’s Vic Theatre http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/smith-westerns-and-sky-ferreira-at-chicagos-vic-theatre/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/smith-westerns-and-sky-ferreira-at-chicagos-vic-theatre/#comments Sat, 30 Nov 2013 12:16:39 +0000 Chicago – It was a serene homecoming for Chicago natives Smith Westerns, something that seemed to bother front man Cullen Omori. “You guys still alive out there? You look like you’re sleepy,” he quipped between songs. Perhaps the culprit behind any perceived lack of energy was the bands’ solid hour’s worth of dreamlike glam rock that produced more

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  1. The Smith Westerns at The Echo Ah, to be young and a rock star. The Smith Westerns have a lot going on at the moment. They just released their sophomore album Dye It Blonde to widespread acclaim. They recently started a nation wide tour that will...
  2. Album Review: Smith Westerns, Soft Will Here we are, in the warmth of summer. With July commencing, most often summertime evokes a severe longing for those bittersweet romance harmonies best paired with endless nights driving around, crying out lyrics, counting the days and nights until school...
  3. Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time Chicago – The debut studio album “Night Time, My Time” by 21 year old electro pop phenom Sky Ferreira is a record where hand claps, head bangs, tears, and smiles all share equal playing time. Right from the album cover...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/smith-westerns-and-sky-ferreira-at-chicagos-vic-theatre/feed/ 1 5 Of The Best New Bands At Lollapalooza http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-of-the-best-new-bands-at-lollapalooza/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-of-the-best-new-bands-at-lollapalooza/#comments Sun, 04 Aug 2013 13:53:34 +0000 “Jesus loves you… No he doesn’t!” Cue fuzz distortion as Nathan Williams orchestrates the rowdiness with “Paranoid” off Wavves’ latest album “Afraid of Heights”. It was all killer no filler with Wavves, rarely stopping to chat or even tune, preferring an ambush of their punk catalog, including, “Post Acid”, “Sail to the Sun”, and, “Idiot”. Bodies were

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  1. New Bands At Lollapalooza 2013: Sunday Palma Violets: 1:00pm, Bud Light Stage These lads from Lambeth, London have been labeled the next big thing across the pond, so it only should be a matter of time until Palma Violets strike a similar match with us Yankees....
  2. Album Review: Palma Violets, 180 Apparently before Palma Violets’ debut album 180 was released, the London band received a lot of hype in its homeland. They won NME’s Best New Band award and were nominated for the BBC’s Sound of 2013 award.  Now that the...
  3. Early Photos From Lollapalooza 2012 – Friday The Friday afternoon crowd. Sharon Van Etten Dr. Dog The Head And The Heart...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-of-the-best-new-bands-at-lollapalooza/feed/ 0 Lollapalooza: Friday In Pictures http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/lollapalooza-friday-in-pictures/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/lollapalooza-friday-in-pictures/#comments Sat, 03 Aug 2013 16:50:44 +0000 Our new Chicago contributor, Evan Clark, is spending the weekend roaming the grounds at Lollapalooza. Here are some great moments from Friday featuring Crystal Castles, Deap Vally, Disclosure, Neighbourhood and Smith Westerns. A full review to follow soon. All photos are, as you might expect, by Evan Clark.  Crystal Castles   Deap Vally    Disclosure 

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  1. Go see Crystal Stilits and Moving Units at the LA Natural History Museum this Friday! Moving Units This Friday, Los Angeles-based Moving Units and Brooklyn’s Crystal Stilts will perform as part of the continuing “First Fridays” series of musical performances at The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Moving Units is a dramatic, glamorous...
  2. Early Photos From Lollapalooza 2012 – Friday The Friday afternoon crowd. Sharon Van Etten Dr. Dog The Head And The Heart...
  3. Show Preview: The New Pornographers in Portland this Friday! The New Pornographers are a unique blend of big personalities and even bigger musical talent. Despite logic, the star-stacked group consistently makes catchy, chorus-heavy pop-rock tunes to please the indie masses. They have just released their fifth album, “Together,” which...
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  2. Album Review: No Joy, Wait to Pleasure There are certain buzz words that appear over and over again in album reviews: fuzzy, crunchy, dreamy, maturing, etc. They’re not genres, necessarily, but they’re words used to almost categorize a band’s sound down to Kingdom-Phylum-Class-Order-Family-Genus-Species status. They let you...
  3. Album Review: Royal Canoe, Extended Play EP   Monday nights don’t tend to scream awesome show nights, but I was proven wrong this past week when the band Royal Canoe came into my life. This six-piece band hailing from Winnipeg, Canada were an obvious standout at The Double...
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  1. Idiot Glee’s Album Release Show at Glasslands It was a great night for music and mingling last night at Idiot Glee’s album release party, hosted at Glasslands. It was also the second time this week that I was there early enough to catch all the openers, and...
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  1. Weekend Playlist – Jan. 14, 2011 Today’s Playlist includes a little bit of everything BestNewBands.com has featured this week, from folk to punk-rock to dubstep – everything your music-loving hearts could desire! Listen and enjoy… “Shoeshine” – Black Taxi In this weekend’s BackStory Bonus, the guys...
  2. Weekend Playlist – Feb. 4, 2011 Welcome to another weekend! Start it off right with music from the artists we’ve featured this week at BestNewBands.com. “Steel My Heart” – The Angry Orts Liz Livengood got a chance to sit down with The Angry Orts before their...
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