Best New Bands » Sonic Youth 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 Spectre Folk and Chris Lee’s Double Record Release at Union Pool, with Lee Ranaldo http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/spectre-folk-and-chris-lee-s-double-record-release-at-union-pool-with-lee-ranaldo/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/spectre-folk-and-chris-lee-s-double-record-release-at-union-pool-with-lee-ranaldo/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2012 01:18:13 +0000 Thursday night, Union Pool hosted Vampire Blues’ Double Record Release Spectre Folk’s The Ancient Storm and Chris Lee’s Bury the Kings. Vampire Blues is Steve Shelley (of Sonic Youth)’s new record label, and he also has producing credits on Chris Lee’s album, as well as being the house drummer for this show. The last time

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  3. Black Marble Opens at Light Asylum’s Fierce Record Release Show Black Marble sounds exactly like what their name implies: cold and dark. Their show at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge this past Thursday showed the duo of Chris Stewart and Ty Kube invoking post punk and no wave styles...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/spectre-folk-and-chris-lee-s-double-record-release-at-union-pool-with-lee-ranaldo/feed/ 0 Brendan Benson And Young Hines Light Up The Independent http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/brendan-benson-and-young-hines-light-up-the-independent/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/brendan-benson-and-young-hines-light-up-the-independent/#comments Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:07:08 +0000 One of the things that gets me amped for a show is the opening act. We all go for the headliners, but we feel like we discover the opening acts. With a few exceptions, Bruce Springsteen doesn’t have an opening act and frankly he doesn’t need one.  The Rolling Stones had U2 open for them,

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  2. Black Marble Opens at Light Asylum’s Fierce Record Release Show Black Marble sounds exactly like what their name implies: cold and dark. Their show at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge this past Thursday showed the duo of Chris Stewart and Ty Kube invoking post punk and no wave styles...
  3. Delta Spirit Leads A Spiritual Revival In San Francisco The floor was shaking, hands were raised to the sky and the man on the microphone was pontificating emphatically as sweat rolled down his furrowed brow. Was I in the Abyssinian Baptist Church celebrating a revival? I might as well have...
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  1. Black Mountain is back with “Wilderness Heart” With an album cover that has a on-coming shark about to attack an office building, Black Mountain is saying you better be ready for its next album, which is slated to be released on September 14. The Canadian quartet’s third...
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