Best New Bands » sophomore album 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 Caveman Kills It At The Parish In Austin http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/caveman-kills-it-at-the-parish-in-austin/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/caveman-kills-it-at-the-parish-in-austin/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:26:50 +0000 Even in the weeks following SXSW, Austin is continuing to crank out music. Good music, live music, music on 6th street on weekday afternoons to crowds of plenty. New York City’s Caveman braces the stage at The Parish on Monday night. The room is dark and it is packed. Front man Matthew Iwanusa sings out,

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  1. Caveman Delivers to a Sold Out Crowd at Bowery Ballroom When Caveman headlines (and sells out) Bowery Ballroom, the stage becomes a cave. Before playing a single note they set the mood with a fog machine, spooky lighting, and a projection screen with the band’s name in Misfits typeface against...
  2. Caveman Kick Off Headlining Tour Caveman is having a great year so far. They spent much of last year building up a big buzz in their home base of Brooklyn and beyond, and this year shows them continuing to live up to that buzz. They...
  3. Backstage With Caveman New York-based quintet Caveman has been making the rounds. Formed in 2010, the group’s debut, CoCo Beware, was released on Fat Possum Records in September and they spent the latter part of 2011 touring behind it. The band mixes elements...
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  1. Artist of the Week: Gold Motel Sometimes when you’re a new band, having a sunny, poppy first album is just the tip of the iceberg. It can give the false impression to fans and critics alike that you’re all fuzzy and happy inside without showing what’s...
  2. Catching Up With Greta Morgan and Eric Hehr of Gold Motel Having profiled Chicago’s Gold Motel as our Artist of the Week, it’s safe to say this is one of our favorite new bands out there. Though their album isn’t as poppy as their debut, that doesn’t mean it isn’t good....
  3. GOLD MOTEL Album Release GOLD MOTEL has announced the release date of new self-titled release.  The band’s second album will be out July 3rd on their Good As Gold imprint with the band’s new partner, Thirty Tigers.   The press announcement was made today, but...
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  1. Album Review: The Albertans, “New Age” The Albertans released their second full-length album, New Age, yesterday, and through my five back-to-back-to-back listens, I grooved and nodded and thought that these must be Sufjan Stevens‘ poppy, edgy siblings.   This Canadian quintet, formed by a fateful convening...
  2. Album Review: Big Talk’s Debut Album Is a Fun but Forgettable Effort And so Ronnie Vannucci comes crashing into the rock music scene, proving his place as a solo artist and talented musician.  The Killers’ drummer and Jason-Lee-lookalike releases the self-titled, debut album from his solo group, Big Talk, comprised of Vannucci...
  3. Album Review: Portugal. The Man’s “In the Mountain In the Cloud” In the Mountain In the Cloud is finally here to reaffirm my ongoing love affair with Wasilla, Alaska’s very own Portugal. The Man.  Out today, this is this hardworking band’s 6th studio album—they’ve been cranking out one album a year...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-the-dead-trees-whatwave/feed/ 0 North Carolina Duo Brings The EAR PWR On Their Second Album http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/north-carolina-duo-brings-the-ear-pwr-on-their-second-album/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/north-carolina-duo-brings-the-ear-pwr-on-their-second-album/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:25:06 +0000 On their second album, North Carolina natives EAR PWR’s sophomore effort explores an expansive set of auditory contours and certain themes that are due to the growth in their songwriting. Devon Booze’s homemade synthesizers make their debut on the duo’s self-titled follow up to 2009’s Super Animal Brothers III. The album opens up with Booze-led

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  1. North Carolina’s Troop 41 are Soldiers of the Game Billed as the “next big thing to come out of the Carolinas” Troop 41 are Tristian Brown (T-Breezy), Lelynd Darkes (Lil Lee), and Dakare Wilder (Lil Inferno). The trio met in 2005 during middle school in Raleigh, North Carolina and...
  2. “Lesser Known” Is Quite An Adventure In the past few years, the electro-pop that ruled the late ‘80s has been making a comeback. For better or worse, this trend has continued into 2011 with groups putting their own spin on the genre, except with an indie...
  3. Fredrik Delivers One Of The Most Experimental Albums Of The Year Over the past several years, European indie pop outfits have become popular in the U.S. With their third full-length album, Swedish electro-folk trio Fredrik plan on making the transition to become one of the latest in this line of successful...
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