Best New Bands » starfucker 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! 2012 Wrap Up http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/sasquatch-2012-wrap-up/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/sasquatch-2012-wrap-up/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 15:24:08 +0000 Sasquatch! is a great place to catch your favorite headliner. But more than that, the music festival is one of the better places to hear the freshest new acts in music today. With 2012′s version safely tucked away in the archives, here are some of our favorite new bands who put on memorable performances at

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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...
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  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 Starfucker Hit The New Parish Full Force with Beams of Synth http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/starfucker-hit-the-new-parish-full-force-with-beams-of-synth/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/starfucker-hit-the-new-parish-full-force-with-beams-of-synth/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:37:17 +0000 The Portland based pop-heavy electro project Starfucker used to get more attention from their name than their music. Finally, they are resolving this issue after failed name changes (Pyramiddd and PYRAMID) with a nearly sold out tour last spring, monster crowd at Outside Lands and likely the same story this time around. It was no

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  1. Shopping for Dresses with Starfucker After my first time seeing Starfucker play at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, last fall, I was hooked. This Portland based electro-pop band has been bringing dance floors alive with their fun lyrics and infectious snyth hooks...
  2. Walter Meego Weaves Dreamy Synth Pop Fantasies at the Echo Walter Meego is a five piece synthpop band that sounds like of Montreal meets Islands meets Vampire Weekend.  Last night at The Echo, they filled their headlining set with the kind of dreamy dance pop that’s so in vogue right...
  3. Morning Teleportation Beams Up to The Mercury Lounge I’m going to be honest; early shows have never really been my thing. I like a little time to take off my dinner suit and put on my music critic hoodie. Plus it feels weird to be inside a darkened...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/starfucker-hit-the-new-parish-full-force-with-beams-of-synth/feed/ 2 Shopping for Dresses with Starfucker http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/shopping-for-dresses-with-starfucker/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/shopping-for-dresses-with-starfucker/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:46:32 +0000 After my first time seeing Starfucker play at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, last fall, I was hooked. This Portland based electro-pop band has been bringing dance floors alive with their fun lyrics and infectious snyth hooks since their start in 2007. As a band, they have been touring steadily while sometimes

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  1. New Tour Announcements from Matthew Dear, Bear In Heaven, Starfucker, and Deer Tick Matthew Dear U.S. Tour 10.14 Chicago, IL – Metro 10.15 Hamilton, Ontario – Red Mill Theatre 10.16 Toronto, Ontario – Wrongbar 10.18 Montreal, Quebec – Belmont 10.19 Boston, MA – Great Scott 10.20 New York, NY – CMJ 10.21 Philadelphia,...
  2. MEN At Work: Brooklyn Dance Trio Takes NYC First Last week, for the first time, in New York’s Bowery Ballroom, I watched MEN in costumes dance. I watched MEN sing. I watched MEN jam. Wait, I paid to watch dudes? I kid, of course (and to the readers, I...
  3. Bestnewbands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 4/25/11 Picked By: Laurel Kathleen, Daniel Kohn and Claire Gallagher Who: The Airborne Toxic Event Where: Troubadour (Tuesday), El Rey Theatre (Wednesday) and The Music Box (Thursday), Los Angeles, CA When: Tuesday, April 26th, Wednesday, April 27th and Thursday, April 28th...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/shopping-for-dresses-with-starfucker/feed/ 0 BRAHMS Play Glasslands in Brooklyn, Heading to SXSW http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/brahms-play-glasslands-in-brooklyn-heading-to-sxsw/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/brahms-play-glasslands-in-brooklyn-heading-to-sxsw/#comments Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:00:00 +0000 Last night, the Brooklyn trio known as BRAHMS took the stage at the GlassLands in Brooklyn, New York to reintroduce themselves. Not as something other than the drummer-less band we have come to know and love, but as more mature, confident gentleman who have really found their place in a world full of bands trying

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  3. Bear In Heaven Receive a Hero’s Welcome in Brooklyn Last night Bear In Heaven returned home… To the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. The indie sensation played for a sold-out crowd eager to bop and sway to their brand of danceable, experimental funk. The crowd was a varied...
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  2. Blind Pilot heads out on Fall tour of the West! Portland indie-folksters Blind Pilot have just announced a brief fall tour, the last one, they say, until a new album is fully recorded. The charming sextet will head out on a tour of the west this fall, ironically skipping Portland....
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