Start your weekend off with a selection of music by artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com. “Outside the City” – Young Galaxy Kelly Knapp caught this stellar act at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn last weekend. Kelly wrote, “Young Galaxy’s set was pretty entrancing in a danceable way. This was a band with original synth
SXSW is known widely for shamelessly tireless self-promotion, an overload of brand new tunes from emerging (as well as tried and true) artists and we’ve been navigating our way through the latest and greatest. Dry The River’s new single “New Ceremony” is definitely something to get excited about it and here it is for your
Norwegian dance sensation Datarock rocked Annie’s West for Sea Now (popantipop & the sea shepherd conservation society’s SXSW event!) and no one in the venue was disappointed- including myself who was uncontrollably levitated from my seat in order to join the mass amount of enthused venue occupants! Because curiosity killed the cat and satisfaction brought
So day 198018 at SXSW and aside from wanting to amputate my feet from running back and forth between venues it couldn’t be better here in Austin! Now any fellow musical masochist knows various tips and tricks to navigate your way through SouthBy insanity- and amidst the unavoidable chaos, sometimes you find you’ve GPS’d yourself
Lauren here from the front lines of the insanity that is SXSW 2011, and lucky for me (and the rest of the Lustre Pearl attendees) Saint Motel gave us a sneak peek at some of their latest tunes and tracks, and aside from the expected pop rock audio awesomeness, their onstage acrobats made for one
So SXSW has officially kicked off- with mass amounts of music starting for all my fellow music fiends and friends alike. You pretty much know it’s SXSW music’s second day because most people are still thriving on redbull and out and about. Another indicative factor of SXSW is the lack of public transportation anywhere and
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As wild co-eds roamed the poolside and casino of the Palms hotel in Las Vegas, Saint Motel was hard at work polishing up their SXSW set with a two-night stint at the venerable venue. Though many of the people who were at the resort for Spring Break, there were many who were converted to the
Start your weekend off right with a selection of tunes from this week’s featured artists on BestNewBands.com. “The Dead Dog” – Portugal. The Man Monica Christoffels previewed Portugal. The Man’s set at the Snowball Music Festival in Colorado last weekend. Monica wrote, “Since forming PTM in 2004, and having lost and gained some band members
It’s exactly ONE week (and some odd hours) until I trade in Los Angeles for some Austin insanity, and since there are about an infinite number of bands worth checking out (I’ll be the tornado blowing down 6th street in 27 different directions) we here at bestnewbands.com wanted to make it easier for you to