Artist: Portugal. The Man Genre: Psychedelic/progressive rock From the political uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East to the Midwestern United States, a sense of awareness and community seems to be spreading throughout the globe. Personally, I can’t get enough of that hope-y, change-y feeling – but then again, I’m about as far to
It’s Friday night, you’ve made it through the weekly 9-5 nonsense and you’re looking for anything that offers some form of sweet release. Suddenly someone heard through the grapevine about Designer Drugs and you and your closest partner in crime are off and running to GPS yourselves wherever they happen to be on that particular
Start your Friday off right with a selection of music from this week’s featured artists on BestNewBands.com “White Daisy Passing” – Rocky Votolato Laurel Kathleen caught the “truly gifted lyricist and vocalist” at the Troubador last Saturday. Laurel wrote, “Though I had never heard of the soft-spoken Rocky Votolato before last week, it was clear
It takes a really special guy to make hanging out in a dark alley on Prom night sound fun. Lucky for me, I had four prom dates ready, willing, and able to do the trick and not that I enjoy skulking around dark alleys…but it was possibly one of the most fun private pre-show parties
Come fly with the Slang Chickens this month as they share with BestNewBands.com during the month that sees the end of their residency at the Echo and their time at a little festival we like to call SXSW.
Young the Giant Genre: Alt-rock If you’re looking for something to do on this potentially stormy Saturday night, head on down to The Roxy on Sunset to check out Young the Giant with We Barbarians and Kitten for an awesome night of in-your-face alt-rock. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Young the Giant play an
Start your Friday off right with a selection of music from this week’s featured artists on BestNewBands.com “Get What You Want, Get What You Need” – The Ascetic Junkies Liz Livengood caught up with a few members of this Portland-based band after their show at The Woods last weekend. Here’s some of the interview in
New Orleans based band Empress Hotel has decided to give bestnewbands.com an exclusive behind the scenes look as they get ready to rock 6th street for some SXSW insanity! Check out what they have in store for you- and be sure not to miss their sets!
With just a few weeks left to go, the Madison Square Gardeners took us on the road, and behind the scenes as they get ready to rock at this year’s SXSW! The Brooklyn-based sextet will be playing two night’s at this year’s southby, and we can’t wait to catch them live! Can’t wait a couple
&quo Friday night is tantalizing close, but for some small-town residents the options for celebrating the coming of the weekend can be very limited. Fortunately for those in Eugene, the historic WOW Hall has some great entertainment lined up: the lively, triple-threat lineup of Lynx, Medium Troy and MarchFourth Marching Band. Opening the show will