One of my favorite parties from SXSW this year was the Hollerado nacho party served sizzling with plenty of homebrewed hot sauce and a side of extra chill vibes (damn I dig the Canadian music scene!) There’s no shortage of folk rock from these four Canadian kids and they’re semi-grunge infused tunes and tracks were
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
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
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
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
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
Meet the latest addition to bestnewbands.com’s “Don’t Miss At SXSW List”- Vanaprasta! If you follow the L.A. music scene, then you pretty much know who Vanaprasta is by now (especially if you’re a rock-a-holic- they were 98.7FM’s resident artist of the month in January!) With a Los Angeles residency already conquered, Vanaprasta will be taking
Making my way to Silverlake’s Satellite I was pretty nervous to check out Vancouver’s Mother, Mother- it’s like how exactly do you follow up tracks like “Body of Years” and “Wrecking Ball?” Well, I don’t exactly know how they managed to do it- but they succeeded with flying colors- and glitter suspenders and sequined shirts.