Best New Bands » Tame Impala 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 Artist of the Week: Tame Impala http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-tame-impala/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-tame-impala/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:36:23 +0000 Heavy, fuzzy, psychedelic guitar rock can come from the darndest places. Whether it be the mighty Led Zeppelin, who defined the genre, to Black Sabbath, who obliterated it. Now, there’s a new band that can play a similar role, albeit 40 years later. They hail from Perth, Australia and are called Tame Impala. As we’ve

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  1. Tame Impala and The Amazing Dazzle The El Rey Tame Impala may be one of the most buzzworthy new bands of 2012. After releasing its lauded sophomore release, Lonerism, in October, the Australian quintet embarked on a sold-out North American tour and on Friday night, the iconic El Rey...
  2. Album Review: Tame Impala, Lonerism A breathy, rhythmic voice starts chanting, “I gotta be above it” with chugging drums following suit. Vocals introduce the melody; sounding like a life-changing revelation has just taken place. Grandiose synths interject, creating the feeling of lifting off into the...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-tame-impala/feed/ 0 Tame Impala and The Amazing Dazzle The El Rey http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/tame-impala-and-the-amazing-dazzle-the-el-rey/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/tame-impala-and-the-amazing-dazzle-the-el-rey/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:08:46 +0000 Tame Impala may be one of the most buzzworthy new bands of 2012. After releasing its lauded sophomore release, Lonerism, in October, the Australian quintet embarked on a sold-out North American tour and on Friday night, the iconic El Rey Theatre hosted the first of two Los Angeles stops. To a beyond full house, Kevin

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  1. Album Review: Tame Impala, Lonerism A breathy, rhythmic voice starts chanting, “I gotta be above it” with chugging drums following suit. Vocals introduce the melody; sounding like a life-changing revelation has just taken place. Grandiose synths interject, creating the feeling of lifting off into the...
  2. A Conversation With Melody Prochet Of Melody’s Echo Chamber Melody Prochet recorded her first song at the age of 18 but has been playing music since she was young—growing up with classical training, studying viola and performing in an orchestra. The French multi-instrumentalist recently teamed up with Tame Impala’s...
  3. El Ten Eleven- “It’s Still Like A Secret” Album Review Listening to Los Angeles based El Ten Eleven’s new album, It’s Still Like A Secret, is like experiencing an overload of sounds and landscapes that begs to be called schizophrenic. The 10 tracks found on this album will surely conjure...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/tame-impala-and-the-amazing-dazzle-the-el-rey/feed/ 0 2012 Newbie Awards – Best New Band Nominees http://www.bestnewbands.com/newbie-awards/2012-newbie-awards-best-new-band-nominees/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/newbie-awards/2012-newbie-awards-best-new-band-nominees/#comments Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:25:40 +0000 This year has been one of the best years for emerging bands in recent memories. With hundreds of albums released and countless live shows, the choices were plentiful and there were many bands worthy of inclusion. However, with so many great choices, we could only pick six bands as finalists. That being said, the 2012

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  2. Artist of the Week: Alabama Shakes Over the past 18 months, you’d be hard-pressed to find a group that’s exploded onto the music scene as fast as the Alabama Shakes. Hailing from Athens of their namesake state, the Brittney Howard-fronted outfit has gone from playing small...
  3. Hangout Festival 2012 I don’t know about anybody else, but I never really thought “beach and music destination” when I thought of Gulf Shores, Alabama. As the name of the city implies, it’s on the gulf, where it’s highly unlikely you’ll ever get...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/newbie-awards/2012-newbie-awards-best-new-band-nominees/feed/ 0 The Gaslamp Killer Kills It At Red Bull Music Academy’s Show At Villain http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-gaslamp-killer-kills-it-at-red-bull-music-academys-show-at-villain/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-gaslamp-killer-kills-it-at-red-bull-music-academys-show-at-villain/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:32:23 +0000 This is one of the things that I love about Brooklyn – amazing art spaces hide in plain sight. During the day, it’s easy to pass what looks like another abandoned, empty warehouse with a garage door rolled down. Who knows what’s in there, if anything. Then at night, the door rolls up, a line

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-gaslamp-killer-kills-it-at-red-bull-music-academys-show-at-villain/feed/ 0 A Conversation With Melody Prochet Of Melody’s Echo Chamber http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-melody-prochet-of-melody-s-echo-chamber/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-melody-prochet-of-melody-s-echo-chamber/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 04:50:53 +0000 Melody Prochet recorded her first song at the age of 18 but has been playing music since she was young—growing up with classical training, studying viola and performing in an orchestra. The French multi-instrumentalist recently teamed up with Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, and together the two created Melody’s Echo Chamber. Pulling from influences like beautiful

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