Best New Bands » The Antlers 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 5 New Bands At MusicFest Northwest – Day 2 http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-musicfest-northwest-day-2/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-musicfest-northwest-day-2/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2014 03:04:55 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=18374 Portland – The second day of MusicFest Northwest turned out to be just as satisfying as the first, and not just because I had a delicious grilled cheese and pesto sandwich for lunch. Maybe I was just happy that Fucked Up singer Damian Abraham posed with me for a sweaty, shirtless selfie during his band’s

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-musicfest-northwest-day-2/feed/ 1 The Antlers Silence Chicago http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-antlers-silence-chicago/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-antlers-silence-chicago/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:43:27 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/wp_bnb/?p=17663 Chicago –  An extremely tall man stood in front of me, wearing a handmade pair of antlers; his cardboard creation flapped as he gushed about his favorite band- The Antlers (of course). While he and his friends surmised what songs the Brooklyn band might perform at the sold out Lincoln Hall show, another fan chimed

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  1. Album Preview: The Antlers – Familiars Brooklyn – For a band that built its brand on evocative and sentimental lyrical narratives, we would expect nothing less than for The Antlers to bowl us over once more. The group has been busily curating their next stack of...
  2. Little Scream and The Antlers Awe and Daze at Music Hall of Williamsburg Last night was the first of two sold out shows for Little Scream and The Antlers in New York; this one at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. I had caught the very end of Little Scream, aka Laurel Sprengelmeyer’s...
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  1. Little Scream Keeps Music Fun I was able to catch Little Scream, aka Laurel Sprengelmeyer immediately after her set at Music Hall of Williamsburg, just before The Antlers went on. She was wearing an outfit that I suspect was made specifically for her, thus no...
  2. Little Scream and The Antlers Awe and Daze at Music Hall of Williamsburg Last night was the first of two sold out shows for Little Scream and The Antlers in New York; this one at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. I had caught the very end of Little Scream, aka Laurel Sprengelmeyer’s...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/little-scream-keeps-music-fun/feed/ 0 Little Scream and The Antlers Awe and Daze at Music Hall of Williamsburg http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/little-scream-and-the-antlers-awe-and-daze-at-music-hall-of-williamsburg/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/little-scream-and-the-antlers-awe-and-daze-at-music-hall-of-williamsburg/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 23:00:00 +0000 Last night was the first of two sold out shows for Little Scream and The Antlers in New York; this one at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. I had caught the very end of Little Scream, aka Laurel Sprengelmeyer’s set when she opened for Land of Talk at Bowery Ballroom last fall, giving me

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