BestNewBands.com In the wake of featuring The Goondas on BNBTV Spotlight, I stumbled easily from link to link on to a ton of bands playing on the Minneapolis/Minnesota music scene. One of these bands was the glowing Gold Motel (actually from Chicago), who in this video prove their knowledge and mastery of a perfect pop
Don’t let the bunny bear fool you; this album was not meant for children. Released last week by Los Angeles-based trio Mini Mansions, the album (now available on iTunes) is a neat and tidy 12 song magnum opus in the form of an eponymous sophomore album. Upon first listen, I believed Mini Mansions to be
Ben Becker’s project Gamble House has blossomed from a one-man-show to a full throttle indie rock band. While I cringe at the blithely tossed around term ‘indie’, Gamble House is the absolute definition of independent or perhaps that other seemingly amorphous word ‘alternative’. They frequently dabble in ambient rock, pop, noise, surf without giving away