Best New Bands » The Fresh & Onlys 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 BestNewBands.com’s Weekly Mixtape for 11/19/12 http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/bestnewbandscoms-weekly-mixtape-for-11-19-12/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/bestnewbandscoms-weekly-mixtape-for-11-19-12/#comments Sat, 17 Nov 2012 18:46:11 +0000 This is the first installment of our new weekly mixtape feature. We’ll be putting together mixtapes, highlighting bands we covered during the previous week and other fresh tracks we discovered during the week. We’ll also be including some photos of the bands we’re talking about and links to their sites and to our original articles.

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/bestnewbandscoms-weekly-mixtape-for-11-19-12/feed/ 0 Musical Tripping with Fresh & Onlys and Quilt http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/musical-tripping-with-fresh-onlys-and-quilt/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/musical-tripping-with-fresh-onlys-and-quilt/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:12:14 +0000 Thursday night was a trip of the musically-induced variety, when The Fresh & Onlys and Quilt played Music Hall of Williamsburg. The Fresh & Onlys are one of those bands where it’s easy not to realize exactly how good they are until experienced live. With introspective lyrics set to heavily hazy psych pop jams, they

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