Best New Bands » The Get Up Kids 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 Matt Pryor ‘Nine Forty Live’ Offers A Retrospective http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/matt-pryor-nine-forty-live-offers-retrospective/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/matt-pryor-nine-forty-live-offers-retrospective/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2014 21:07:31 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=20989 New York – While we like to remember shows as these great, loud, glorious events, live albums are often a disappointment. Even when they’re professionally recorded, there is usually an overly rambunctious crowd member or equipment failure that makes what felt perfect in the moment “off” when played back.  Sometimes concerts are memories best left

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