Best New Bands » The Men 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 Iceage And The Men – Culture Collide Festival: Day One http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/iceage-the-men-culture-collide-festival-day-one/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/iceage-the-men-culture-collide-festival-day-one/#comments Sat, 12 Oct 2013 04:00:00 +0000 Los Angeles – Eyes glazed and already slurring Elias Bender Rønnenfelt squints looking to the back of the room. He asks for more bass in the monitor. Sound problems. The already sweating singer of the Danish punk hurricane, Iceage, has the look of a hand grenade that is about to go off. He’s been on

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  1. Tonight: Kurt Vile opens for J Mascis at Music Hall of Williamsburg Tonight at 9pm, the Music Hall of Williamsburg as a great lineup: Kurt Vile and The Violators, followed by J Mascis. Unfortunately but not surprisingly, this show sold out a few days ago, but if you managed to grab tickets,...
  2. 4Knots Festival This Saturday – NYC The annual 4Knots Festival is taking place this Saturday, June 29, at the gorgeous South Street Seaport, Pier 17 in lower Manhattan. This year is another great lineup, chock full of some of the most promising emerging acts in NYC, and...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/kurt-vile-the-men-and-parquet-courts-highlight-the-4knots-festival/feed/ 0 Mixtape 20: Earl Sweatshirt, Pinkunoizu, The Men and More http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-20-earl-sweatshirt-pinkunoizu-the-men-and-more/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-20-earl-sweatshirt-pinkunoizu-the-men-and-more/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:26:36 +0000 This was a strange week, in that a lot happened but it feels like nothing happened at the same time. It’s like when you take a vacation, and a lot happens, but when you get back and your friends ask you what you did, you can’t really remember right away and you don’t know what

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