Best New Bands » The Roots 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 Miniature Tigers at The Satellite: Losing fans one mediocre performance at a time http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/miniature-tigers-at-the-satellite-losing-fans-one-mediocre-performance-at-a-time/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/miniature-tigers-at-the-satellite-losing-fans-one-mediocre-performance-at-a-time/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:00:00 +0000 When I spoke to the lead singer of  Miniature Tigers last fall (for the full BestNewBands.com article please click here), I didn’t know a whole lot about the quartet. I was charmed by their tracks “Mansion of Misery” and “Bullfighter Jacket” (see video below) but I was further intrigued by how down to earth lead

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  1. Miniature Tigers Interview: Bringing Modern Art Pop to Life Miniature Tigers are four busy cats. In addition to the nationwide tour they’ve embarked on in support of their second album Fortress (available here), the modern art/beauty pop foursome has received nods from the likes of Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly,...
  2. The Get Up Kids are back and at Webster Hall with Miniature Tigers Tomorrow If you were a teenager in the mid- to late 90s, you probably remember The Get Up Kids in their heyday, before the genre “emo” became so distorted with the cringe- worthy connotations it has now. After making music for...
  3. Freelance Whales Make the Detroit Bar Bounce     Last night, Freelance Whales played for all the wide-eyed locals at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa. Opening for them were Miniature Tigers with a little help from The New Limb, an up-and-coming band from the Detroit Bar’s home....
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  1. Highwater: Rising to the Top of Oregon’s Alternative Scene photo taken by Carolyn Taylor “Left-coast mountain punk-grass” is how Highwater, a Portland- and Eugene-based band, describes its sound. If you’re unfamiliar with that particular genre of music, you’re not alone: Highwater’s tunes are as unique as the men who...
  2. Getting Down & Dirty With The Growlers So on my search to locate another band, I was lucky enough to catch The Growlers set- and I was not the only one, it seems the majority of FYF had now gravitated toward the goth-infused surftastic tunes.  The tracks...
  3. Dirty Sweet @ Spaceland, 7/16/09 Well, it took almost exactly two years, but I have finally made it to a second Dirty Sweet show. I’d say that it was worth the wait, but honestly I wish I’d made it out to see them again sooner....
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