Best New Bands » The Troubadour 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 White Arrows Hit All The Pleasure Points At Los Angeles’ Troubadour http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/white-arrows-hit-pleasure-points-los-angeles-troubadour/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/white-arrows-hit-pleasure-points-los-angeles-troubadour/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2014 01:55:00 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=18130 Los Angeles – There are bands meant to record in the studio and there are those who thrive in front of a live audience. White Arrows has catchy jams with introspective lyrics and sexy electronics that tease the senses with visions of kaleidoscopic swirls, but when they step foot on a stage they are animalistic and

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  1. White Arrows Slays The Roxy I saw White Arrows perform live for the first time as the opening act for UMO at the Echoplex about a month ago and instantly fell in love with this new band. Led by visionary Mickey Church, the L.A.-based quintet...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/white-arrows-hit-pleasure-points-los-angeles-troubadour/feed/ 1 James Bay Clicks With the Troubadour on His First U.S. Tour http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/james-bay-clicks-with-the-troubadour-on-his-first-us-tour/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/james-bay-clicks-with-the-troubadour-on-his-first-us-tour/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:21:09 +0000 It’s tough going for singer-songwriters. If you’re not a natural poet or have some truly unique angle, you better have one hell of a voice and a perfect live act. At this point, the guitar-toting James Bay out of Hitchin, UK, is pretty close to having the latter. With his Thursday night performance at the

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  1. Metz Burns Bright at The Troubadour Even though Canadian punk band METZ has just one studio album to their name, Wednesday night they tore through the Troubadour in West Hollywood like hardened veterans. Having already rocked through the European and East Coast legs of their 2013...
  2. Joseph Arthur Dazzles The Troubadour As always, The Troubadour is the place to be to see a killer gig in Los Angeles. Last night was no different. Singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur played the legendary venue to nearly packed house and left the audience clamoring for more....
  3. Grouplove Spreads The Love At The Troubadour In a sign of things to come in 2011, Grouplove absolutely killed it on Friday night at The Troubadour, putting together easily one of the best local shows of the year. The show was completely sold out and there wasn’t...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/james-bay-clicks-with-the-troubadour-on-his-first-us-tour/feed/ 1 Holy Ghost! Lights Up The Troubadour http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/holy-ghost-lights-up-the-troubadour/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/holy-ghost-lights-up-the-troubadour/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 02:35:04 +0000 To quote esteemed football manager Rafa Benitez, here are some facts: electronic music is in right now. While this may seem obvious to anyone who has listened to either terrestrial or satellite radio over the past 18 months, Monday night’s Holy Ghost! Show at the Troubadour confirmed that young, in-the-know music listeners could turn literally

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  1. Thatwasthen and The Hush Rock The Troubadour This past Saturday night, I saw thatwasthen and The Hush take on the Troubadour again.  I arrived to venue under the impression that The Hush was taking the stage after thatwasthen, but as I walked in The Hush’s lead singer,...
  2. Joseph Arthur Dazzles The Troubadour As always, The Troubadour is the place to be to see a killer gig in Los Angeles. Last night was no different. Singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur played the legendary venue to nearly packed house and left the audience clamoring for more....
  3. Metz Burns Bright at The Troubadour Even though Canadian punk band METZ has just one studio album to their name, Wednesday night they tore through the Troubadour in West Hollywood like hardened veterans. Having already rocked through the European and East Coast legs of their 2013...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/holy-ghost-lights-up-the-troubadour/feed/ 0 Metz Burns Bright at The Troubadour http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/metz-burns-bright-at-the-troubadour/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/metz-burns-bright-at-the-troubadour/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 19:19:36 +0000 Even though Canadian punk band METZ has just one studio album to their name, Wednesday night they tore through the Troubadour in West Hollywood like hardened veterans. Having already rocked through the European and East Coast legs of their 2013 tour, the trio was poised and confident, foregoing a written set list in favor of

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  1. Thatwasthen and The Hush Rock The Troubadour This past Saturday night, I saw thatwasthen and The Hush take on the Troubadour again.  I arrived to venue under the impression that The Hush was taking the stage after thatwasthen, but as I walked in The Hush’s lead singer,...
  2. Ben Howard Sells Out The Troubadour When a new band or musician tries to win the hearts and minds of the American public, they usually face an uphill battle. When they’re a British band or musician who’s received accolades and fame in their native land, the...
  3. Joseph Arthur Dazzles The Troubadour As always, The Troubadour is the place to be to see a killer gig in Los Angeles. Last night was no different. Singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur played the legendary venue to nearly packed house and left the audience clamoring for more....
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  1. Nicki Bluhm Puts A Spell on San Francisco In the middle of her set at the Independent in San Francisco, Thursday night, Nicki Bluhm removed the green sweater she was wearing over a black backless shirt and began to belt out Linda Ronstadt’s country hit “You’re No Good”...
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  1. Free Download: Jessie Baylin EP Singer/songwriter/vocalist extraordinaire Jessie Baylin is coming out with a new record this January titled Little Spark. As a Thanksgiving treat to our loyal readers, we at BestNewBands.com have a special FREE EP that she recorded with Richard Swift in her...
  2. Thatwasthen and The Hush Rock The Troubadour This past Saturday night, I saw thatwasthen and The Hush take on the Troubadour again.  I arrived to venue under the impression that The Hush was taking the stage after thatwasthen, but as I walked in The Hush’s lead singer,...
  3. MeTalkPretty: Powerful and Ready to Rock MeTalkPretty has a hard-edged sound and a powerhouse female vocalist to rival any rock band I know. Their debut EP “We Are Strangers” is now available on iTunes and the band will release their first full-length album this fall. Vocalist...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/jessie-baylin-is-ready-to-rock-the-troubadour/feed/ 0 Live Review: The Cave Singers Bring Pacific Northwest Folk to Los Angeles http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-review-the-cave-singers-bring-pacific-northwest-folk-to-los-angeles/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-review-the-cave-singers-bring-pacific-northwest-folk-to-los-angeles/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:48:58 +0000 The Cave Singers could not have chosen a better venue to host its backwoods-inspired folk than the legendary Troubadour in West Hollywood.  Astounding history aside, the Los Angeles club’s atmosphere is small and intimate, which is perfect for a band that engages its audience as much as the Seattle-based swamp rockers. Saturday night was not

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  1. Q&A: Joseph Arthur   Joseph Arthur is a modern day renaissance man. In addition to his talked about music career, the Ohio-born, Brooklyn-based artist has produced some critically acclaimed paintings, which have allowed for him to travel overseas to show his work. But...
  2. Joseph Arthur Kicks Off His Bootleg Residency! Living in Los Angeles you become inadvertently accustomed to the unusual.  I knew we were all in for something insane solely based on the various tricks and treats peppered across the Bootleg Theater’s stage.  After carefully assembling a large easel,...
  3. Grouplove Spreads The Love At The Troubadour In a sign of things to come in 2011, Grouplove absolutely killed it on Friday night at The Troubadour, putting together easily one of the best local shows of the year. The show was completely sold out and there wasn’t...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-joseph-arthur/feed/ 0 Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats – Artist of the Week http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/jeff-hershey-and-the-heartbeats-artist-of-the-week/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/jeff-hershey-and-the-heartbeats-artist-of-the-week/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:13:57 +0000 Interview with Jeff Hershey Jeff Hershey might just be the savior of soul music. You might remember his band Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats from a BestNewBands.com preview piece a few weeks ago, and their performance at The Troubadour proved more than worthy of the post. The band was incredible and well-described on their their

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