Best New Bands » The Woods 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 Dishing with The Winebirds http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/dishing-with-the-winebirds/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/dishing-with-the-winebirds/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 15:00:00 +0000 Last Saturday, I got the chance to see Portland’s The Winebirds at The Woods. Before their awesome set, I sat down with Rose and Reggie, two of the six members of the band. Watch the video below for details of their upcoming new album, why their name is what it is, and even some joking

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  1. The Winebirds Fly High at The Woods Portland’s Winebirds can be likened to Fleetwood Mac, if they had grown up watching a lot of The Partridge Family. That’s what my camera guy, Alex, said about them as we were leaving their show at The Woods Saturday night....
  2. BackStory Bonus!: Black Taxi’s “Shoeshine” In this special BONUS episode of BackStory, Brooklyn’s Black Taxi tells us the story behind their song “Shoeshine.” Here’s a note from their team: Black Taxi is one of the best new bands to come out of The Big Apple.  Their music...
  3. Q&A: Matt Holliman of Sleepy Sun Recently, Sleepy Sun got a huge breakthrough when they were announced as the opener for one of the hottest names in indie rock, Austin’s The Black Angels. Though the tour isn’t going to commence until April, the band is doing...
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  1. The Ascetic Junkies: Fun At Mississippi Studios Portland’s Mississippi Studios was packed last night for the Nicole Atkins/Cotton Jones show. People who showed up early enough to see The Ascetic Junkies open were the lucky ones, though. In spite of their austere-sounding name, The Ascetic Junkies play...
  2. BackStory: The Octopus Project’s “Catalog” This installment of BackStory features the story behind Austin, Texas’ The Octopus Project‘s song “Catalog.” And the photo of the band above was taken by Wiley Wiggins– and he directed the video below, too. He’s a man about the Austin...
  3. Show Preview: Blonde Redhead/Ólöf Arnalds in Portland Under-the-radar indie veterans Blonde Redhead will be coming to Portland’s Roseland Theater this Saturday, and it will be a show not to be missed, for several different reasons, including a possible new starlet. First off, fans of Blonde Redhead will...
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  1. The Angry Orts Rock The Woods The Angry Orts are neither angry nor orts. In case you don’t know what orts, are, they are, essentially, table scraps. If The Angry Orts’s show was a buffet, there would be nary a scrap to be found. I caught...
  2. Los Angeles, how are you spending your School Nights? My friend Ehren emailed me last week to say he’d be playing a free show with Aqualung tonight, and all I needed to do to get in was to RSVP at http://www.itsaschoolnight.com. I immediately RSVPed, and it turns out that...
  3. Anna Rose in Bloom Since her formative years, Anna Rose has a strong passion for music. At time when many of us were learning our ABC’s and enjoying our coloring books, the New York native was learning how to play piano. She started when...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/orts-orts-orts-angry-orts/feed/ 0 The Angry Orts Rock The Woods http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-angry-orts-rock-the-woods/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-angry-orts-rock-the-woods/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:00:00 +0000 The Angry Orts are neither angry nor orts. In case you don’t know what orts, are, they are, essentially, table scraps. If The Angry Orts’s show was a buffet, there would be nary a scrap to be found. I caught their show at The Woods last night and found myself drowned in a crowd that

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  1. Verity in Stereo and Root Glen Rock an Old School House of Rock The Stage Mural @ The Court Tavern The Court Tavern used to be just one of a slew of rock venues in New Brunswick, NJ. Pavement played their first live show there. The Smithereens once considered it their second home....
  2. The Campus Cool: Dominant Legs, Young the Giant, and Best Coast Rock UCLA The UCLA campus was abuzz under the warm yellow lights lining brick pathways last night, and groups of students were thankful to crowd into the cozy Kerckhoff Grand Salon to escape the bitter wind.  Let me reemphasize cozy: through the...
  3. Land of Talk Rock the Bowery Ballroom I love when I realize a band I’ve just discovered is playing a show near me, so when I saw that Land of Talk was playing at Bowery Ballroom I thought, I know what I’m doing Saturday night! I arrived after...
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  1. Pepper Rabbit’s “Beauregard”: This Week’s Pleasant Surprise I didn’t know what to expect when I dove into Pepper Rabbit’s new release, Beauregard. I didn’t think I was familiar with the band, but I guess by association I was expecting them to sound something like Pepper, so I...
  2. Paschal Coeur’s Last Show Has Heart I didn’t know too much about Paschal Coeur before I saw them play at The Woods last night. I knew their genre classification was all over the map, from country to electronic to pop. I knew that last night was...
  3. Gamble House at Spaceland The crowd was sparse but occasionally enthusiastic last night at Spaceland. The dimly lit room was adorned with sparkling wall curtains and a nonstop parade of projected laser shapes and flashing lights, but the vibe wasn’t quite enough to get...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/winterhaven-a-pleasant-surprise/feed/ 0 Last Words From Paschal Coeur http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/last-words-from-paschal-coeur/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/last-words-from-paschal-coeur/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:00:00 +0000 At Paschal Coeur’s last show ever at The Woods on November 27, I got to sit down with four of the five members, lead singer Danielle Fish, guitarist Kacy Mazur, synthesizer player (synthesist?) Tim John O’Brien and bassist Ed Thanhouser for an intimate last interview. The indie/electro-pop/country hybrid band will be reemerging, minus a couple

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  1. Paschal Coeur’s Last Show Has Heart I didn’t know too much about Paschal Coeur before I saw them play at The Woods last night. I knew their genre classification was all over the map, from country to electronic to pop. I knew that last night was...
  2. Words and Music with Pepper Rabbit Several hours before they rocked The Echo, I got a chance to sit down with Pepper Rabbit and chat about the recent release of their debut album Beauregard, their next album, and their currently hectic schedule. I was first introduced to...
  3. Delta Spirit To Finish Its Tour On A High Note For Long Beach, California-based outfit Delta Spirit, practice truly does make perfect. Their second full-length album, History From Below, was the group’s first album to appear chart on the Billboard Top 200 and is a tangible sign that the band’s...
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