Best New Bands » Tom Petty 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 Album Review: The Gaslight Anthem, Handwritten http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-the-gaslight-anthem-handwritten/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-the-gaslight-anthem-handwritten/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:13:13 +0000 New Jersey’s The Gaslight Anthem’s latest album, Handwritten, is one of the rare albums that i was counting down the days until it was released. Having been a fan of the band since their earliest EP, Senor and The Queen, the emotions I had prior to listening to the first note of this album was

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  1. The Gaslight Anthem on The Late Show with David Letterman Tonight, June 27th The band will be playing “45,” the first single off their forthcoming album Handwritten out July 24th on Mercury Records. Also, make sure to tune into CBS.com at 9pm EST for a 45-minute Live on Letterman webcast!  ...
  2. Album Review: Downtown Struts, Victoria Remember the ‘90s? Swing was a thing that people tried bring back and fooled many of us into following. Thanks Swingers! Dave Matthews Band, Spin Doctors and Creed were popular bands. Punk rock was having a revival. Not just a...
  3. Airborne Toxic Event, Silversun Pickups, Gaslight Anthem and More Cover Dylan for the Chimes of Freedom Compilation When I was about 12 years old, I openly mocked my father for his love of Bob Dylan. I used to say things like, “He’s such a horrible singer and sounds like he’s gurgling glass.” One day, presumably tired of...
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  1. Marissa Nadler Serenades The Bootleg – And Gives Us The 411, First! Marissa Nadler’s ethereal voice peppered with longing is the perfect Sunday morning soundtrack- I’m talking when the first rays of light start penetrating your window pane- painfully, and the easiest solution seems to be to turn up the music and...
  2. Marissa Nadler Plays an Intimate Set at Littlefield Marissa Nadler Saturday night (7/30) Marissa Nadler played the 2nd to last show of her current tour at Littlefield in Brooklyn. Littlefield is another one of those Brooklyn venues that seem to appear out of nowhere; you’re on what looks...
  3. Nadler’s Third Solo LP Shows Great Promise As we discussed last week, Marissa Nadler is on the rise. The Boston-based singer/songwriter is releasing her third album, which is self-titled, independently. The album kicks off with “In Your Lair, Bear,” which is six minutes of skeletal chords and...
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  1. Album Review: Indians I was sitting in front of my new laptop today lamenting the death of Punk Rock…again. Punk has lived and died more times in the past twenty years than Paul McCartney during the Abbey Road years. Then I listened to...
  2. Album Review: The Albertans, “New Age” The Albertans released their second full-length album, New Age, yesterday, and through my five back-to-back-to-back listens, I grooved and nodded and thought that these must be Sufjan Stevens‘ poppy, edgy siblings.   This Canadian quintet, formed by a fateful convening...
  3. The Moondoggies Review: Tidelands With a name like The Moondoggies, you can probably make a pretty accurate prediction of what these guys sound like. They join a long list of Pacific Northwest folk-rock bands with animal-related names and while they make some solid Americana-influenced...
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  1. BackStory: Stagger and Sway’s “Sam Bond’s Garage” In this BackStory feature, Mike Last of Eugene’s Stagger and Sway explains the story behind the band’s tribute to local bar Sam Bond’s Garage. This is a song about the intangible magic of our favorite places. It was inspired by...
  2. Staggering, Swaying at Sam Bond’s Garage? Blame It On the Beer At Sam Bond’s Garage, there are certain things one can always count on: a packed house, and stronger-than-you’d-suspect beer. Local musicians Stagger & Sway know this, and even penned an ode to the notorious Eugene bar that encaptures the weird...
  3. BNBTV Spotlight: The Sunshine Factory, “Twisted and Clover” BestNewBands.com Call me ignorant, but for some reason I don’t usually connect Mobile, Alabama with psychadelia—especially psychedelic rock. However, this might change thanks to The Sunshine Factory.  We have before us a dynamic trio somehow creating a simultaneously different and...
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  1. Orange Peel Sunshine: Funny Name, Serious Rock   Orange Peel Sunshine has undergone many lineup changes since their formation in 1999, but their output of post punk grunge rock is still as energetic and in-your-face as it ever was. In a market oversaturated with dream pop and...
  2. Josh Tatum Band Shakes the House of Blues Foundation Room Josh Tatum and his band of merry band mates had no problem packing the ornately decorated Foundation Room at House of Blues in Los Angeles last night. The entire show bordered on theatrical, or perhaps that was due to the...
  3. The Tallest Man On Earth Review: Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird This five-song EP from The Tallest Man On Earth follows his masterful full-length The Wild Hunt with songs of love, loss, and insecurity. These themes are nothing new to Kristian Matsson, who always seems to be still nursing an old...
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