Best New Bands » Weathervanes 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 Artist of the Week: Freelance Whales http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-freelance-whales/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-freelance-whales/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:03:04 +0000 Over the past ten or so years, New York City has emerged as a haven for indie rock bands with Brooklyn at its epicenter. Most of the praise has been given to Brooklyn, and with good reason: it’s a hipster Mecca. There are way too many new bands to list that have emerged from the

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  1. Captain Ahab, Meet Freelance Whales Instrumental segments are bittersweet. A lot of new bands don’t have the skill-set or the patience to rely on their instruments. They are over-zealous is making a name for themselves to the point where they think a catchy lyric is...
  2. 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....
  3. 9 Questions and One Embarrassing Story With Freelance Whales Freelance Whales is an emerging indie-rock band hailing from Queens, New York. The band formed in 2008 and has just released their first full-length LP, Weathervanes, this year. Most of the band members are multi-instrumentalists and the band has created...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-freelance-whales/feed/ 0 Captain Ahab, Meet Freelance Whales http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/captain-ahab-meet-freelance-whales/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/captain-ahab-meet-freelance-whales/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:00:00 +0000 Instrumental segments are bittersweet. A lot of new bands don’t have the skill-set or the patience to rely on their instruments. They are over-zealous is making a name for themselves to the point where they think a catchy lyric is all the need to rest on their laurels. Although an infectious chorus is. . .well

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  1. 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....
  2. Q&A: Doris Cellar of Freelance Whales When people hear Craigslist experiences, they only think of the gloom and doom that could occur from these chance meetings. But fortunately for Queens, New York-based Freelance Whales, the results couldn’t have gone more swimmingly. The band’s name is derived...
  3. 9 Questions and One Embarrassing Story With Freelance Whales Freelance Whales is an emerging indie-rock band hailing from Queens, New York. The band formed in 2008 and has just released their first full-length LP, Weathervanes, this year. Most of the band members are multi-instrumentalists and the band has created...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/captain-ahab-meet-freelance-whales/feed/ 0 Q&A: Doris Cellar of Freelance Whales http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-doris-cellar-of-freelance-whales/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-doris-cellar-of-freelance-whales/#comments Sat, 20 Nov 2010 20:00:00 +0000 When people hear Craigslist experiences, they only think of the gloom and doom that could occur from these chance meetings. But fortunately for Queens, New York-based Freelance Whales, the results couldn’t have gone more swimmingly. The band’s name is derived from lead singer Judah Dadone’s near death experience when he nearly drowned during his childhood

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  2. Lost in the Trees: A Different Sound From A New Band “I’m just really drawn to the sound of big orchestra and different instruments, which has been around for a really long time,” says Ari Picker, the creative force behind Chapel Hill, NC based Lost in the Trees. “That’s the instrumentation...
  3. Q&A: Joey Siara of The Henry Clay People It has been a busy year for The Henry Clay People. Like the great compromiser, the Los Angeles-based outfit has seen years of hard work pay off in 2010. With the release of its album, Somewhere on the Golden Coast,...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-doris-cellar-of-freelance-whales/feed/ 0 Freelance Whales Make the Detroit Bar Bounce http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/freelance-whales-make-the-detroit-bar-bounce/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/freelance-whales-make-the-detroit-bar-bounce/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000     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. The artificial smoked filled air combined with the mesmorizing lights created the perfect underground indie atmosphere

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  2. Broken Social Scene at the Wiltern-I Felt Superconnected This past Tuesday, October 19th, Broken Social Scene played to a full house at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. As I entered the theater, I could feel the anticipation brewing in the air. I’ve been waiting to see Broken...
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