Weekend Playlist – Feb. 4, 2011

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Welcome to another weekend! Start it off right with music from the artists we’ve featured this week at BestNewBands.com. “Steel My Heart” – The Angry Orts Liz Livengood got a chance to sit down with The Angry Orts before their show at The Woods in Portland last Saturday. Read the rest of Liz’s post here.

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Weekend Playlist – Jan. 21, 2011

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Happy Friday! It felt like it would never get here, huh? Before you start your weekend, listen to the latest compilation of music from the artists we’ve featured last week on BestNewBands.com. “Hook, Line & Sinner” – Texas in July Lauren Novik started the weekend off by interviewing metal-based Texas in July. Here’s some of

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Weekend Playlist – Jan. 7, 2011

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Welcome to the first Weekend Playlist of 2011! Review some of the musical events from the week with these 10 fresh tracks… “Dumb (Live at the WOW Hall)” – Medium Troy Monica Christoffels began 2011 at the WOW Hall with Medium Troy. Monica wrote, “The aptly-dubbed ‘Kings of the WOW Hall’ certainly lived up to

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2010′s Last Weekend Playlist

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As we welcome the new year, BestNewBands.com would like to take one last look at the magical, music-filled year that was 2010. photo credit: Jesse Diener-Bennett “Babies” – Via Audio Jesse Diener-Bennett caught Via Audio in concert earlier this month, and had this to say: “Via Audio ended their set with ‘Babies,’ which features the

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BestNewBands.com’s Holiday Playlist 2010

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Holiday season is in full swing, and we at BestNewBands.com invite you to grab your hot cocoa and get into the Christmas spirit with this alternative holiday playlist. “Got Something For You” – Best Coast & Wavves Best Coast is a nominee for Best Artist of 2010 (vote for them here). Claire Gallagher reviewed the

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Weekend Playlist – Best Songs of 2010

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photo credit: Sherene Hilal Before we count down to 2011, we’re picking out some of the best songs of 2010. Which was your favorite? Vote now for your favorite song of 2010! “Rope” – ArpLine In an interview with Sherene Hilal, vocalist Sam Tyndall said, “‘Rope’ is one kind of sound that we like. We

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Weekend Playlist – Best Artists of 2010

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photo credit: Lauren Novik 2010’s slowly coming to an end, and at BNB we’re counting it down with a Best of 2010 Awards list. For this week’s playlist, here are songs from some of the nominees for Best Artist. “Janglin” – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros ES&MZ is no stranger to this site: the

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Weekend Playlist – November 26, 2010

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photo credit: Laurel Kathleen Happy Black Friday – or Buy Nothing Day, whichever you prefer. Before you start your holiday weekend, BNB invites you to check out this playlist of songs from the week’s featured artists. “Percussion Gun” – White Rabbits:On Saturday, Kristina Villarini shared her interview with White Rabbits. Here’s an excerpt of their

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Weekend Playlist: November 19, 2010

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photo credit: Liz Livengood Here are some tracks to relive a few of BNB’s musical happenings this week. “Fake Out (Glass Ghost Remix)” – Bear in Heaven“When We’re Dancing” – Twin Shadow On Monday, we released our weekly list of concert picks from across the country. Kristina Villarini picked Bear in Heaven’s show with Twin

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The Weekend Playlist for November 12, 2010

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photo credit – Kelly Knapp In our latest installment of the newly-revamped Weekend Playlist, we look back on some of the week’s posts, accompanied by music from our featured artists. Cameras – Matt and Kim:Last Saturday, Cervante Pope reviewed Sidewalks, the latest album from Matt and Kim. Cervante wrote, “The album opens with ‘Block After

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