Best New Bands » Youth Lagoon 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 Youth Lagoon Floods The Fillmore http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/youth-lagoon-floods-fillmore/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/youth-lagoon-floods-fillmore/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2015 01:08:46 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=28069 San Francisco – It seems like everyone has been getting sick lately.  I’ve been ill on-and-off for the past few weeks, the professors at my school have been canceling classes left and right, even my cat seems a little under the weather.  But a cold couldn’t hold back Trevor Powers and his project Youth Lagoon,

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  3. NO Makes an Imprint on The Satellite Before I delve into the details of this performance, I’d like to give a little preface. First of all, I have never, ever, seen Los Angeles’ venue The Satellite so packed for an opening band (and I go to a...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-of-the-best-new-bands-at-portlands-musicfestnw/feed/ 0 Mixtape 31 – Youth Lagoon, Dent May, Typhoon and More http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-31-youth-lagoon-dent-may-typhoon-and-more/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-31-youth-lagoon-dent-may-typhoon-and-more/#comments Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:12:54 +0000 Time feels like it’s starting to slow in the summer heat, and maybe because it’s also too hot to headbang, this week’s mix is more on the chill vibe. Make your mind wander with psych folkers Rose Windows, who was the subject of both a live review and an album review. Both were highly effusive

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  1. Mixtape 17: – The Black Angels – Django Django – Youth Lagoon And More The post-SXSW recovery still seemed to be resonating this past week, but there’s still been some new music news; not the least of which is Ryan Adams forming a punk band called Pornography. The Black Angels were profiled as our...
  2. Album Review: Youth Lagoon, Wondrous Bughouse   Wondrous Bughouse is the rare sophomore album that almost completely rewrites the sonic signature of the artist who created it. Even serious fans of Trevor Powers will find some of these new songs close to unrecognizable thanks to the...
  3. Youth Lagoon to Tour Europe and the U.S. This Spring Youth Lagoon Tour Dates   01/19: The Crocodile, Seattle01/20: Biltmore, Vancouver01/21: Doug Fir, Portland02/23: Paradiso Upstairs, Amsterdam02/24: Gebäude 9, Koln02/25: Point Ephemere, Paris02/27: Botanique/Rotonde, Brussels02/28: 59 To 1, Munich02/29: Postbahnhof (Small Room), Berlin03/02: Debaser, Stockholm03/03: Vega – Small Room, Copenhagen03/04:...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-31-youth-lagoon-dent-may-typhoon-and-more/feed/ 0 Mixtape 17: – The Black Angels – Django Django – Youth Lagoon And More http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-17-the-black-angels-django-django-youth-lagoon-and-more/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-17-the-black-angels-django-django-youth-lagoon-and-more/#comments Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:30:45 +0000 The post-SXSW recovery still seemed to be resonating this past week, but there’s still been some new music news; not the least of which is Ryan Adams forming a punk band called Pornography. The Black Angels were profiled as our Featured Artist, We Were Lovers talked about fulfilling their musical vision, and their upcoming album

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  2. Live Review: Django Django at Seattle’s Neptune Theater It’s been a very long time since I’ve been to a concert. Sure, I go to plenty of gigs and shows, but going to Django Django’s concert at Seattle’s Neptune Theater on March 20 definitely felt like unfamiliar, or at...
  3. Youth Lagoon to Tour Europe and the U.S. This Spring Youth Lagoon Tour Dates   01/19: The Crocodile, Seattle01/20: Biltmore, Vancouver01/21: Doug Fir, Portland02/23: Paradiso Upstairs, Amsterdam02/24: Gebäude 9, Koln02/25: Point Ephemere, Paris02/27: Botanique/Rotonde, Brussels02/28: 59 To 1, Munich02/29: Postbahnhof (Small Room), Berlin03/02: Debaser, Stockholm03/03: Vega – Small Room, Copenhagen03/04:...
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