Best New Bands » Daniela Montelongo https://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 Atlas Genius and Imagine Dragons Shake The Ground in Chicago https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/atlas-genius-and-imagine-dragons-shake-the-ground-in-chicago/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/atlas-genius-and-imagine-dragons-shake-the-ground-in-chicago/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:00:45 +0000 I was lucky enough to get into to the first of two sold out Atlas Genius and Imagine Dragon shows at the House of Blues in Chicago this past week. As I took my place in the photo pit I was able to take a moment and survey the crowd. While the main floor was

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  1. Album Review: Atlas Genius – When It Was Now   Whoever said hard work doesn’t pay off is a liar. Nearly four years ago in Adelaide, Australian brothers Keith, Michael and Steven Jeffery decided they wanted to form a band. Without any songs in their pocket, they chose their...
  2. Atlas Genius Announces Its First-Ever U.S. Tour Dates Atlas Genius – the Adelaide, Australia-based indie band that had sold more than 50,000 downloads of its breakout hit “Trojans” before signing to Warner Bros. Records earlier this year – will kick off its first-ever U.S. tour on August 11 with...
  3. Atlas Genius Sign To WBR “Like an invitation you weren’t expecting to get, Atlas Genius knocks on your door and creeps into your peripheries in stealth mode,” said Neon Gold shortly after the then-unsigned new band put “Trojans“ on SoundCloud last year, offering it for sale via...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/atlas-genius-and-imagine-dragons-shake-the-ground-in-chicago/feed/ 0 Gaslight Anthem, Cory Branan Rock The Riviera Theater In Chicago https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/gaslight-anthem-cory-branan-rock-the-riviera-theater/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/gaslight-anthem-cory-branan-rock-the-riviera-theater/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:26:55 +0000   When I first heard that The Gaslight Anthem was playing Chicago, I knew their fans would be excited. Besides festival appearances this would be the band’s first headlining show in over two years.  What really caught my attention was when I saw who the two opening act were: The Bouncing Souls and Cory Branan.

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  1. Cory Branan Gives Chicago A Night To Remember I’ve come to look at my ever growing record collection as a weird version of a high school yearbook. Lots of familiar faces, lots of memories triggered by opening tracks, and a signature here and there. Last night after 6...
  2. Cory Branan and Dave Hause: Two Talented Storytellers on a Monday Night In Chicago Whenever a band or musician says that “tonight’s crowd is the best” I always have a tendency to question how true that actually is. However, last night when both Cory Branan and Dave Hause made that bold statement about the...
  3. Album Review: The Gaslight Anthem, Handwritten 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,...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/gaslight-anthem-cory-branan-rock-the-riviera-theater/feed/ 0 The Postelles Let Loose in Chicago https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-postelles-let-loose-in-chicago/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-postelles-let-loose-in-chicago/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:17:40 +0000   Monday night shows usually bring a special type of crowd and The Postelles recent Chicago show at The Bottom Lounge was had exactly that. I followed the sound of screaming youngsters at this all ages event towards the stage and grabbed a spot off to the side. Perfect for watching the openers, Ambassadors and

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  1. The Postelles Release Preview ‘Pretend It’s Love’ From Upcoming Album On April 23, +1 Records will release …And It Shook Me, the follow-up to The Postelles’2011 self-titled debut album. The band will be previewing songs from the forthcoming record during a North American headline tour, which launches February 25 at...
  2. The Postelles Throw Some Rock at San Francisco’s Rickshaw Stop My night was kicked off with a line leading up to the front door of the Rickshaw Stop. This soon turned into a greeting from an individual who was convulsing and screaming his life philosophy “children below you must open...
  3. Cory Branan Gives Chicago A Night To Remember I’ve come to look at my ever growing record collection as a weird version of a high school yearbook. Lots of familiar faces, lots of memories triggered by opening tracks, and a signature here and there. Last night after 6...
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  1. Crazy Awesome Empire of the Sun at Chicago’s Congress Theater Dance party? Check. Crazy awesome theatrical costumes? Check. Empire of the Sun taking Chicago’s Congress Theater this past Wednesday evening? Double check. Having missed my last opportunity to see Empire of the Sun at last year’s Lollapalooza there was no...
  2. Grace Woodroofe’s Talents Shine at Mercury Lounge Grace Woodroofe Grace Woodroofe’s set at Mercury Lounge proved she was a singer who can hold an audience’s attention without trying too hard. That’s not to say she didn’t put all of herself into her performance, but what came out...
  3. Cory Chisel Rocks The Empty Bottle After Conquering Chicago During The Day Chicago in the summer is easily my favorite place to be, not only because we get a nice break from usual all around crappy weather, but also because of our street fests that take place seemingly every weekend. These festivals...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/grace-potter-and-langhorne-slim-please-the-crowd-in-chicago/feed/ 0 Daniela Montelongo’s Top Albums of 2012 https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/daniela-montelongos-top-albums-of-2012/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/daniela-montelongos-top-albums-of-2012/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:26:33 +0000 As part of our year-end wrapup of new bands, the staff has put together their top moments of 2012 and are sharing them with you, enjoy! 5. Mutt- Cory Branan I have always thought of Cory as my favorite storyteller who just happens to play a mean guitar. Often times doing things with a guitar

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  1. Fredrik Delivers One Of The Most Experimental Albums Of The Year Over the past several years, European indie pop outfits have become popular in the U.S. With their third full-length album, Swedish electro-folk trio Fredrik plan on making the transition to become one of the latest in this line of successful...
  2. Top-5 Shows of 2011 – Daniela Montelongo I saw several hundred bands in 2011. I had no idea how to narrow it down to the top 5 best live performances (in no particular order until the final one) I saw this year, but here is my attempt....
  3. Top-5 Albums of 2011 – Katrina Nattress Editor’s Note: As a special for the last week of 2011, BestNewBands.com is running lists of our writer’s top-5 albums of 2011. Because it’s the end of the year and because we want to find out what our writers really...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/daniela-montelongos-top-albums-of-2012/feed/ 0 On An On Electrifies Schubas https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/on-an-on-electrifies-schubas/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/on-an-on-electrifies-schubas/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:52:36 +0000 I hadn’t been to a weekend show at Chicago’s Schubas in sometime. That being said, I was excited to go see On an On this past Friday. By the time I walked through the main bar part squeezing through the drinking folk and opened the doors to enter the back room, I remembered why I

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  1. Dead Man Winter – Live At Schubas In Chicago Being from the Midwest I have grown accustomed to changing the type of music I predominately listen to based on the season. Luckily, most of the time my transition month or so leads me searching for new bands that can...
  2. Yellow Ostrich & Peter Wolf Crier take Schubas do312 in Chicago Yellow Ostrich If Animal Collective, Vampire Weekend, and Morning Benders, had a love child and added a shot of whiskey, you would get Yellow Ostrich.  Last night, Schubas do312 proudly celebrated their one year anniversary, and I had the pleasure...
  3. U.S. Bloody Royalty That’s Who I wish I could simply write, “I don’t have words to describe what I saw and experienced last night at the U.S. Royalty show,” however, that would be a very boring way to sum up everything I saw from this...
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  1. Artist of the Week: Sleigh Bells Since they formed in 2008, Brooklyn’s Sleigh Bells have been one of the most popular and acclaimed new bands to hit the scene. With the release of their second album, Reign of Terror, in February on Mom + Pop Records,...
  2. Sleigh Bells are Coming to SB In the music world, everyone is always looking for something new. We get nostalgic about the past and enjoy the present, but what really excites us always the thought of what will come next. In truth, most new music piggybacks...
  3. Javelin Announces Nationwide Tour With Sleigh Bells Releases Limited Edition Javelin and Javelin 2 12”s Digitally Brooklyn-based beat makers Javelin will embark on a coast to coast tour with Sleigh Bells, including a headlining NYC date at Brooklyn Bowl. The group recently returned to SXSW this year for a week of...
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  1. Imagine Dragons Wow The Independent in San Francisco Years from now, when Las Vegas-based Imagine Dragons are playing to sold out arenas and aren’t considered a new band; fans will look back on nights like Tuesday at the Independent in San Francisco and wonder why they weren’t there....
  2. Leona Laurie meets the Riot Police at Hard Fest 2009 Another treat from our recently restored archives is our highest-trafficked article of 2009: Leona Laurie’s account of the abortive Hard Fest at the LA Forum… Well, I don’t feel stupid anymore about buying tickets to San Diego’s Street Scene after...
  3. Surf-Rock Riot with Beach Fossils at Music Hall of Williamsburg This past Friday night was one of the more memorable shows I’ve been to at Music Hall of Williamsburg. I’ve been to a decent amount of shows here, and I can’t say I’ve ever had a bad time, but I’ve...
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  1. Leona Laurie meets the Riot Police at Hard Fest 2009 Another treat from our recently restored archives is our highest-trafficked article of 2009: Leona Laurie’s account of the abortive Hard Fest at the LA Forum… Well, I don’t feel stupid anymore about buying tickets to San Diego’s Street Scene after...
  2. Frank Turner Rocks Reading Fest, And Soon, L.A.! Reading and Leeds festivals had about a trillion and one amazing musical acts to satisfy anyone and everyone’s musical appetites- but hands down my favorite live performance (and let me tell you- it was a tough decision!) was Frank Turner...
  3. Festival Alert: FMLY Fest ‘Tis the season to be merry, and what better way to do so than rock out to some of the country’s best new bands. FMLY Fest is the third annual installment of the organization’s self-proclaimed “biggest, wildest, friendliest D.I.T. (do-it-together)...
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  3. Pepper Rabbit Hops Through Oregon and Washington with Ra Ra Riot Pepper Rabbit’s off to quite a busy 2011 so far: after releasing their debut album, Beauregard, late last year, the duo of Xander Singh and Luc Laurent has played a non-stop string of shows with the likes of Passion Pit,...
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