Best New Bands » Kara Goldfarb 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 Lewis Del Mar: After the Hype https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/lewis-del-mar/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/lewis-del-mar/#comments Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:05:22 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33155 New York - Max Hardwood and Danny Miller make up the experimental indie group Lewis Del Mar. A little over a year ago, the duo recorded and self-released its first single, “Loud(y),” from a two-room bungalow in Rockaway Beach, New York. While the “overnight success” story has commonly been debunked – there tends be a lot

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/lewis-del-mar/feed/ 1 Featured Artist: Vancouver Sleep Clinic https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/vancouver-sleep-clinic/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/vancouver-sleep-clinic/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2016 02:20:53 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33656 New York – Twenty-one year-old Tim Bettinson, better known as Vancouver Sleep Clinic, is a young Australian singer with a penchant for dreamy melodies and hard-hitting vocals. His debut EP, Winter, was self-released in 2014, and was followed by a sold out tour of Australia and Europe, due to its success. His forthcoming full length album,

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  1. Featured Artist: Reuben Hollebon Chicago – After putting countless hours in the studio, London based folk singer Reuben Hollebon is set to release his debut album Terminal Nostalgia. His obsessive need to create music began with engineering the songs of other artists, such as Basement Jaxx and Courtney Barnett,...
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/ultimate-painting-dusk/feed/ 0 Parquet Courts Brings The Heat https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/parquet-courts-brings-heat/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/parquet-courts-brings-heat/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2016 22:21:14 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32440 Brooklyn – Let’s talk about the heat. And no, that’s not in reference to the fiery passion Parquet Courts brought to the stage at Market Hotel on Saturday, August 13th (though there was that). No, that’s about the literal heat, made even warmer by the packed crowd who showed up at the sold out show to see the

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