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, and eventually led him to create his own music. Hollebon’s time, energy, and devotion has
Glasgow - Scottish band WHITE recently set out to tour the U.K., with photographer Martin D Barker along for the ride. Together they documented the journey for Best New Bands. This was the first time the five-piece – comprised of singer Leo Condie, guitarists Hamish Fingland and Chris Potter, bassist Lewis Andrew, and drummer Kirstin Lynn – toured
London – Best New Bands’ Tony Hardy was one of forty U.K. based music writers invited by Glastonbury Festival to decide on a long list of 120 acts from thousands of entries to the 2016 Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent Competition. Once the long list was announced, a panel including festival hosts Michael & Emily Eavis next set about
Los Angeles – Nashville rockers The Wild Feathers knew they wanted to do something a little bit different for the follow-up to their 2013 self-titled debut. While their sound has had a bit of a rough around the edges quality, the four friends and bandmates wanted to tap into the raw, live sound they had created after
Chicago – Baltimore rapper Tate Kobang is ready to bring his city, er, cities to the mainstream hip hop game. Tate Kobang, born Joshua Goods, is a twenty-three year-old (soon-to-be twenty-four year-old, this April) Maryland native, who grew up on the streets of Northeast Baltimore, experiencing the pit-falls of poverty, as well as the joys of
London – With the next stage of the annual Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition is underway during which 120 new bands are whittled down to eight to appear at the live final, it seemed an appropriate time to think back to some of the other entries that caught my ear when helping to judge Round One. I
London – With the chance to compete for a spot on one of the main stages at the legendary Glastonbury Festival this June, the annual Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition is a key portal to help unsigned artists based in the U.K. or Ireland reach a wider audience. The contest is supported by PRS for Music and the
Los Angeles – First things first: James Supercave is not an actual person, but the result of a long running collaboration between three musicians based in Los Angeles. Joaquin Pastor, Patrick Logothetti, and Andrés Villalobos have been playing together for years, and for the last three years they have called their current project James Supercave. The band released its debut
Chicago – Canadian musician Jon Bryant has amassed a dedicated fan base through constant touring and the creation of beautiful, modern folk music, layered with rich textures and stirring vocals. In 2009, his critically acclaimed debut album, Two Coasts for Comfort, was the iTunes Singer/Songwriter Album of the Year in Canada. It was also nominated
Berlin – For those that were on the fence on the survival of electro-punk rock, fret not. The music industry – and many of its genres – is always subject to peaks and valleys. For fans of a certain sound, there have been questions as to who would arrive on the scene to save rock – specifically the