San Francisco – Singer-songwriter Nika Roza Danilova—aka Zola Jesus—kicked off her 2014 tour at this city’s delightfully kitschy supper club/music venue Bimbo’s 365 the other night, supporting her brand new (and fifth) studio album, Taiga. Bimbo’s is somewhat of a unique venue, boasting candlelit tables pasted amongst platforms rising up from the dance floor. Taiga
As we’ve discussed before, most notably in our SXSW coverage, The Weeks are a band to watch for. There is much to say about this raucous group of four and their extremely talented surrogate keyboardist Alex Collier who has taken a full forward position on their latest album Dear Bo Jackson. The latest effort by
Bands these days seem to think more is better, recruiting a menagerie of musicians to create extravagant, sweeping soundscapes in a desperate attempt to “get known.” They alter genres and stock up on effect pedals, hoping someone will notice how experimental and different they are. Does this work? Sometimes, yes. But there is something to
We generally premiere MP3s and music videos on BestNewBands.com, but today we are ecstatic to present you loyal readers with an exclusive full stream of The Hectors’ debut full-length, Her Dark Majesty. With a split 7” single and 5-song EP already under their belts, the Los Angeles-based indie rockers have built up a good
It’s been a quiet few years for Portland, Oregon-based duo The Helio Sequence. The two-piece, comprised of singer/guitarist Brandon Summers and drummer Benjamin Weikel, have released four studio LPs, the last being 2008’s Keep Your Eyes Ahead. In the four years since the electro-folk-pop outfit’s last album, the guys have kept a low profile, but
Since its lauded 2009 release, Bit Orca, Dirty Projectors have left its fans nervously twiddling their thumbs in anticipation for a follow-up. After announcing that they were, in fact, working on their sixth album, the Brooklyn-based experimental indie rockers have been gradually releasing tracks to keep up the hype around one of the summer’s most
Like most of us, Brent Knopf watches a lot of YouTube videos, only he’s not watching kittens playing piano. Rather, his tastes err on the more experimental side of things—like people who attempt perpetual motion machines using magnets. “I love that they’re trying to harness an endless supply of energy,” says the Ramona Falls frontman,
It’s been a long strange trip for Alexander Ebert. Before he formed the much buzzed about new band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, he was the frontman for Ima Robot. But after the band dissolved, nobody would have thought that Ebert would not only reemerge, but also come back with a band that was
Though the band has yet to release a proper album, Milo Greene has been busy nestling into the niche it made itself beside fellow Los Angeles psych/folkers Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros and Local Natives. The quintet has already won over the hearts of many in its hometown of LA, and it’s on the
GOLD MOTEL has announced the release date of new self-titled release. The band’s second album will be out July 3rd on their Good As Gold imprint with the band’s new partner, Thirty Tigers. The press announcement was made today, but the band leaked a teaser video of the new material last night so their fans