Chicago – I’ve been sitting in Starbucks, staring at my MacBook, for about an hour, trying to figure out how to best describe what it’s like to witness Diarrhea Planet wreak havoc. There’s a whole lot of stage diving, crowdsurfing, moshing, thrashing, hair flying, hair pulling, beer tossing, sweat dripping, shouting and screaming, stage climbing, and of
New York – The six musicians that make up folk punk band, Skinny Lister (Lorna Thomas, Daniel Heptinstall, Maxwell Thomas, Michael Camino, Thom Mills and Sam Brace), are striking while the iron is hot and have released a new single, “This Is War,” from their soon-to-arrive second album, Down On Deptford Broadway. (Fans of Skinny Lister
Chicago – Last year The Preatures caught the attention of music lovers worldwide when the single “Is This How You Feel?” catapulted the Australian band into the limelight. The Sydney five-piece – comprised of Isabella ‘Izzi’ Manfredi on vocals and keys, Gideon Bensen on vocals and guitar, Jack Moffitt on lead guitar, Thomas Champion on
Nashville – With more than just a spring in their step, the upbeat indie-pop MisterWives played a sold-out set at the High Watt as a part of their 2015 spring tour. Their tour dates follow swiftly behind the release of their debut LP, Our Own House (via Photo Finish Records), which dropped a little more
Chicago - Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers, the San Francisco sextet that beautifully blends together the colors of indie rock, soul, a touch of blues and a nice layer of folk, will be traveling to Chicago and making themselves at home for more than a single show! Strewn amidst other performances on their current tour, the
Seattle – Since forming as a joke at a party at Whitman College, Chastity Belt has become a serious new force in the music industry. Yet even though their second LP, Time To Go Home, which dropped this week on Hardly Art, is filled with mature, insightful lyrics, the feminist four-piece still doesn’t take itself
Los Angeles – One thing is for sure – London’s Palma Violets have the swagger and stage theatrics that is the inevitable byproduct of being critically lauded from the moment their first song was released. The infamously trigger-happy British music magazine NME cast Palma Violets into the pantheon of “next big things” in 2012 when
New York - George Ezra, the fast rising indie artist from London, who got everyone talking with the single, “Budapest,” is not letting any momentum pass him by! (Existing fans of Ezra will remember Best New Bands contributor, Sean Kayden, reviewing Ezra’s performance in Los Angeles last month, as well as our feature on Ezra from earlier in the year.) The
Chicago – On a hazy Sunday night, music lovers and beer drinkers found themselves dancing to The Living Statues’ rock ‘n’ roll, thanks to Schubas’ 100% Off Bands, a series of free local shows, which touts $2 beers and a good time. The Living Statues drew quite the crowd, especially considering they’re not exactly local.
New York – Liturgy was a different sort of metal band from the start, when their debut album Renihilation came out in 2009. Renihilation sounded like a black metal album, with its witch’s howl screaming and torrential tremolo guitars and shotgun-blast drumming, but there was something else happening as well; it sounded transcendent, like someone