Louisville KY – The Forecastle Festival will return this summer led by Louisville hometown heroes My Morning Jacket; soulful breakout star, Sam Smith; southern rock heavyweights, Widespread Panic; and indie veterans, Modest Mouse. The three-day music celebration, now in its 13th year, will take place July 17-19, at the award-winning Waterfront Park, a sweeping green space on the banks of the Ohio River framed by the
Austin – Six months have elapsed between the U.S. and British releases of Wanted on Voyage, George Ezra’s debut record on Columbia, so that the U.S. release could be synchronized with Ezra’s breakout radio hit, “Budapest,” and his first North American tour. (Ed., Best New Bands spoke with Ezra recently; our interview will be published
Los Angeles – While Alex Calder may be the lesser-known artist to come out of the goofball rock band Makeout Videotape, he is well on his way to carving out his own prominent space in the indie rock world. Calder’s most famous former Makeout Videotape colleague is none other than the crowned prince of slacker
San Francisco – Brooklyn quartet HAERTS burst onto the scene with the release of their 2013 EP Hemiplegia, beckoning listeners into a sugar-tinged realm of bustling pop and heartfelt melancholy. With the release of their self-titled debut last fall, they have already solidified a concrete position as one of the most fascinating new pop bands
New York – Jib Kidder’s bandcamp bio reads “no genre, no hometown, hard to pin down since Y2K.” This is true: Sean Schuster-Craig has lived all over the country (grew up in Georgia, spent time in the Midwest and on the West Coast, currently based in New York) and experimented with genres from Southern hip-hop
Nashville – Electro-pop duo Generationals answered the call of expectant fans at Cannery Row’s the High Watt—a sister venue to the legendary Mercy Lounge. Best New Bands reviewed Alix, their latest studio album (via Polyvinyl) in September, and the band stopped by Nashville in order to promote this most recent release. Although they remained faithful
Los Angeles – With Weird Moons being Jack Name’s second album in two years, the enigmatic artist is displaying the trademark prolificacy of his peers on the Castle Face Records roster. Released this week, the follow-up to Light Show is a short album which explores a variety of niches within the psychedelic genre, while never
Los Angeles – Electronic rock trio Geographer performed to a bouncy crowd on Saturday night at The El Rey. They’ve embarked on this small headlining tour in order to introduce new songs off their forthcoming third LP, Ghost Modern due out in March. This marks the San Francisco band’s first material since 2012’s Myth. No
Los Angeles – Des Moines singer-songwriter Max Jury is excited to announce his Spring North American headlining tour dates today. The tour begins on April 9 in Minneapolis before heading throughout the Midwest and East Coast, including a show on April 15 at the Mercury Lounge. For the full list of Max Jury’s tour dates, please see below. Jury
Chicago – Every winter, music lovers across the Windy City refuse to let bone chilling temperatures, icy streets, and snowy sidewalks ruin their fun… especially when it comes to the annual Tomorrow Never Knows Festival! TNK Fest was created by Schubas and Lincoln Hall but expands beyond their doors to include the Metro, Athenaeum Theatre,