New York – NYC band, Public Access T.V. Has just announced the US release of their debut EP via Terrible Records. The Public Access EP will be available digitally on May 12, 2015 and on vinyl June 16, 2015. In anticipation of these releases, the band has now shared a video for their single, “Metropolis.” The video was directed
Chicago – Last weekend marked the seventh annual Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, better known as CIMMfest, and as usual, close to a hundred bands filled the city with amazing music. Saturday night, Best New Bands made sure to catch the CIMMfest show at The Empty Bottle, which featured one of the best line-ups
Los Angeles – Speedy Ortiz’s Foil Deer kicks off with a measured, angular guitar riff that descends into discordant noise and then suddenly halts, allowing Sadie Dupuis’ attention-getting vocal work to take center stage for a few seconds. While the song, “Good Neck,” never makes it to the two-minute mark, serves as the perfect encapsulation
New York - Charli XCX and Bleachers, both featured artists with Best New Bands, have announced today, that they will be teaming up for a co-headlining tour during the summer starting off this July in San Diego, CA. BØRNS will be supporting as well. Having starred together previously on Complex’s In-Ride Sessions: Charli XCX and Jack Antonoff Trade Remixes, Charli and
Seattle – On Sunday night at The Vera Project, audience members were privy to Kaleo’s first headlining show in the Emerald City. Following a sold-out show with Vance Joy just a few days before at the Showbox, the Icelandic folk-rock quartet rocked Seattle’s all-ages music and arts center with a memorable performance. “The devil’s gonna make
Los Angeles – Elektra Records has just announced the addition of New Orleans-based, indie pop group, Royal Teeth, to its acclaimed roster. (The group was interviewed by Best New Bands back in 2012.) The quintet’s label debut is expected in 2016 and will be the band’s first new music since releasing 2013’s Glow, which featured the hit song, “Wild.”
Chicago – Every so often you discover a band in its infancy and enjoy the pleasures of watching it grow into something even more magical than ever imagined. The Ballroom Thieves are one such band for me. I first discovered the Boston trio of guitarist Martin Earley, percussionist Devin Mauch, and cellist Calin “Callie” Peters
Los Angeles – Rock duo, The Bots, announced today that they will be departing on tour this summer in support of an Incubus and Deftones co-headlining tour along with Death From Above 1979. The tour starts on July 22 in Clarkston, MI and finishes at the end of the summer on August 30 in San Diego, CA.
Nashville – California natives bound for Nashville, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers initiated the start of their brief move to Music City with a knockout performance at the Stone Fox. Bluhm, every part a country crooner with a sharp wit to boot, couldn’t have found a more perfect fit here. The band, despite lacking that
Los Angeles – Driving on Friday morning April 17th, Twin Shadow’s tour bus hit a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70 in Aurora, Colorado. The circumstances surrounding the accident are being investigated. There were 12 people on the tour bus consisting of band and crew. Everyone was taken to two local hospitals. At this time both driver John Crawford and