Best New Bands » Austin City Limits https://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Live Review: Savages at Austin City Limits Festival 2013 https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-review-savages-at-acl-2013/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-review-savages-at-acl-2013/#comments Sat, 19 Oct 2013 21:25:56 +0000 Austin – Watching Savages perform live is a necessary, energizing experience, a group bringing together the powerful guitar riffs of Gemma Thompson and invigorating percussive sounds from Fay Milton. Frontwoman Jehnny Beth leads the group with a strong, deep vocal component, sharing lyrics that are dark and simple, but never alienating to listeners. The fast

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  1. Live Review: Haim At Austin City Limits Festival Austin – The sisters Haim (rhymes with time), rocked the main stage on Saturday afternoon at Austin City Limits this year, riding high off the release of their debut album, “Days Are Gone“, just two weeks ago. The twentysomething San...
  2. Album Review: Savages, Silence Yourself   When it comes to Savages’ debut album Silence Yourself only one thing is certain: this is a confrontational piece of music. It’s a smack of spittle to the face; the recoil of a revolver blast; the hang time of...
  3. Austin City Limits After Show: GAYNGS It’s hard to believe that Austin City Limits is nearly over! Last night I had the pleasure of seeing GAYNGS at an ACL after show at Emo’s in Austin’s Red River district The show opened up with Brooklyn-based Indie outfit...
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  1. Sisters Act Haim To Release Eagerly Awaited Debut LP Sept. 30 Los Angeles-based Haim, signed earlier this year to Columbia Records, will release their first album, Days Are Gone, on September 30, following three earlier EPs  Sisters Este, Danielle and Alana Haim recorded the LP in LA with producers Ariel Rechtshaid...
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  3. Album Review: Haim – Days Are Gone Los Angeles – The ‘90s are back. If a trip to Urban Outfitters doesn’t convince you, this album will. Haim (pronounced High-im) is comprised of sisters Este, Danielle and Alana Haim, 27, 24 and 21 respectively, and drummer Dash Hutton, and...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-review-haim-at-austin-city-limits-festival/feed/ 1 Gary Clark Jr. Announces Album Release Date https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/gary-clark-jr-announces-album-release-date/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/gary-clark-jr-announces-album-release-date/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:19:51 +0000 As we highlighted this week in our Artist of the Week profile, Gary Clark Jr. has an album that’s been a long time coming, but it finally has a firm release date. Though it’s yet to be titled, the long-anticipated full-length debut album for Warner Bros. will be coming out October 23. The album, for

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  1. Artist of the Week: Gary Clark Jr. Sometimes when a talent is too good and great beyond his years, it’s impossible to not take notice. In fact, people often times take greatness for granted when it seems far too routine. Thankfully, Austin’s Gary Clark Jr. is a...
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  3. Q&A: Gary Clark Jr. You wouldn’t know it by the way he plays the guitar, but Gary Clark Jr. is as soft-spoken as they come. Though have labeled Clark Jr. as the leader of the Austin rock movement, you could would never tell by...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/gary-clark-jr-announces-album-release-date/feed/ 0 4 Picks For The Austin City Limits Festival is this weekend!!! https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/4-picks-for-the-austin-city-limits-festival-is-this-weekend/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/4-picks-for-the-austin-city-limits-festival-is-this-weekend/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:24:22 +0000 So why is a picture of Stevie Wonder on a site called BestNewBands.com? Because he’s Steve F-ing Wonder that’s why and because he, along with some notable BestNewBands.com alumna, is playing the Austin City Limits festival this weekend. If you’re any where near the festival, stop what you’re doing and get the best possible vantage

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  2. Weekend Playlist – June 3, 2011 Start your weekend off right with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com! “The Heron and the Fox” – Little Scream Kelly Knapp interviewed Laurel Sprengelmeyer aka Little Scream – here’s some of their conversation: Kelly Knapp: How would...
  3. Weekend Playlist – May 20, 2011 Start your weekend off right with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com! “Say Goodbye” – Falcon Liz Livengood reviewed the band’s self-released album, Disappear. Liz wrote, “I listened to Falcon’s self-released album, Disappear, one morning while puttering around....
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/4-picks-for-the-austin-city-limits-festival-is-this-weekend/feed/ 0 ANNOUNCING THE BEST LIVE SHOWS OF 2010! https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/announcing-the-best-live-shows-of-2010/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/announcing-the-best-live-shows-of-2010/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:00:00 +0000 You voted, and the votes are tallied. Here’s the list of the Top Ten Best Live Shows of 2010! #10: TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL / SASQUATCH!– TIE When Kelly Montgomery hit Sasquatch! this year, she returned with terrific photos and a great round-up of the acts she managed to squeeze in. Here’s how she kicked

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  1. ANNOUNCING THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2010! You did it! You voted, and now we can share the list of the Top Ten Albums of 2010– according to YOU! The National performs at Sasquatch! 2010 #10: HIGH VIOLET BY THE NATIONAL When Kelly Montgomery reported on Sasquatch!...
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/delta-spirit-rock-the-music-box-and-a-conversation-with-matthew-vasquez/feed/ 0 Bear In Heaven Receive a Hero’s Welcome in Brooklyn https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/bear-in-heaven-receive-a-heros-welcome-in-brooklyn/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/bear-in-heaven-receive-a-heros-welcome-in-brooklyn/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Last night Bear In Heaven returned home… To the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. The indie sensation played for a sold-out crowd eager to bop and sway to their brand of danceable, experimental funk. The crowd was a varied bunch, from hipsters and audiophiles to the punk-rock sect that usually moshed to Dead Kennedys.

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/bear-in-heaven-receive-a-heros-welcome-in-brooklyn/feed/ 1 Austin City Limits After Show: GAYNGS https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/austin-city-limites-after-show-gayngs/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/austin-city-limites-after-show-gayngs/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:00:00 +0000 It’s hard to believe that Austin City Limits is nearly over! Last night I had the pleasure of seeing GAYNGS at an ACL after show at Emo’s in Austin’s Red River district The show opened up with Brooklyn-based Indie outfit Bear in Heaven. I didn’t make it in until about half-way through the set, but

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