Best New Bands » Banks 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 Best New Bands Announces 2014 Newbie Awards Nominees https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/best-new-bands-announces-2014-newbie-awards-nominees/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/best-new-bands-announces-2014-newbie-awards-nominees/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2014 02:44:13 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=20583 New York – BestNewBands.com, a top destination for reviews, interviews and news about the world’s best emerging recording artists, has announced the nominees of its 2014 Newbie Awards honoring the year’s best new band, male artist, female artist and album—plus one new category (Breakthrough Artist), as determined by a poll of the site’s editorial staff.

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  1. BestNewBands.com Announces Its 2013 Newbie Awards Nominees Whew…the sound you just heard wasn’t a sigh.  It was simply us catching our breath after tabulating the votes from our writers for the nominees of our second annual Newbie Awards, honoring the top new band, female, male and album of...
  2. BestNewBands.com Announces Its 2013 Newbie Awards Winners New York – BestNewBands.com has announced the winners of its 2013 Newbie Awards, to honor the year’s top new artists in a variety of categories, as determined by a poll of the site’s editorial staff and readers: Best New Band:...
  3. Catching Up With The 2012 Newbie Awards Winners We didn’t know what to expect when we asked our writers one year ago to nominate their favorite new artists of 2012 for our inaugural Newbie Awards.  In November, we identified the categories—New Band, Male, Female, Album and Song—and then...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/best-new-bands-announces-2014-newbie-awards-nominees/feed/ 2 Recap: 4 New Bands At Treasure Island Festival https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/recap-6-new-bands-treasure-island-festival/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/recap-6-new-bands-treasure-island-festival/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2014 04:05:41 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=19743 San Francisco – This year’s Treasure Island Music Festival boasted one of the most interesting lineups of the year, promising sets from a lot of seasoned veterans across a multitude of genres, including OutKast, Massive Attack, TV on the Radio, and The New Pornographers, just to name a few.  The festival’s two stages—named the Bridge

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  1. 5 New Bands At Treasure Island Music Festival San Francisco – Treasure Island Music Festival has been a staple of the bay area ever since its inaugural event, held in 2007.  Since then the festival has seen headliners such as Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Modest Mouse, and LCD...
  2. 3 Of The Best New Bands At Way Over Yonder Festival Los Angeles – The recent Way Over Yonder music festival was by far the most relaxed southern California festival of the 2014 season. What a relief to have no long lines, no huge crowds, and no massive venue to navigate....
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/recap-6-new-bands-treasure-island-festival/feed/ 1 5 New Bands At Treasure Island Music Festival https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-treasure-island-music-festival/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-treasure-island-music-festival/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2014 08:45:43 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=19650 San Francisco – Treasure Island Music Festival has been a staple of the bay area ever since its inaugural event, held in 2007.  Since then the festival has seen headliners such as Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Modest Mouse, and LCD Soundsystem.  This year they’ve tapped Outkast and Massive Attack as headliners, and while they both

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