Best New Bands » Best New Bands, 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 London Grammar – If You Wait https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/london-grammar-if-you-wait/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/london-grammar-if-you-wait/#comments Sun, 20 Oct 2013 04:26:56 +0000   London – Managing to please everybody in an open plan office with your choice of music is a challenging feat. With as many different tastes as there are people, its neigh-on impossible to keep everybody happy (or indeed stop them from whinging).  However, without exception, no album has gone down on our floor as

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  1. 5 New Songs For The Week: Active Child, London Grammar And More Active Child – “Subtle” (Ft. Mikky Ekko)  Pat Grossi’s project, Active Child, returns with bravado on the new single “Subtle,” from his forthcoming EP Rapor. Don’t let the title fool you, there is nothing subtle about this synth-pop banger. Grossi...
  2. Mixtape 30: Javier Dunn, Heliotropes, London Grammar And More This week of marked the remainder of my wild ride at Northside Music Festival, where I saw the quirky Xenia Rubinos, the feel good jams of Sinkane, the untamed energy of Milk Music (who I still can’t get out of...
  3. Theophlius London’s Major Label Debut Doesn’t Reinvent The Wheel, But Sure Makes It Spin With much hype amongst hipsters and hip-hoppers, Theophilus London is back with his first major label record, Timez Are Weird These Days. With contributions from various of-the-moment producers (TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, Santigold’s John Hill), the 23-year-old Brooklyn...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/london-grammar-if-you-wait/feed/ 0 Gary Clark Jr. Shows Nashville That He’s Worth The Hype https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/gary-clark-jr-shows-nashville-that-he-s-worth-the-hype/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/gary-clark-jr-shows-nashville-that-he-s-worth-the-hype/#comments Sun, 20 Oct 2013 03:37:01 +0000 Nashville – Guitar virtuoso Gary Clark Jr. has gotten an outrageous amount of attention in the past few years. He was named Rolling Stone’s Best Young Gun, he has appeared alongside larger-than-life rockers like The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, and he’s even laid claim to May 3rd, the day dubbed “Gary Clark Jr. Day”

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  1. Gary Clark Jr. Shows What’s To Come on The Bright Lights EP Austin-based bluesman Gary Clark Jr. has a lot of responsibility on his shoulders. The guitarist has been anointed with the label of the leader of the local scene, offering a style that has at times been compared to Jimi Hendrix...
  2. 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...
  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...
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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...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-review-savages-at-acl-2013/feed/ 2 Album Review- Those Darlins, Blur The Line https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-those-darlins-blur-the-line/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-those-darlins-blur-the-line/#comments Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:11:03 +0000 Nashville – Those Darlins have been causing a bit of a stir in Nashville lately. It’s not necessarily for the music on their new album, Blur The Line, so much as its risqué cover art that shows more Darlin flesh than we’ll ever see of most people. Nashville’s iconic record store Grimey’s New and Pre-loved

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  1. Album Review: FIDLAR, Don’t Try As we wrote in our Artist of the Week category during SXSW, Los Angeles-based punk rockers FIDLAR are a new band on the rise. Though many outside the City of Angels have yet to familiarize themselves with the quartet, these...
  2. Album Review: Lissie – Covered Up With Flowers When Lissie exploded onto the scene in 2010 with her album Catching a Tiger, the Joss Stone, Janis Joplin, Grace Slick comparisons were the ones that were most thrown out, but journalists ran the gamut of clichéd comparisons like they...
  3. Album Review: Downtown Struts, Victoria Remember the ‘90s? Swing was a thing that people tried bring back and fooled many of us into following. Thanks Swingers! Dave Matthews Band, Spin Doctors and Creed were popular bands. Punk rock was having a revival. Not just a...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-those-darlins-blur-the-line/feed/ 0 Featured Artist: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-macklemore-and-ryan-lewis/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-macklemore-and-ryan-lewis/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:26:21 +0000 For one reason or another, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are two of the most polarizing figures in music (especially hip-hop) today. One reason may be because Macklemore doesn’t have the typical cred and qualities that go along with being a rapper would usually entail. He’s white, from Seattle (not exactly known as a hotbed for

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  1. Featured Artist: Capital Cities For the better part of the 21st Century, Craigslist has been used an abundance of things, both good and bad. As the modern day classifieds section, people looking for jobs, furniture and even bandmates can be had on the popular...
  2. Featured Artist: Ed Sheeran British-born Ed Sheeran has had the early success that most musicians dream of. When someone turns 21, at least in this country, they usually celebrate by heading to their local watering hole with their friends to celebrate reaching the age...
  3. Lewis Watson Announces NEW EP + “Into The Wild” Video Out Now! Lewis Watson will release The Wild EP, his third of a series of EPs via Warner Music, on April 2, 2013. The London-based songwriter is known to create music that emanates warmth and optimism and has quickly gained a massive international fanbase...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-macklemore-and-ryan-lewis/feed/ 0 Grave Babies Light Up Record Room in Portland https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/grave-babies-light-up-record-room-in-portland/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/grave-babies-light-up-record-room-in-portland/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 02:43:33 +0000   If you’re at all familiar with Grave Babies, lead singer Danny Wahlfel’s recent response to a question from IntoTheWoods.tv about song meaning might not be all that shocking— “They’re pretty much just all about depression and nihilism. A lot of nihilism going on.” That’s fair, considering the aesthetics of a band that’s LP (Crusher,

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  1. Night of the Living Grave Babies at Death by Audio I’ve never been bored at a Death by Audio show, and last night was no different. Perpetual Ritual, Grave Babies, Ganglians, and Xray Eyeballs all played great sets. These were all bands I had not seen live yet, and I...
  2. Grave Babies on Seattle’s Musical Influences and the Best Way to Die Before Grave Babies’ show at Death By Audio, I sat down with songwriter Danny Wahlfeldt, Tyler Robinson, Keith Whiteman, and Mitch Saulsberry, who regaled me with stories about everything from their beginnings in a basement to the best way to...
  3. Via Audio’s “Babies”: the Number One Song of 2010 Via Audio may have released “Babies” in late 2009, slightly ahead of the release of their 2010 album Animalore, but it caught your attention in 2010, and according to BestNewBands.com readers, it’s the Number One Song of the year. Tenth...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/grave-babies-light-up-record-room-in-portland/feed/ 0 The Postelles Let Loose in Chicago https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-postelles-let-loose-in-chicago/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-postelles-let-loose-in-chicago/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:17:40 +0000   Monday night shows usually bring a special type of crowd and The Postelles recent Chicago show at The Bottom Lounge was had exactly that. I followed the sound of screaming youngsters at this all ages event towards the stage and grabbed a spot off to the side. Perfect for watching the openers, Ambassadors and

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  1. The Postelles Release Preview ‘Pretend It’s Love’ From Upcoming Album On April 23, +1 Records will release …And It Shook Me, the follow-up to The Postelles’2011 self-titled debut album. The band will be previewing songs from the forthcoming record during a North American headline tour, which launches February 25 at...
  2. The Postelles Throw Some Rock at San Francisco’s Rickshaw Stop My night was kicked off with a line leading up to the front door of the Rickshaw Stop. This soon turned into a greeting from an individual who was convulsing and screaming his life philosophy “children below you must open...
  3. Cory Branan Gives Chicago A Night To Remember I’ve come to look at my ever growing record collection as a weird version of a high school yearbook. Lots of familiar faces, lots of memories triggered by opening tracks, and a signature here and there. Last night after 6...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-postelles-let-loose-in-chicago/feed/ 0 The Black Angels Premiere Indigo Meadow ‘Evil Things’ https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/the-black-angels-premiere-indigo-meadows-evil-things/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/the-black-angels-premiere-indigo-meadows-evil-things/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:45:34 +0000   Blue Horizon is excited to debut “Evil Things,” a new track from The Black Angels. The song is off their upcoming album Indigo Meadow, out April 2nd. RollingStone.com premiered ”Evil Things,” calling it “a heavy-duty headbanger built around a foreboding guitar riff.” The track is available now on iTunes as an instant download with pre-orders.    “Evil Things” focuses

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  1. The Black Angels Unveil Groundbreaking New Album Blue Horizon recording group The Black Angels have announced the upcoming release of their eagerly anticipated new album. Indigo Meadow will arrive in stores and online on April 2. The Black Angels’ most revelatory collection thus far, Indigo Meadow marks...
  2. The Black Angels Descend on Brooklyn Alex Maas of The Black Angels Last night was Halloween for many people, and for others, just the start of Halloween weekend. NYC was also surprised with an unseasonal amount of snow and icy rain, but a little bit of...
  3. Concert Review: The Black Angels Steal the Show at The Fox Theater The Black Angels in a haze of awesomeness. On Saturday night, I had the chance to see The Black Angels, Cold Cave, and The Kills at The Fox Theater in Pomona.  So I drove east to the city, parked in...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/the-black-angels-premiere-indigo-meadows-evil-things/feed/ 0 Skye Performs Futuristic Pop Wisdom at Joe’s Pub https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/skye-performs-futuristic-pop-wisdom-at-joe-s-pub/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/skye-performs-futuristic-pop-wisdom-at-joe-s-pub/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:28:15 +0000 It’s always interesting to see what similarities or disconnects form when the lead singer of a group breaks out on their own with brand new solo material. Inevitably, you’ll have hardcore fans who clamor for songs from the original outfit, and hopefully some new fans that are coming to the new material all fresh and

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  1. Rocky Votolato: A truly gifted lyricist and vocalist performs at The Troubadour Though I had never heard of the soft-spoken Rocky Votolato before last week, it was clear that he had plenty of fans in the audience when he walked onstage at The Troubadour Saturday night, and the room erupted in cheers and...
  2. Pollyn Performs at the Sunset Junction Street Fair in Los Angeles 8.21.10 I came across Pollyn when perusing the lineup for the Sunset Junction Street Fair. Held in Los Angeles Saturday August 21st through Sunday August 22nd, Sunset Junction features a full two days of artists, vendors, and bands (local, national, and...
  3. Radical Face Performs with a Choir at Brick and Mortar Last Thursday, Florida indie artist Ben Cooper (above) brought his project Radical Face to the Brick and Mortar Music Hall in San Francisco. When I first got to the venue The Albatross Choir from Oakland were already onstage creating joyful...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/skye-performs-futuristic-pop-wisdom-at-joe-s-pub/feed/ 0 The Airborne Toxic Event Showcase New Material at Berkeley Studios https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-airborne-toxic-event-showcase-new-material-at-berkeley-studios/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-airborne-toxic-event-showcase-new-material-at-berkeley-studios/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:30:41 +0000 Seeing a band perform in a small space can be very telling. When the number of attendees is less than 150 people, it’s easy to judge the ability of not only said band’s live show, but also how they’re able to connect with an audience in a room that would be just a hair bigger

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  2. Concert Review: The Airborne Toxic Event Exhilarates the Music Box Up into Hollywood, climbing streets, dodging pedestrians and stopped cars, I went. Only a few hours ago, it feels like years. Paid a stranger to take my car—strange, when you put it like that. I stood in front of The...
  3. Concert Review: The Airborne Toxic Event Plays Sin City Back in my hometown of Las Vegas, I had the privilege to see The Airborne Toxic Event play Sin City for their first time.  So, on this characteristically warm Sunday night I cruised through the refreshingly un-traffic-y streets and down...
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