Best New Bands » Blossoms 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 10 Albums You Might Have Missed In 2016 https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/10-albums-might-missed-2016/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/10-albums-might-missed-2016/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2016 08:38:04 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33998 London – It’s surprising quite how quickly the season of goodwill is upon us. Time, of course, marches on with the same precise regularity as it does week in week out yet the sense that days are accelerating away from you is never more keenly felt than in the run-up to Christmas. OK, you made

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/10-albums-might-missed-2016/feed/ 3 Glastonbury 2016: Day Two Coverage https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/glastonbury-2016-day-two-coverage/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/glastonbury-2016-day-two-coverage/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2016 22:47:36 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=31580 Somerset, UK – Glastonbury Festival kicked off for real on Friday after campers woke up to sunny intervals vying with overcast skies and a muddy terrain, though no worse than it was the day before. All the stages opened today so festival goers were hit with those “mission impossible” schedules. A high class problem. Talking of problems, this

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  1. Glastonbury 2016: Day One Coverage Somerset, UK - 2016′s Glastonbury Festival opened its gates on Wednesday followed by tales of up to 12 hour queues to get onsite, along with the combination of rain and people on already well-watered land, turning the lush pastures of Worthy Farm into a...
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  3. Glastonbury Announces 2016 Emerging Talent Competition London – Glastonbury Festival has just announced details of its Emerging Talent Competition 2016, giving new UK and Ireland-based acts of any musical genre the chance to compete for a spot on one of the main stages at this summer’s...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/glastonbury-2016-day-two-coverage/feed/ 0 New Bands to See at Glastonbury Festival 2016 https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/10-new-bands-see-glastonbury-festival-2016/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/10-new-bands-see-glastonbury-festival-2016/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2016 05:25:53 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=31430 London – Having condensed this year’s Glastonbury Festival line-up to a mere 36 A4 pages of 10-point type, the red pen quickly runs out as you mark down all those must-see acts from tempting newcomers to sure-fire headliners. Mindful that your name isn’t Marty McFly, or the good Doctor for that matter, the process of scheduling who

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/10-new-bands-see-glastonbury-festival-2016/feed/ 0 Blossoms – More Than Psychedelic https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/time-season-interview-blossoms/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/time-season-interview-blossoms/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2015 13:52:03 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=23170 Austin – “Excellent choice,” said Charlie Salt, bass player for Blossoms, when he saw The Zombies playing on my Spotify. It wasn’t a coincidence—before our interview I had been double-checking my suspicion that The Zombies were a primary source for Blossoms’ music.  (Ed., Best New Bands’ interview with Blossoms took place during last month’s SXSW.)

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  3. Springtime Carnivore Blossoms At Great American Music Hall San Francisco – This week saw the very beginning of an extensive tour in which indie mainstays The Dodos share the stage with Bay Area newcomers Springtime Carnivore.  Springtime Carnivore is the ‘nom de tune’ of Greta Morgan, a circus...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/time-season-interview-blossoms/feed/ 1 More SXSW: Ghostface Killah, Blossoms And Much More https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sxsw-ghostface-killah-blossoms-much-more/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sxsw-ghostface-killah-blossoms-much-more/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2015 00:46:26 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22702 Austin – Wednesday was—fingers crossed—the most frustrating day schedule-wise at SXSW.  Attendees were forced to make painful choices between Elliphant and Shamir, and those of us that chose Elliphant ran into a line that wouldn’t budge. But the line was moving smoothly for the Ray Ban showcase at Boiler Room, and it wound up being

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