Best New Bands » Bully 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 5 New Bands at Voodoo Music Festival Day 2 https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/voodoo-music-festival-day-2/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/voodoo-music-festival-day-2/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2016 23:02:29 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33633 New Orleans – Temperatures climbed to record highs on the second day of the 2016 edition of New Orleans’ Voodoo Music Festival, parching the ground and the collective thirst of the thousands of patrons that flooded through the gates to celebrate the central point of the event. While most of the attendees seemed to flock

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  1. 4 New Bands at Voodoo Music Festival Day 1 New Orleans – The face of New Orleans’ Voodoo Music Festival – formerly known as The Voodoo Experience – has changed many times over the past several years. The festival’s venue City Park – a state-run park that sits on...
  2. 6 New Bands to See at Voodoo 2016 New Orleans –  All Hallow’s Eve is upon us y’all, and for those living in the greater New Orleans area, that can only mean one thing: FRENCHMEN GONNA BE POPPIN’ Y’ALL!  WOOOOOOOOOO! Er…well, maybe two things. For all those native...
  3. 6 New Bands At Treasure Island Music Festival – Preview San Francisco – Well, it’s that time of year again: it’s fall in the Bay Area (at last!) and while a very dramatic El Niño is on its way to (hopefully) dump a ton of rain on the Golden State,...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/voodoo-music-festival-day-2/feed/ 2 6 New Bands to See at Voodoo 2016 https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/6-new-bands-see-voodoo-2016/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/6-new-bands-see-voodoo-2016/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:07:27 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33596 New Orleans –  All Hallow’s Eve is upon us y’all, and for those living in the greater New Orleans area, that can only mean one thing: FRENCHMEN GONNA BE POPPIN’ Y’ALL!  WOOOOOOOOOO! Er…well, maybe two things. For all those native to the GNO—and those lucky enough to visit the Crescent City on this particularly spooky

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  1. 5 New Bands to See at Riot Fest 2016 Chicago – Ah, yes, it’s that time of year again – time to experience all four seasons while attending one of Chicago’s best music festivals: Riot Fest. For some, the chances of getting rained on, spending the weekend slowly walking...
  2. More New Bands At Lollapalooza 2016 Chicago — Saturday the sun finally showed its face for the entirety of the day’s festivities, helping to dry up some of the remaining moisture left behind by the preceding days’ rains.  Lollapalooza 2016’s third day also saw an increase...
  3. New Bands at Afropunk Fest Brooklyn 2016 Brooklyn – Every summer, since 2005, Afropunk Fest ascends on one of our favorite New York City boroughs: Brooklyn. The festival was named after James Spooner’s 2003 documentary Afro-Punk, and was created as a means to give people of color, but specifically black...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/6-new-bands-see-voodoo-2016/feed/ 0 7 New Bands We Loved At Bonnaroo Day 1 https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/7-new-bands-we-loved-at-bonnaroo-day-1/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/7-new-bands-we-loved-at-bonnaroo-day-1/#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2016 05:10:36 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=31327 Manchester, TN – Well here we are again: another sunny weekend full of blistering heat and multitudes of glorious debauchery to be witnessed down at Great Stage Park in Manchester. The annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in south central Tennessee always promises eclectic lineups, visual and aural spectacle, and an altogether memorable experience. Whether you’re new to the

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  1. 4 New Bands at Bonnaroo: Day 4 Manchester Tennessee – The final day of Bonnaroo was a slow, hot one. People moved at a snail’s pace. The sun burnt shoulders, arms, and noses. Dust blew in every direction. But despite it all, good vibes and happiness seemed...
  2. 10 New Bands to See at Bonnaroo 2016 Chicago – Ah, yes, festival season is in full swing! And for many, the mecca of music festivals is fast approaching. That would be Bonnaroo, of course. The four-day long camping festival in Manchester, Tennessee has long been a favorite among...
  3. 6 More New Bands at Bonnaroo – Day Two Manchester, Tennessee – The fourteenth Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival continued without a hitch on its second day. The patrons camping on the massive 700-acre farm enjoyed a rare morning of late sleep, as the Tennessee summer sky was flooded...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/7-new-bands-we-loved-at-bonnaroo-day-1/feed/ 4 10 New Bands to See at Bonnaroo 2016 https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/10-new-bands-see-bonnaroo-2016/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/10-new-bands-see-bonnaroo-2016/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2016 06:58:13 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=31113 Chicago – Ah, yes, festival season is in full swing! And for many, the mecca of music festivals is fast approaching. That would be Bonnaroo, of course. The four-day long camping festival in Manchester, Tennessee has long been a favorite among music lovers, who travel from all over the world to get down on the farm.

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  1. 4 New Bands at Bonnaroo: Day 4 Manchester Tennessee – The final day of Bonnaroo was a slow, hot one. People moved at a snail’s pace. The sun burnt shoulders, arms, and noses. Dust blew in every direction. But despite it all, good vibes and happiness seemed...
  2. Day Three at Bonnaroo: Some Amazing New Bands Tennessee – Day Three at Bonnaroo saw some pretty amazing things: the annual SuperJam took place (featuring Chance the Rapper, Pretty Lights, and Bleachers’ Jack Antonoff, to name a few), Jon Hamm fed Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch some gummy...
  3. 10 New Bands To See at Bonnaroo 2015 Chicago – The end of winter marks one of our favorite things: festival season! In your best Oprah voice, let me hear you say, “Bonnaroo!” Okay, now that you’ve gotten that of your system, Best New Bands is here to...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/10-new-bands-see-bonnaroo-2016/feed/ 0 Courtney Barnett Sells Out the Riviera in Chicago https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/courtney-barnett/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/courtney-barnett/#comments Mon, 02 May 2016 07:43:03 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=30475 Chicago – Uptown’s Riviera Theatre was filled to capacity with an interesting mix of fans excited to see twenty-eight year-old Australian singer-songwriter and guitar maven Courtney Barnett, who was joined by Nashville rock band Bully. The Grammy nominated modern folk singer has been drawing large, diverse crowds thanks to her honest and relatable lyrics, which are composed with plenty

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  1. Courtney Barnett Begins U.S. Fall Tour   New York – Indie folk rocker Courtney Barnett and her band are beginning a month-long North American tour, co-headlining with avant-garde outfit San Fermin. Hot off the heels of a sold-out run of shows in her native Australia and...
  2. Courtney Barnett Plays Ellen and Streams Her Album Courtney Barnett’s full-length debut album, Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit is out next Tuesday, via Mom+Pop Music. Anxious fervor has been growing in the months and weeks leading up to the release and things have only reached a...
  3. Courtney Barnett Announces Debut LP Out 3/24 on Mom + Pop Melbourne, Australia’s Courtney Barnett, singer-songwriter, guitar virtuoso, visual artist and label owner whose 2013 release The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas set the music world alight, is releasing her debut LP Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit on...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/courtney-barnett/feed/ 1 Bully Kick Ass at TNK Fest, Again https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/bully-kick-ass-tnk-fest/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/bully-kick-ass-tnk-fest/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2016 23:56:39 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=28406 Chicago – Nashville rockers Bully played Tomorrow Never Knows Fest for the second year in a row, and yet again, they kicked ass! Last year the foursome supported Cloud Nothings. This year it was METZ, who they had been touring the East Coast with. I could definitely become used to Bully becoming a TNK staple!

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  1. Making Friends With Bully Chicago – Every so often a band comes along that just melts your mind, blows you out of the water, and plenty more idioms that I’m too lazy to google. Bully is one of those bands. In just a short...
  2. Bully Showcases Their Upcoming Album New York – Nashville outfit Bully, fronted by Alicia Bognanno alongside fellow bandmates and friends Stewart Copeland, Clayton Parker and Reece Lazarus, have quickly developed a reputation as one of the most talked-about bands of 2015 with their brand of...
  3. All Them Witches Warm Up TNK Fest Chicago – Nashville band All Them Witches  got the second night of Tomorrow Never Knows Fest going with their psychedelic, southern, bluesy rock, heating up Lincoln Hall with plenty of sick jam sessions. All Them Witches were joined by fellow...
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  1. Bully Showcases Their Upcoming Album New York – Nashville outfit Bully, fronted by Alicia Bognanno alongside fellow bandmates and friends Stewart Copeland, Clayton Parker and Reece Lazarus, have quickly developed a reputation as one of the most talked-about bands of 2015 with their brand of...
  2. Bully – ‘Feels Like’ Teen Spirit Los Angeles – In the awakening of ‘90s alt-rock revivalists, Bully has emerged with the most dynamic sound from the long list of their peers. The secret to Bully’s early buzz and success is Alicia Bognanno. The singer/songwriter/guitarist/engineer/producer masterminded her...
  3. Wake The Sun: Rock Stars in the Making Chicago – Music journalists often find their inboxes overflowing with press releases, invitations, and a plethora of new music. Sifting through those emails can be tedious and time consuming, but every so often that afternoon dig finds a diamond in...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/making-friends-bully/feed/ 0 4 New Bands We Loved At Pitchfork 2015 – Day 2 https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/4-new-bands-we-loved-pitchfork-2015-day-2/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/4-new-bands-we-loved-pitchfork-2015-day-2/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2015 22:08:03 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=26111 Chicago – Day two of Pitchfork Fest was wet and wild. Rain came pouring down a little after three, forcing the festival to close. People were ushered out of Union Park and readmitted later in the afternoon, when the fest kicked back off at 4:20. Go ahead and laugh. We all did. It made the

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  1. 5 New Bands At Day One Of Pitchfork 2015 Chicago – Day one of Pitchfork 2015 was a HOT one. Yes, I did just scream hot at you with aid from the caps lock. It was that hot. While temperatures soared into the 90s, with the added humidity, the...
  2. 10 New Bands to See at Pitchfork Fest 2015 Chicago – Yes, yes it’s that time of year again! Time for one of the hippest music festivals around: Pitchfork. As to be expected, the line-up is stellar. As an added bonus, it’s loaded with Chicago artists, from the legendary Wilco and...
  3. 10 New Bands To See at Bonnaroo 2015 Chicago – The end of winter marks one of our favorite things: festival season! In your best Oprah voice, let me hear you say, “Bonnaroo!” Okay, now that you’ve gotten that of your system, Best New Bands is here to...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/4-new-bands-we-loved-pitchfork-2015-day-2/feed/ 4 Bully – ‘Feels Like’ Teen Spirit https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/bully-feels-like-teen-spirit/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/bully-feels-like-teen-spirit/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2015 07:02:37 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=25470 Los Angeles – In the awakening of ‘90s alt-rock revivalists, Bully has emerged with the most dynamic sound from the long list of their peers. The secret to Bully’s early buzz and success is Alicia Bognanno. The singer/songwriter/guitarist/engineer/producer masterminded her band’s debut record, Feels Like—a collection of fuzzed out tunes that permeate in the mind

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  2. Smallpools Avoid The Shallow End With ‘LOVETAP!’ Los Angeles – Local synth-pop aficionados, Smallpools, are enthusiastically prepared to show the world their highly anticipated debut LP, LOVETAP!  In the summer of 2013, the band released their first self-titled EP on RCA Records. It was an incredible feat...
  3. Kid Wave ’s ‘Wonderlust’ Relies On No Previous Path Before It Los Angeles – London-based quartet, Kid Wave, is destined for big things. The group’s melodic dream-pop flair is both majestic and captivating. This is showcased on their debut LP, Wonderlust (via Heavenly Recordings). Best New Bands recently called Wonderlust “the...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/bully-feels-like-teen-spirit/feed/ 2 Bully Showcases Their Upcoming Album https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/bully-showcases-upcoming-album/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/bully-showcases-upcoming-album/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2015 07:11:31 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=25383 New York – Nashville outfit Bully, fronted by Alicia Bognanno alongside fellow bandmates and friends Stewart Copeland, Clayton Parker and Reece Lazarus, have quickly developed a reputation as one of the most talked-about bands of 2015 with their brand of brutally honest lyricism and punchy, guitar-laden songs that are sure to engage listeners with the

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