Best New Bands » Cake Shop 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 Lazyeyes Induce Hazy Minds at Cake Shop https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/lazyeyes-induce-hazy-minds-at-cake-shop/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/lazyeyes-induce-hazy-minds-at-cake-shop/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:35:45 +0000 Lazyeyes hazy vibes melody drives like a Cadillac on the beach of your mind. That’s a poem I just wrote as an ode to Brooklyn-based dream pop band Lazyeyes. Would anybody ever care about reading live show reviews written entirely as silly poems? Would that be lazy journalism? I’ll just let that dippy ditty be

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  3. A Hazy Night In Chicago with Sleepy Sun Make all the 4:20 drug references you want, but going to see new psychedelic rock band, Sleepy Sun, play on the drug user’s holiday was a great choice. While the crowd gathered at Chicago’s Subterranean, it was apparent that many...
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