Best New Bands » CMJ 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 Live Review: Yuck, Eagulls and Courtney Barnett At CMJ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-review-yuck-eagulls-and-courtney-barnett-at-cmj/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-review-yuck-eagulls-and-courtney-barnett-at-cmj/#comments Wed, 30 Oct 2013 11:37:25 +0000 New York – After the victorious rush of the first night, the following night was highlighted by a super late set from the reconfigured Yuck.  Their headlining set at Glasslands for the NME/Hate Hate Hate/Sunday Management CMJ party didn’t begin until around 1am, since drummer Jonny Rogoff was the only band member who had been able to

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  1. Live Review: Friday At CMJ – BestNewBands.coms Showcase At The Flat   New York – After two days of non-stop music consumption, I couldn’t decide who to see on Thursday, so in the end I took the night off and rested up for Friday, which was our second and final official...
  2. Live Review: BestNewBands.com’s CMJ Showcase At Brooklyn’s Matchless New York – Well, CMJ 2013 was another whirlwind of music and networking and music and late nights more music. It was a full five days of the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan teaming with band members, racing from gig...
  3. Live Review: Skaters Los Angeles – There’s a fluid element to Skaters live show. They play really close together, even on a larger stage, and they move around each other in an accidental, random fashion. You expect it to run afoul… But it...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-review-yuck-eagulls-and-courtney-barnett-at-cmj/feed/ 0 Live Review: Friday At CMJ – BestNewBands.coms Showcase At The Flat https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-review-friday-at-cmj-bestnewbandscoms-showcase-at-the-flat/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-review-friday-at-cmj-bestnewbandscoms-showcase-at-the-flat/#comments Sat, 26 Oct 2013 11:48:55 +0000   New York – After two days of non-stop music consumption, I couldn’t decide who to see on Thursday, so in the end I took the night off and rested up for Friday, which was our second and final official CMJ 2013 showcase of the marathon It was another good one. This time, people gathered

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  1. Live Review: BestNewBands.com’s CMJ Showcase At Brooklyn’s Matchless New York – Well, CMJ 2013 was another whirlwind of music and networking and music and late nights more music. It was a full five days of the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan teaming with band members, racing from gig...
  2. See The Veda Rays Live at Bowery Electric Tonight The Veda Rays are continuing to build steam, and tonight they rock out again at Bowery Electric. The band is hot off their CMJ debut, as well as recently being voted Deli Magazine’s Artist of the Month, and their experimental...
  3. BestNewBands.com To Present Showcases At CMJ 2013 New York – BestNewBands.com, the leading website for reviews, news and interviews with emerging recording artists, is presenting two official showcases for this month’s CMJ Music Marathon.  Both concerts will be in Brooklyn; BestNewBands.com’s long-time Brooklyn-based writer curated the lineups,...
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  1. BestNewBands.com To Present Showcases At CMJ 2013 New York – BestNewBands.com, the leading website for reviews, news and interviews with emerging recording artists, is presenting two official showcases for this month’s CMJ Music Marathon.  Both concerts will be in Brooklyn; BestNewBands.com’s long-time Brooklyn-based writer curated the lineups,...
  2. Live Review: Tiny Ruin At Culture Collide Festival Los Angeles – It’s woodsy and a little sad.  Like listening to years, images of country and sea, and her home on the other side of the world (New Zealand).  Tiny Ruins performance on Saturday consisted of a lone girl,...
  3. Live Review: Skaters Los Angeles – There’s a fluid element to Skaters live show. They play really close together, even on a larger stage, and they move around each other in an accidental, random fashion. You expect it to run afoul… But it...
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  1. Caged Animals Releases 2nd Album, Commences Tour Brooklyn-based songwriter Vincent Cacchione, who records as Caged Animals, has just released the group’s second album, In The Land Of Giants, on Lucky Number Music.  His band will support the effort with an 18-city US club tour this month with...
  2. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 10/18 Picked By: Monica Christoffels Who: M.I.A. featuring Rye Rye Where: Roseland Theater in Portland, OR When: Monday, October 18th at 9 p.m. Cost: $25 – purchase tickets here Age Restrictions: All Ages *** Picked By: Kelly Montgomery Who: The Morning...
  3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Showcases New Material at The El Rey Whenever a band uses extensive synths and heavy, yet interesting production in their sound, there will always be a challenge in trying to get that music to translate well in a live setting. This is one of the major challenges...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscom-to-present-showcases-at-cmj-2013/feed/ 0 A Conversation With Reptile Youth https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-reptile-youth/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-reptile-youth/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 04:40:46 +0000 In 2009, vocalist Mads Damsgaard Kristiansen and bassist Esben Valløe decided to start a band. In the three years that have followed, the Denmark-based duo has toured the world, playing in countries like Germany and China and notable festivals including Iceland Airwaves, Reeperbahn Festival, Unit Tokyo and Roskilde Festival as the only band without a

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  1. Reptile Youth Premieres New Video for ‘Black Swan Born White (S.C.U.M Remix) Danish rebel-pop duo Reptile Youth has premiered a new video for ‘Black Swan Born White‘(S.C.U.M Remix). ‘Black Swan Born White’ accompanies the new single the band recently released on hfn music (Kasper Bjørke, Trentemøller) and follows their first ever single ‘Speeddance.’ The track sees...
  2. A Conversation With Blonds Cari Rae and Jordy Asher are Blonds. The Florida-based duo has been garnering interest in the blogosphere since self-releasing its debut EP, Dark Roots, last November. Since then, the two-piece trekked up north to New York to work with famed...
  3. A Conversation With The Young Evils   Seattle has had an illustrious history with producing great bands, especially within the past 25 years. The Young Evils are the next band in line to become one of the bands synonymous with the Emerald City. Through hard work,...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-reptile-youth/feed/ 0 CMJ Music Marathon 2012 Announces Second Round Of Artists https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/cmj-music-marathon-2012-announces-second-round-of-artists/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/cmj-music-marathon-2012-announces-second-round-of-artists/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:43:51 +0000 New York – (September 12, 2012) – CMJ is proud to announce its second round of artists as part of this year’s CMJ Music Marathon. Highlights of this wave include a typically diverse selection of musicians, with appearances confirmed by the following:   AraabMUZIK, Savages, Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, Sky Ferreira, Maria Minerva, Little Green Cars, Cities

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  2. The New Music Seminar’s 100 “Artists on the Verge”: Where NMS & BestNewBands.com Agree The New Music Seminar, which BestNewBands.com will be attending next week, announced their list of the Top 100 Artists on the Verge this week, and there are a lot of familiar names on it. Here’s some of how NMS chooses...
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/cmj-music-marathon-2012-announces-second-round-of-artists/feed/ 0 Artist of the Week: The Static Jacks https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-the-static-jacks/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-the-static-jacks/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:04:12 +0000 New Jersey’s The Static Jacks are climbing the steep steps to indie-rock acclaim.  Guitar-in-hand, the group breathes juvenile hellfire and wrestles across the barriers of punk, garage and soul on their full-length debut, If You’re Young, produced by Chris Shaw (Ted Leo, Bad Brains).  Released in late August, the album has received coverage from Rolling

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  1. Interview with New Jersey’s The Static Jacks Photo by Michael Nika The Static Jacks is a punky, garage- and angst-laced quartet from New Jersey. Their upcoming album If You’re Young will be released August 30th, and is now available for pre-order here. I spoke to lead vocalist...
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  1. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week October 3rd, 2011 Who: Trip Like Animals with The Brambles and guestsWhere: The Sunset – Seattle, WAWhen: Wed., October 5, 2011Cost: $6.00Age Restriction: 21+ Who: Radical FaceWhere: Brick and Mortar Music Hall – San Francisco, CAWhen: Thursday October 6, Doors – 8:00pm Show – 9:00pmCost: $10...
  2. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week October 10th, 2011 Who: Screaming FemalesWhere: Space Gallary, Portland, MEWhen: Tues. October, 11th @ 7:30 Cost: $8 Age Restriction: 18+ Who: MetronomyWhere: Electric Owl, Vancouver, BCWhen: Weds. October 12th, 9PM DoorsCost: CAD 15.00Age Restriction Who: Gardens and VillaWhere: Holocene, Portland, ORWhen: Weds. October 12th, 8:30PMCost: $10.00Age Restriction: 21+ Who:  Frank TurnerWhen: ...
  3. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week 9/26/11 Who: Hanni El Khatib with We Break Cameras, Feeding People, Kissing Cousins, and Jeremy SoleWhere: The Echo, Los AngelesWhen: Monday, September 26th at 8pmCost: FreeAge Restrictions: 21+ Who: Braids w/Pepper Rabbit & Painted PalmsWhere: Bottom Of The Hill, SanFranciscoWhen: Tuesday, September...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-october-17th-2011/feed/ 0 Concert Preview: Oct. 22 Big Ups at The Bowery Poetry Club https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/concert-preview-oct-22-big-ups-at-the-bowery-poetry-club/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/concert-preview-oct-22-big-ups-at-the-bowery-poetry-club/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:45:30 +0000 The CMJ Music Marathon rages on in New York this week.  Punk rock up-and-comers Big Ups will be performing at The Bowery Poetry Club on Oct. 22 along with Math The Band, Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters and more. Formed in Sept. 2010, the band played their first show atop singer Joe Galaragga’s apartment

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  3. Concert Preview: Young the Giant with We Barbarians and Kittens at The Roxy Young the Giant Genre: Alt-rock If you’re looking for something to do on this potentially stormy Saturday night, head on down to The Roxy on Sunset to check out Young the Giant with We Barbarians and Kitten for an awesome...
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