Best New Bands » dave grohl 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 Featured Artist: RDGLDGRN https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-rdgldgrn/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-rdgldgrn/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2015 22:50:22 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=26739 Chicago - After a little breather and some time spent recording, D.C. band RDGLDGRN - okay they’re from Reston, Virginia, but word on the street is that Reston may as well be D.C. - is back with a new album, due out this Fall. And that’s pronounced Red Gold Green, by the way. Over the summer, the trio unleashed the first single, “No Pixar,” from

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-rdgldgrn/feed/ 0 Japandroids Destroy San Francisco https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/japandroids-destroy-san-francisco/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/japandroids-destroy-san-francisco/#comments Sat, 16 Jun 2012 23:33:53 +0000 The Independent in San Francisco holds 500 people. It is the premier small venue in the Bay Area. On Thursday, Vancouver sent their premier small band and the two converged in a symbiotic mind meld that turned San Francisco into a place where degenerates, punkers and drunkards were one. I knew Japandroids had a phenomenal

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  1. Thurlow at Silverlake Lounge Thurlow is the musical project of Augustus Green and Jacqueline Caruso, husband and wife duo from Washington, D.C. that now resides in Los Angeles. They recently released an eight track EP called Training Wheels, now available for free download on...
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