Best New Bands » Featured Artist 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: Vancouver Sleep Clinic https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/vancouver-sleep-clinic/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/vancouver-sleep-clinic/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2016 02:20:53 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33656 New York – Twenty-one year-old Tim Bettinson, better known as Vancouver Sleep Clinic, is a young Australian singer with a penchant for dreamy melodies and hard-hitting vocals. His debut EP, Winter, was self-released in 2014, and was followed by a sold out tour of Australia and Europe, due to its success. His forthcoming full length album,

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  1. Featured Artist: Reuben Hollebon Chicago – After putting countless hours in the studio, London based folk singer Reuben Hollebon is set to release his debut album Terminal Nostalgia. His obsessive need to create music began with engineering the songs of other artists, such as Basement Jaxx and Courtney Barnett,...
  2. Featured Artist: James Supercave Los Angeles – First things first: James Supercave is not an actual person, but the result of a long running collaboration between three musicians based in Los Angeles. Joaquin Pastor, Patrick Logothetti, and Andrés Villalobos have been playing together for years, and for the last...
  3. Featured Artist: MAGIC GIANT Chicago – Imagine packing your bags with the bare minimum and spending three months road-tripping across North America with some of your best friends. Now imagine yourself documenting your adventures and experiences through art. Sounds pretty darn amazing, right? Well,...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/vancouver-sleep-clinic/feed/ 0 Cult Called Man: Stranger Than Fiction https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/cult-called-man/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/cult-called-man/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2016 19:20:38 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32965 Berlin - Cult Called Man has been racking up an impressive CV since crashing the music scene in 2013, and only a few years later, the new band has amassed a following, in and around Dublin, with a unique style that is just the right mix of brash, brains, Bowie, and bravado. With the release of Cult

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  1. Cult of Youth Continue to Cultivate Their Sound With ‘Final Days’ Los Angeles – Cult of Youth have just released their third full-length release for Sacred Bones this week.  Ominously titled Final Days, the record sees the five-piece band from Brooklyn reaching a full-realization of their evolving blend of post-punk and neo-folk. ...
  2. Ex-Cult Light Up With ‘Cigarette Machine’ Los Angeles – With their most recent release, Cigarette Machine, Memphis-based Ex-Cult has refined their songwriting without abandoning the intense attitude and swagger of their earlier material.  Despite recording their debut with Ty Segall and jumping from legendary Memphis label...
  3. Stranger Cat to Have Their LP Release Party at Rough Trade on Friday New York – Stranger Cat, comprised of Cat Martino and accompanied by Sven Britt, released their debut LP aptly named Into The Wilderness, reviewed by BestNewBands as “an electronic wonderland of sound”, on April 14th via Joyful Noise Records.  Martino,...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/cult-called-man/feed/ 0 Riot Fest Featured Artist: Black Foxxes https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/riot-fest-featured-artist-black-foxxes/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/riot-fest-featured-artist-black-foxxes/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2016 21:34:06 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32835 Chicago – Once again, in preparation for Riot Fest 2016, we’re featuring an up-and-coming band performing at the festival: U.K. punk rock band Black Foxxes. Last month, this phenomenal trio, comprised of Mark Holley (guitar, vocals), Tristan Jane (bass), and Ant Thornton (drums), released its powerful debut LP I’m Not Well. The emotional album often focuses on frontman Mark Holley’s brave journey,

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  1. Riot Fest Featured Artist: Diarrhea Planet Chicago – With Riot Fest approaching, we thought it would be a great time to catch up with one of our favorite bands: Diarrhea Planet. Best New Bands last spoke with the Nashville six-piece in 2015, backstage at Chicago’s Lincoln...
  2. Riot Fest Announces 2016 Lineup Chicago – Pioneering punk festival Riot Fest has announced its 2016 Chicago and Denver lineups. Riot Fest 2016 will take place September 2-4 in Denver and September 16-18 in Chicago. Just days earlier, news broke that the original Misfits would be reuniting to perform together at...
  3. 5 New Bands To See At Riot Fest 2015 Chicago – After months of speculation of whether or not Riot Fest would bring music to the punk rock, emo loving, not your cookie-cutter masses, thanks to a move from Humboldt Park to Douglas Park on the city’s South Side and a last-minute lawsuit, it...
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  1. Diarrhea Planet Melts Faces In Chicago Chicago – I’ve been sitting in Starbucks, staring at my MacBook, for about an hour, trying to figure out how to best describe what it’s like to witness Diarrhea Planet wreak havoc. There’s a whole lot of stage diving, crowdsurfing, moshing, thrashing,...
  2. Diarrhea Planet Gets Serious Chicago – Over the last several years, Nashville’s music scene has been reborn. The city that was once known as a Country Mecca has now become the new hub for modern music, from punk and garage rock to indie and...
  3. Riot Fest Announces 2016 Lineup Chicago – Pioneering punk festival Riot Fest has announced its 2016 Chicago and Denver lineups. Riot Fest 2016 will take place September 2-4 in Denver and September 16-18 in Chicago. Just days earlier, news broke that the original Misfits would be reuniting to perform together at...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/diarrhea-planet/feed/ 1 Dylan Gardner Gears Up for Album No. 2 https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/dylan-gardner/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/dylan-gardner/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2016 06:58:56 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32553 Chicago – Not too long ago, Best New Bands discovered the immensely talented Dylan Gardner. The Arizona teenager had become a bit of an internet sensation, sharing his songs and videos on sites like YouTube and Spotify, where his self-recorded album Adventures in Real Time racked up 2.7 million Spotify plays with its lead single “Let’s

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  1. School’s Out For Dylan Gardner Chicago – Lately more and more teenagers have been breaking into the music industry thanks to the power of social media and music sharing sites like YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify, and Bandcamp. However, there’s definitely more to it than exposure. Social...
  2. Jacco Gardner Streams New Album – “Hypnophobia!” Los Angeles – Baroque-pop artist, Jacco Gardner’s new album, Hypnophobia, is currently streaming in its entirety until its soon-to-arrive release date of May 5, 2015 on Polyvinyl. Check it out below! The hype for this record has led to plenty of excitement and...
  3. Jacco Gardner Hypnotizes the Echo Los Angeles – Though outside The Echo the temperatures had fallen a few degrees from their scorching mid-day high by Jacco Gardner’s late 11:30 start time, the venue’s ancient cooling system still failed to provide relief inside the packed club....
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/dylan-gardner/feed/ 1 Field Mouse Matures With ‘Episodic’ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/field-mouse/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/field-mouse/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2016 18:43:49 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32208 Chicago – Bands, just like the people in them and the relationships surrounding them, change and grow over time. The evolution is normal and necessary. For fans, it is also beautiful to watch. Lovers of Field Mouse have had the pleasure of seeing the dream pop band grow immensely since its creation in 2010 and

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  1. Field Mouse Shares New Single “The Mirror” Portland – Dream pop duo turned fivesome Field Mouse has released the new, dazzling single “The Mirror,” from the band’s upcoming album Episodic. Field Mouse is comprised of Rachel Browne (vocals, guitar), Andrew Futral (guitar), Saysha Heinzman (bass), Tim McCoy (drums), and Zoë Browne...
  2. Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Doldrums and Field Mouse at Glasslands I went to this show with the plan to specifically watch and review the Brooklyn-based dream pop outfit Field Mouse, but they went on earlier than I anticipated, and for some reason Glasslands was unusually slow to get people in...
  3. Album Review: Owl & Mouse London – Departures is the full-length debut from Owl & Mouse, the London-based quintet built around Brisbane songstress and ukulele player, Hannah Botting (sister of Allo Darlin’s bassist, Bill) and also featuring sibling Jen on backing vocals. Augmented by bassist...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/field-mouse/feed/ 0 Featured Artist: Kaleo https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/kaleo/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/kaleo/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2016 06:55:23 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=31511 Chicago – Earlier this month Americana inspired four-piece Kaleo released debut album A/B. The band’s first major label album arrived on June 10th, via Elektra/Atlantic.  The indie-folk band – comprised of JJ Julius Son (vocals, guitar), David Antonsson (drums, vocals), Daniel Kristjansson (bass), Rubin Pollock (lead guitar) – formed in Iceland, back in 2012. A few years later, Kaleo

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  1. Kaleo Brought Chicago Some Southern Comfort Chicago – Despite it being a cold and snowy Wednesday night, fans packed Bottom Lounge in Chicago’s West Loop to see Kaleo. After witnessing the Icelandic band live, I completely understood why. The four-piece indie-folk band, comprised of Jökull Júlíusson...
  2. Kaleo Talks About Their Influences And Their Upcoming EP Seattle – Hailing from the small town of Mosfellsbær, Iceland, just outside of Reykjavik, comes indie rock quartet Kaleo. Vocalist and guitarist JJ Julius Son, drummer and vocalist David Antonsson Crivello, bassist Danny Jones, and lead guitarist Rubin Pollock have...
  3. Kaleo Announces the Release of Their Major Label Debut New York – Elektra/Atlantic recording artist Kaleo have announced the release of their label debut album. A/B arrives on June 10th.  The band will celebrate the album’s arrival with a very special sold-out release day show at Los Angeles’s El...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/kaleo/feed/ 1 Featured Artist: MAGIC GIANT https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-magic-giant/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-magic-giant/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2016 06:55:15 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=31779 Chicago – Imagine packing your bags with the bare minimum and spending three months road-tripping across North America with some of your best friends. Now imagine yourself documenting your adventures and experiences through art. Sounds pretty darn amazing, right? Well, that’s exactly what L.A. indie-folk trio MAGIC GIANT has been doing. The group, comprised of

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  1. Featured Artist: Finish Ticket Chicago – San Francisco indie rock band Finish Ticket had a pretty great 2015. The five-piece released the EP When Night Becomes Day and hit the road with Twenty One Pilots, for two months, on the sold-out Blurryface Tour. 2016 is...
  2. Featured Artist: Arielle Los Angeles – Imagine growing up with the musical pedigree of Arielle; singing since age five with Peninsula Girls Chorus, learning piano, trumpet and guitar by the tender age of 10. By that age, most kids’ biggest accomplishment is memorizing...
  3. Featured Artist: The Shelters Los Angeles – The Shelters are a band on the precipice of rock stardom. Their debut full-length studio album will be released on June 10 and promises to further the refreshingly relevant alternative rock sounds heard on their previously released...
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  2. Rationale Debuts ‘Something For Nothing’ Video London-based producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rationale has debuted a new video for ‘Something For Nothing,’ which will be released on his forthcoming debut album, out later this year.Rationale teamed up again with Crooked Cynics, who also directed the video for...
  3. The Black Queen Debuts In Los Angeles Los Angeles – Those that were able to witness The Black Queen on a chilly winter night in Glendale were treated to an eclectic night of music, capped off by an impressive performance by the super-group from Los Angeles. The...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/sam-himself/feed/ 0 Cage The Elephant: Small Town Boys to Arena Rock Band https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/cage-the-elephant/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/cage-the-elephant/#comments Mon, 16 May 2016 06:58:52 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=30839 Chicago – Boy, has Cage the Elephant has come quite a long way since its early days of playing small clubs throughout the South and Midwest! I recall seeing the Kentucky rock band play the Aragon Ballroom, on New Year’s Eve, in Chicago, to ring in 2011, just before the band was set to release its sophomore

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  1. Cage The Elephant Announce Headlining Arena Tour New York – Grammy-nominated rock band Cage the Elephant announced a run of tour dates with stops in New York, Nashville, Los Angeles and more! Full tour routing is below and tickets will be available for purchase on March 18th – PRESS HERE for ticket info....
  2. Cage The Elephant, Silversun Pickups & Foals Announce US Arena Tour Los Angeles – This March, Cage The Elephant, Silversun Pickups, Foals, and Bear Hands will embark on Spring Fling Rock AF 2016. The 15-city U.S. arena tour packages some of the best new bands in alternative music today, and harkens back to the days when artists crisscrossed the country together...
  3. Cage The Elephant #1 On ALT And AAA Charts – On Conan 2/3 New York – “Mess Around,” the new single from Grammy-nominated band Cage the Elephant’s fourth studio album Tell Me I’m Pretty, tops the Mediabase Alternative and AAA radio charts. This is the Kentucky rock band’s sixth Alternative #1, joining Red Hot Chili Peppers, Linkin...
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