Best New Bands » Fences 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 Acclaimed Seattle Artist Fences Unveils “Arrows” Featuring Macklemore And Produced By Ryan Lewis https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/acclaimed-seattle-artist-fences-unveils-arrows-featuring-macklemore-produced-ryan-lewis/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/acclaimed-seattle-artist-fences-unveils-arrows-featuring-macklemore-produced-ryan-lewis/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:06:48 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/wp_bnb/?p=17933 New York – Elektra Records has announced the label debut from acclaimed singer/songwriter Fences. “LESSER OCEANS” – which includes the new single, “Arrows” featuring Macklemore and produced by Ryan Lewis – arrives everywhere on October 14th. “LESSER OCEANS” is available for pre-sale beginning today (see below), with all orders receiving instant downloads of both “Arrows”

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  2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will perform “Same Love” on “The Colbert Report” on Wednesday, May 1 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will perform “Same Love” in support of their latest album The Heist on “The Colbert Report” on Wednesday, May 1 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT.   In addition to “Same Love,” they will perform a second song, “Can’t Hold Us,”...
  3. Baltimore, Get Ready for Fences This Sunday evening, Chris Mansfield, aka the 27 year old singer/songwriter known as Fences, will be bringing his brand of indie melancholy to The Golden West Cafe. I interviewed Chris for BestNewBands.com last year (see the full interview here), and...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/acclaimed-seattle-artist-fences-unveils-arrows-featuring-macklemore-produced-ryan-lewis/feed/ 0 Fences Fills The Mercury Lounge With Beauty https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/fences-fills-the-mercury-lounge-with-beauty/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/fences-fills-the-mercury-lounge-with-beauty/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 17:00:00 +0000 When Christopher Mansfield and his band, the group known as Fences, stepped out of the dressing room to perform at The Mercury Lounge in New York on Friday evening and walked on stage, it’s as if it had been mere moments before that he’d tapped into the place that allowed him to create Fences, and

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  2. Baltimore, Get Ready for Fences This Sunday evening, Chris Mansfield, aka the 27 year old singer/songwriter known as Fences, will be bringing his brand of indie melancholy to The Golden West Cafe. I interviewed Chris for BestNewBands.com last year (see the full interview here), and...
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  1. The Music to Mend Fences Yesterday, I was able to talk on the phone with Christopher Mansfield, aka Fences. The Seattle-based singer-songwriter has put out some of my favorite records in the last two years: The Ultimate Puke EP and the Sara Quin (of Tegan...
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/baltimore-get-ready-for-fences/feed/ 0 BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 2/14/11 https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-2-14-11/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-2-14-11/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:00:00 +0000 Picked By: Rebecca Haithcoat Who: Goapele Where: Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA When: Monday, February 14th at 8pm Cost: $20-$23 Age Restrictions: All Ages *** Picked By: Daniel Kohn Who: Lucy Walsh Where: Hard Rock Cafe, Hollywood, CA When: Monday Feb 14th at 9pm Cost: $40 per person – includes Valentine’s Day dinner Age Restrictions: All Ages *** Picked

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