Best New Bands » Handsome Furs 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 Divine Fits Play Their First Show In Los Angeles https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/divine-fits-play-their-first-show-in-los-angeles/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/divine-fits-play-their-first-show-in-los-angeles/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:26:05 +0000 Since the announcement back in May that Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Wolf Parade/Handsome Furs’ Dan Boeckner and New Bomb Turks’ Sam Brown formed a band, Divine Fits have been on everybody’s radar and rightfully so. Though its members are highly influential in the indie music world, this is not your typical “supergroup,” and that was proven

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/divine-fits-play-their-first-show-in-los-angeles/feed/ 0 Festival Preview: Primavera Club, 11/23 – 11/27/2011 https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-primavera-club-11-23-11-27-2011/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-primavera-club-11-23-11-27-2011/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:02:01 +0000 The winter edition of the Primavera Sound Festival that takes over Barcelona in the summer, Primavera Club takes place the end of November to ease music festival withdraws in both Barcelona and Madrid. Fleet Foxes (shown above – Image by Sean Pecknold) are a major staple at the festival this year, playing the only shows

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