Best New Bands » Hotel Cafe 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 firekid Kills It At Hollywood’s Hotel Cafe https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/firekid-kills-hollywoods-hotel-cafe/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/firekid-kills-hollywoods-hotel-cafe/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:08:43 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=26064 Los Angeles – Music fans at Hollywood’s venerable Hotel Cafe were treated to an impressive display of songwriting and instrumental talent thanks to Dillon Hodges and his firekid project. Raised just across the Tennessee River from Muscle Shoals, firekid displays ample amounts of the region’s musical influence. Performing as a three piece, that included a banjo

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  2. Featured Artist: Dillon Hodges Of firekid Nashville – firekid, the brainchild of bluegrass artist Dillon Hodges, is a novel idea. Combining his love of Americana music with an electro-indie influence, Hodges has created something surprising and unique in this latest venture. And Nashville, his home of...
  3. The Young Evils Give The Hotel Cafe A Taste of Seattle When we last checked in with Seattle’s The Young Evils, we were in rainy Wisconsin for PJ20 and they were opening for bands like Pearl Jam, Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, Liam Finn, Joseph Arthur and others.  At...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/firekid-kills-hollywoods-hotel-cafe/feed/ 0 Genevieve In Good ‘Company’ For Hollywood Appearance https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/genevieve-good-company-hollywood-appearance/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/genevieve-good-company-hollywood-appearance/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:07:49 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=21002 Los Angeles – On Tuesday at Hollywood’s famed Hotel Café, one could sense an atmosphere of anxiety from pop singer-songwriter Genevieve as she took the stage and even between songs.  Two-thirds of the way through her set, she admitted to the audience that she was “so nervous.”  However, during the songs it was clear that

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  3. Matt Pryor ‘Nine Forty Live’ Offers A Retrospective New York – While we like to remember shows as these great, loud, glorious events, live albums are often a disappointment. Even when they’re professionally recorded, there is usually an overly rambunctious crowd member or equipment failure that makes what...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/genevieve-good-company-hollywood-appearance/feed/ 0 Hey L.A! Win Tickets To See Field Report At The Hotel Café https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/hey-la-win-tickets-to-see-field-report-at-the-hotel-caf%c3%a9/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/hey-la-win-tickets-to-see-field-report-at-the-hotel-caf%c3%a9/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:26:50 +0000 We’re excited to announce our first ticket giveaway! For those of you in the Los Angeles area, we have a pair of tickets to see Field Report play at Hollywood’s intimate Hotel Café this Saturday, August 25. Winning is easy. All you have to do to be eligible to win is like this post on

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  1. Download Taking Alcatraz from Field Report’s forthcoming debut album. Taking Alcatraz is the second track off Field Report’s forthcoming debut album. Field Report happens to be an anagram of Porterfield, the lead singer and mastermind behind Field Report. With the kind of coverage they’re getting, they’re sure to be great. You can...
  2. Field Report Releases Two Songs, Listen To Them Here Justin Vernon has had a hell of a year. He produced his girlfriend’s album (Kathleen Edwards), started his own label and announced the first release, won a couple Grammy’s and his former bandmate Chris Porterfield has just come out with...
  3. Win Tickets to See Amy LaVere Play The Hotel Cafe this Saturday! Amy LaVere is a gal about town.  This rising Memphis artist is on her way to establishing her name in the music world in the wake of establishing her name on the silver screen.  You may recognize her from movies...
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  2. Win Tickets to See Amy LaVere Play The Hotel Cafe this Saturday! Amy LaVere is a gal about town.  This rising Memphis artist is on her way to establishing her name in the music world in the wake of establishing her name on the silver screen.  You may recognize her from movies...
  3. Knox Delivers Another Killer Night At Hotel Cafe When BestNewBands.com favorite Will Knox is in town, you can be sure that we’ll be there. Knox kicked off his five-week tour with fellow troubadour Ari Herstand at the  Hotel Café in Hollywood. Throughout his 45-minute set, Knox sprinkled in...
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/brian-lopez-on-tucson-his-new-album-ultra-and-being-compared-to-an-octopus/feed/ 0 The Young Evils Give The Hotel Cafe A Taste of Seattle https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-young-evils-give-the-hotel-cafe-a-taste-of-seattle/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-young-evils-give-the-hotel-cafe-a-taste-of-seattle/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:55:40 +0000 When we last checked in with Seattle’s The Young Evils, we were in rainy Wisconsin for PJ20 and they were opening for bands like Pearl Jam, Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, Liam Finn, Joseph Arthur and others.  At the time they were a relatively new band, at least to the masses, the quintet

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/knox-delivers-another-killer-night-at-hotel-cafe/feed/ 0 BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 5/16/11 https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-5-16-11/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-5-16-11/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 12:00:00 +0000 Picked By: Daniel Kohn Who: Yael Naim Where: The Hotel Café, Los Angeles, CA When: Monday, May 16th at 8pm Cost: $20 Age Restritions: 21+ *** Picked By: Claire Gallagher Who: Alberta Cross with Chasing Kings, Sunny War, War Horse Where: The Satellite, Los Angeles, CA When: Tuesday, May 17th, doors at 8:30 Cost: $10 Age Restrictions: 21+ *** Picked By:

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