Best New Bands » independent 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 San Francisco’s The Mother Hips Delight Hometown Crowd https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/san-franciscos-the-mother-hips-delight-hometown-crowd/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/san-franciscos-the-mother-hips-delight-hometown-crowd/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 05:25:54 +0000 I was there too early, before the doors opened. I was a little more stoned that I should’ve been, more than I wanted to be, the shit I’ve been smoking is deathly powerful and I still haven’t grasped that yet. The scene became downright surreal as the Mother Hips, fronted by Tim Bluhm, Nicki Bluhm’s

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  1. Catching Up With Nicki Bluhm Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers were founded in San Francisco in 2008 by Bluhm, her husband Tim Bluhm (The Mother Hips) and longtime friend Deren Ney. They were soon joined by bassist Steve Adams (ALO), Dave Mulligan on rhythm guitar...
  2. Nicki Bluhm Puts A Spell on San Francisco In the middle of her set at the Independent in San Francisco, Thursday night, Nicki Bluhm removed the green sweater she was wearing over a black backless shirt and began to belt out Linda Ronstadt’s country hit “You’re No Good”...
  3. 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...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/san-franciscos-the-mother-hips-delight-hometown-crowd/feed/ 0 Brendan Benson And Young Hines Light Up The Independent https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/brendan-benson-and-young-hines-light-up-the-independent/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/brendan-benson-and-young-hines-light-up-the-independent/#comments Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:07:08 +0000 One of the things that gets me amped for a show is the opening act. We all go for the headliners, but we feel like we discover the opening acts. With a few exceptions, Bruce Springsteen doesn’t have an opening act and frankly he doesn’t need one.  The Rolling Stones had U2 open for them,

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  1. Imagine Dragons Wow The Independent in San Francisco Years from now, when Las Vegas-based Imagine Dragons are playing to sold out arenas and aren’t considered a new band; fans will look back on nights like Tuesday at the Independent in San Francisco and wonder why they weren’t there....
  2. Black Marble Opens at Light Asylum’s Fierce Record Release Show Black Marble sounds exactly like what their name implies: cold and dark. Their show at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge this past Thursday showed the duo of Chris Stewart and Ty Kube invoking post punk and no wave styles...
  3. Delta Spirit Leads A Spiritual Revival In San Francisco The floor was shaking, hands were raised to the sky and the man on the microphone was pontificating emphatically as sweat rolled down his furrowed brow. Was I in the Abyssinian Baptist Church celebrating a revival? I might as well have...
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