Los Angeles - If there is any band in the current indie rock scene that has the potential to reach the level of rock stardom experienced by underground bands during the early 90s, it is DIIV. The band is led by captivating frontman Zachary Cole Smith, a former touring member of Beach Fossils. Smith started the band as a
San Francisco – Jackson Phillips – the mastermind behind dreamy guitar pop outfit Day Wave – has made a lot of, well, waves, within the indie music sphere, the past year or so, especially for someone who has yet to release a proper full-length LP. He and his outfit have enjoyed moderate success following breakthrough
Chicago – L.A. trio LANY played two back-to-back shows at the House of Blues in Chicago, supporting Troye Sivan on the Blue Neighbourhood Tour. Best New Bands was at the second sold-out show on Tuesday night, to catch LANY – our Featured Artist – perform for a packed room, full of screaming fans. Although Paul
New York – Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance has announced details of his debut album for Gingerbread Man Records, the label launched by Ed Sheeran last year. Recorded in Nashville with GRAMMY award winning producer Jacquire King (Tom Waits, James Bay, Kings Of Leon), “THE WILD SWAN” arrives on May 13th via Gingerbread Man Records/Elektra. The legendary
New York – GRAMMY nominated producer ZHU revealed his ‘Neon City’ debut U.S. headlining tour for this spring, full list of dates below. On his SoundCloud, a recorded prank call with an unsuspecting ticket scalping fan was released, and the phantom artist drove fans to his website NeonCityTour.com. The week-long countdown hit zero and revealed the 18-city tour
New York - Daughter, the London-based trio of Elena Tonra, Igor Haefeli and Remi Aguilella, have launched the final installment of their film triptych, for the soaring single ‘How’. Taken from their recently released and critically acclaimed second album, Not To Disappear. Shot in London last year and directed by BAFTA-nominated filmmakers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard (creators of the startling Nick
Chicago – Australian rockers The Rubens are set to release sophomore album Hoops this March, in the U.S. In 2012, the five-piece, comprised of the three Margin brothers, Zaac (guitar), Sam (vocals/guitar), and Elliott (keyboards), and long-time friends Scott Baldwin (drums) and William Zeglis (bass), earned critical acclaim with a chart-topping, self-titled debut album. The Rubens’ marvelous mix
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 ‘Fuel To The Fire’, and explains, “We wanted to convey a galactic other worldly visual
New York - Friends since childhood, Patrick Phillips (vocals/guitar) and Tyson Moore (lead guitar) found each other again in a Bushwick basement where they began writing much of what would become Honduras’ early material. Inspired by late 70’s punk, but mixing in aspects of garage and indie, Honduras played Brooklyn’s DIY venue scene tirelessly and garnered
Los Angeles – The Echo boasted an incredibly stacked lineup on Wednesday evening, hosting two of the Pacific Northwest’s hottest new indie bands: Deep Sea Diver and Radiation City. Seattle, Washington’s Deep Sea Diver technically served as the opener for Portland, Oregon’s Radiation City, but the club in Echo Park was packed from the moment Jessica Dobson