Seattle – New Jersey two-piece band Dads made a stop under the Space Needle. Earlier this year they delivered their 90s emo revival sound on their latest album I’ll Be The Tornado. Best New Bands spoke with vocalist and drummer John Bradley and guitarist/vocalist Scott Sharinger last month about the album, coming into adulthood, and
New York – The Last Internationale are slated to revive the ought-rock, post-garage era with undulating force. The band released their first full-length endeavor, We Will Reign, in August via Epic Records and a video for the song, “Wanted Man,” in early November. Today, Best New Bands is excited to premiere a “making of” clip
Chicago – That pesky Polar Vortex swept in with snow flurries and wind chills Saturday night, but inside The Vic, Wild Cub was warming the audience with its rich tropical sounds and 80s dance beats. This lively indie synth-pop band began in Nashville, during 2011, with the duo of singer-songwriter Keegan DeWitt and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy
London – 19-year-old producer, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Alex Burey, has released “Inside World,” the title track from his debut, four-song EP, coming January 26 on his own Pling Recordings label. The song has a lounge lizard vibe with dreamy, ethereal music juxtaposed with Burey’s understated vocal. His unique musical background has led to an expressive
Austin – So, $ingle$ 2 is a joke, right? Not as in a bad record, more like the obvious sarcasm of the record’s title is completed by a track listing tailored to put off wannabe fans, and anyone looking to soundtrack a car commercial. The first song could easily have been selected for broad listen-ability,
Los Angeles – After seeing their performance last Friday at The Bootleg Hifi, audience members unfamiliar with alternative-pop act Ex Cops would have no way of knowing that the band just released one of the most polished records of 2014. While Ex-Cops’ most recent release, Daggers (on Downtown Records), saw the band venturing into more
Los Angeles – Fryars is the one man-project of 24-year-old London-based singer/songwriter, Ben Garrett. His long-awaited sophomore album, Power, is a genre-bending euphoria of a record. His previous effort, Dark Young Hearts, came out five years ago and the days of being a timid, inexperienced teenager are long behind him. During the lapse between albums,
Chicago – On the night of All Hallows’ Eve, drummer Erik Ratensperger and guitarist Mark Solomich of Junior Prom were enthusiastically describing their costumes over chips and salsa and a bucket of Halloween candy in the green room of The Vic in Chicago. The up-and-coming Brooklyn indie-pop duo was in town supporting Andrew McMahon, and
New York - The Lone Bellow recently announced their new album Then Came The Morning, to be released January 27, 2015 on Descendant Records. Aaron Dessner of The National produced the album. The Brooklyn-based indie-folk trio have just announced a coinciding tour that will begin February 23 and cover much of the midwest and east. Odessa will perform as
New York – Sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow make up the Irish-born, English-raised alternative rock group 2:54. The two wrote their self-titled debut, which was released on Fiction/Fat Possum in 2012. Two years later they’ve followed it up with their just-released second album, The Other I. The ambient record is a natural progression from their