New York - Walk The Moon’s number one smash hit, “Shut Up and Dance” has gone certified platinum! The popular track is currently number two on iTunes Top Songs Chart and number two on this week’s Billboard Digital Songs and Digital Tracks Charts.” It has also been streamed over 78 million times worldwide and is #11 on the
San Francisco – Up in the Bay Area, we have a phenomenon of sorts—something that has popped up in the past couple of years—lovingly called “Fauxchella.” Fauxchella represents the week-long run of concerts held in the Bay Area between the two weekends of the Coachella Music Festival that happens annually under the April sun of
Los Angeles – Just in time for summer, Peach Kelli Pop is back with a third full length release, aptly titled III. Bursting at the seams with over-caffeinated punk tempos and sugar sweet pop melodies and harmonies, on the surface it would seem these 10 songs deal with nothing more than hair care products, clothing
New York – Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Mac DeMarco is following up his last release, the widely successful Salad Days, with the announcement of Another One. This news comes nearly one year to the date of the last record. Another One was developed and recorded entirely by DeMarco over a very brief time between a hectic tour schedule at his new home in
Brooklyn – Punk rock-electronica outfit Doldrums, led by Montreal-based artist Airick Woodhead, is fresh off the release of the follow-up to 2013’s debut Lesser Evil. The Air Conditioned Nightmare (on Sub Pop Records), shares a similarly sunny title which is in fact borrowed off a Henry Miller novel that references the cultural vacuum and dystopia
Los Angeles – Baroque-pop artist, Jacco Gardner’s new album, Hypnophobia, is currently streaming in its entirety until its soon-to-arrive release date of May 5, 2015 on Polyvinyl. Check it out below! The hype for this record has led to plenty of excitement and intrigue, as is evident by the extensive interview Gardner gave to Best New Bands back
New York – NYC band, Public Access T.V. Has just announced the US release of their debut EP via Terrible Records. The Public Access EP will be available digitally on May 12, 2015 and on vinyl June 16, 2015. In anticipation of these releases, the band has now shared a video for their single, “Metropolis.” The video was directed
Chicago – Last weekend marked the seventh annual Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, better known as CIMMfest, and as usual, close to a hundred bands filled the city with amazing music. Saturday night, Best New Bands made sure to catch the CIMMfest show at The Empty Bottle, which featured one of the best line-ups
Los Angeles – Speedy Ortiz’s Foil Deer kicks off with a measured, angular guitar riff that descends into discordant noise and then suddenly halts, allowing Sadie Dupuis’ attention-getting vocal work to take center stage for a few seconds. While the song, “Good Neck,” never makes it to the two-minute mark, serves as the perfect encapsulation
New York - Charli XCX and Bleachers, both featured artists with Best New Bands, have announced today, that they will be teaming up for a co-headlining tour during the summer starting off this July in San Diego, CA. BØRNS will be supporting as well. Having starred together previously on Complex’s In-Ride Sessions: Charli XCX and Jack Antonoff Trade Remixes, Charli and