Best New Bands » knitting factory 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 CMJ 2012 Highlights: Daughn Gibson, METZ, and King Tuff https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/cmj-2012-highlights-daughn-gibson-metz-and-king-tuff/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/cmj-2012-highlights-daughn-gibson-metz-and-king-tuff/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:29:04 +0000 Thursday night of CMJ ended up being good for sweat and beer at Knitting Factory, but it didn’t start out that way. The first musician I caught there was Daughn Gibson. who paired some dark country croonin’ with electronic beats. He was joined by a librarian-esque keyboard player, who added an extra layer of dusty

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  1. King Tuff Lights Up The Doug Fir It’s not that the sun hates Portland, OR. It’s just… a little negligent. Even after the summer solstice, when the rest of the country bakes in warmer climes, it’s not uncommon to find us still cursing overcast skies (see: this)....
  2. Elle King Selected As Opening Act For Of Monsters And Men Elle King, a brand new RCA Records artist has been hand-picked as the opening act for OF MONSTERS AND MEN on a slew of upcoming theater dates. Before heading out on tour,   Elle King will be performing at the CMJ...
  3. Kaki King’s GuiTour What surprises most people about Kaki King is her size. She’s not a tall girl, and it’s a wonder how her small hands manipulate the guitar like they do. Since meeting her back in 2008 at Outside Lands while running...
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  1. The Stepkids Are a State of Mind at Knitting Factory Saturday night’s show at Knitting Factory with The Stepkids, Cuckoo Chaos, and Lushlife was officially the first show of the year to properly blow my mind. I needed something fresh to kickstart me back into music mode, and this was...
  2. Young Galaxy Play a Cosmic Set at Knitting Factory This past Saturday, in a total spur of the moment decision after just learning about them, I checked out Young Galaxy at my neighborhood venue, Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. I was worried that tickets would sell out quick at the...
  3. Akron/Family and Delicate Steve Bring Experimental Beauty to Brooklyn Last night, Delicate Steve and Akron/Family took to the stage of a sold-out Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. The room was an eclectic mix of hipsters, music aficionados and indie-rock fans (sometimes as the same person). Delicate Steve, or the...
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  1. Earshot Jazz Festival, a Preview A grand congregation featuring over 50 shows of the nations most acclaimed and promising jazz musicians will form in Seattle on October 15 and conclude 23 days later on November 7. The annual Earshot Jazz festival, established in 1984, has...
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  3. Seattle’s Decibel Festival, a Preview Seven years ago music enthusiast Sean Horton founded the Decibel Festival in Seattle, bringing to life an exhibition of his passion. The identity of the festival was the electronic music scene and the effect of it, in a city that...
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  1. Weekend Playlist – March 11, 2011 Start your weekend off right with a selection of tunes from this week’s featured artists on BestNewBands.com. “The Dead Dog” – Portugal. The Man Monica Christoffels previewed Portugal. The Man’s set at the Snowball Music Festival in Colorado last weekend....
  2. Weekend Playlist – March 4, 2011 Start your Friday off right with a selection of music from this week’s featured artists on BestNewBands.com “White Daisy Passing” – Rocky Votolato Laurel Kathleen caught the “truly gifted lyricist and vocalist” at the Troubador last Saturday. Laurel wrote, “Though...
  3. Weekend Playlist – March 18, 2011 Start your weekend off with a selection of music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com “Heat Wave” – Princess Pangolin In this week’s BackStory installment, Julie Carpenter of Princess Pangolin shares the story behind “Heat Wave.” This song started...
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  1. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 1/24/11 Picked By: Daniel Kohn Who: White Lies Where: The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA When: Monday, Jan. 4th at 8:00 pm Cost: Sold Out Age Restrictions: All Ages   *** Picked By: Claire Gallagher Who: Cold War Kids with Grouplove Where: The...
  2. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 2/21/11 Picked By: Kelly Knapp Who: Air Waves album release w/ Amy (Titus Andronicus), Soft Landing, Inoculist Where: Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY When: Tuesday, February 22nd at 8pm Cost: $8 in advance, $10 at the door Age Restrictions: 21+ *** Picked By: Daniel Kohn Who: Lucy Walsh Where: Hard Rock Cafe,...
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  1. Weekend Playlist – Feb. 4, 2011 Welcome to another weekend! Start it off right with music from the artists we’ve featured this week at BestNewBands.com. “Steel My Heart” – The Angry Orts Liz Livengood got a chance to sit down with The Angry Orts before their...
  2. Weekend Playlist – Feb. 11, 2011 Kick off your pre-Valentine’s (or Singles Awareness) Day weekend with songs from some of the artists we’ve featured this week.   “There’s Nothing For Me Here” – Range Rover On Sunday, Liz Livengood caught up with this San Diego trio,...
  3. Weekend Playlist – Jan. 28, 2011 Hello, BestNewBands.com readers! Ready for the weekend? Yeah, we are too. To aid you in your musical pre-funking, here’s a look (and listen) back on what we featured this week. “Livin’ The Dream (I’m On A Float)” – Super Mash...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-feb-25-2011/feed/ 0 Akron/Family and Delicate Steve Bring Experimental Beauty to Brooklyn https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/akron-family-and-delicate-seve-bring-experimental-beauty-to-brooklyn/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/akron-family-and-delicate-seve-bring-experimental-beauty-to-brooklyn/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Last night, Delicate Steve and Akron/Family took to the stage of a sold-out Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. The room was an eclectic mix of hipsters, music aficionados and indie-rock fans (sometimes as the same person). Delicate Steve, or the 23-year-old virtuoso also known as Steve Marion, recently burst onto the scene with the impressive

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  1. BackStory: Delicate Steve’s “Butterfly” In this episode of BackStory, New Jersey’s “Delicate Steve” Marion tells us the story behind his song “Butterfly.” Here is how Butterfly happened. I sat down one day in the place where I make music and took out this small...
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