Start your weekend off with a selection of music by artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com. “Outside the City” – Young Galaxy Kelly Knapp caught this stellar act at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn last weekend. Kelly wrote, “Young Galaxy’s set was pretty entrancing in a danceable way. This was a band with original synth
I swore up and down that I was going to take an entire week to recover for SXSW 6th street insanity- lay low, re-coup, etc. So that plan didn’t exactly work. In fact, I pretty much burned the paper with that plan written on it as soon as I heard Semi Precious Weapons were back
SXSW is known widely for shamelessly tireless self-promotion, an overload of brand new tunes from emerging (as well as tried and true) artists and we’ve been navigating our way through the latest and greatest. Dry The River’s new single “New Ceremony” is definitely something to get excited about it and here it is for your
Norwegian dance sensation Datarock rocked Annie’s West for Sea Now (popantipop & the sea shepherd conservation society’s SXSW event!) and no one in the venue was disappointed- including myself who was uncontrollably levitated from my seat in order to join the mass amount of enthused venue occupants! Because curiosity killed the cat and satisfaction brought
So day 198018 at SXSW and aside from wanting to amputate my feet from running back and forth between venues it couldn’t be better here in Austin! Now any fellow musical masochist knows various tips and tricks to navigate your way through SouthBy insanity- and amidst the unavoidable chaos, sometimes you find you’ve GPS’d yourself
Lauren here from the front lines of the insanity that is SXSW 2011, and lucky for me (and the rest of the Lustre Pearl attendees) Saint Motel gave us a sneak peek at some of their latest tunes and tracks, and aside from the expected pop rock audio awesomeness, their onstage acrobats made for one
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. Monica wrote, “Since forming PTM in 2004, and having lost and gained some band members
It’s Friday. You’ve been at SXSW for at least forty-eight hours now, and you’ve slept for about eight of them- in a non-consecutive manner. You’re finally getting ready to head to your 6th Street haunt, because the musical masochist in you is giving you a gentle reminder that you can sleep when you’re dead. So
Living Things stormed Silverlake last night to kickstart their four week long residency with a bang, and mission accomplished. In fact, I’m anxiously awaiting their next Monday night mayhem sesh- and I’ve made catching one of their SXSW sets a mandatory obligation! Pre-set insanity aside, Yves Berlin Living Things’ bassist extraordinaire took the time to
So it’s Tuesday, you’re counting the minutes left in the day, let alone the week and if Friday had a phone number you’d be sexting it. Thankfully, Saint Motel is here to answer your prayers with a little mid-week gift in the form of auditory awesomeness. The four boys are sending you one-way ticket style