Best New Bands » Leonard Cohen 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 Kat Robichaud: Born With The Gift Of A Golden Voice https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/kat-robichaud-born-gift-golden-voice/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/kat-robichaud-born-gift-golden-voice/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2015 14:53:20 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=26593 San Francisco – Leonard Cohen once sang, “I was born with the gift of a golden voice.” Anyone familiar with the man’s whispery, ragged delivery knows he was being a bit facetious when he wrote this line (Cohen? Facetious? Unbelievable). Strip away the irony, however, and this lyric perfectly describes the stunning, indeed golden, voice

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/kat-robichaud-born-gift-golden-voice/feed/ 0 Other Lives Create Dramatic Soundscapes at Mercury Lounge https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/other-lives-create-dramatic-soundscapes-at-mercury-lounge/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/other-lives-create-dramatic-soundscapes-at-mercury-lounge/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:00:00 +0000 Early shows in the summer always feel strange to me, since it’s just so bright outside. Last night (or day), I checked out the early show at Mercury Lounge where Other Lives played, with Ravens & Chimes as support. Even though I was going out to a show when the sun still seemed too high

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/other-lives-create-dramatic-soundscapes-at-mercury-lounge/feed/ 0 Elizabeth and the Catapult is back with The Other Side of Zero https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/elizabeth-and-the-catapult-is-back-with-the-other-side-of-zero/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/elizabeth-and-the-catapult-is-back-with-the-other-side-of-zero/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:00:00 +0000 Riding on the coattails of a well-received debut album, the New York-based trio Elizabeth and the Catapult is back with its sophomore effort, The Other Side of Zero. Where Brooklyn-bred songstress Elizabeth Ziman and her band’s first album Taller Children comprised cheery, light-hearted songs, the second features darker, tongue-in-cheek tracks sung from the perspective of

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