Best New Bands » Lucius 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 10 Songs You Might Have Missed In 2016 https://www.bestnewbands.com/new-releases/10-songs-might-missed-2016/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/new-releases/10-songs-might-missed-2016/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2016 00:48:37 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34027 London – Any day now and we’ll have to get used to writing down 2017. But before we are quite there it’s time for a quick reprise. So, settle down and listen to 10 songs you might have missed in 2016 that you won’t find on too many year-end lists. Give you yourself marks if

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/new-releases/10-songs-might-missed-2016/feed/ 0 Lucius Takes London By Storm https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/lucius-takes-london-storm/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/lucius-takes-london-storm/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2016 07:04:26 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=30119 London – “Good evening, London! What a beautiful theatre… so many beautiful places here,” was how Jess Wolfe of Lucius responded to the reception afforded to the band’s two opening songs. Lucius loves London, and the city seems to hold the Brooklyn five-piece in similar regard, given the size of the crowd crammed into the three floors of Koko.

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  1. Lucius Delivers More Good Than Grief London – Born out of experiences from an extensive bout of touring on the back of its stellar 2013 debut album, Wildewoman, the 2016 follow-up Good Grief by Brooklyn five-piece Lucius, is as individual as its predecessor. There’s a stylishness to co-founders...
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  3. Albert Hammond Jr. Takes L.A. To The Next Level Los Angeles – As is expected with any all-ages show with a mainstream bent, Albert Hammond Jr.’s Wednesday night set was a little more wacky and wild than the typical show at Los Angeles’ Teragram Ballroom. While the sometimes-Strokes guitarist’s...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/lucius-takes-london-storm/feed/ 1 Lucius Delivers More Good Than Grief https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/good-grief-lucius/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/good-grief-lucius/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:03:20 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=29326 London – Born out of experiences from an extensive bout of touring on the back of its stellar 2013 debut album, Wildewoman, the 2016 follow-up Good Grief by Brooklyn five-piece Lucius, is as individual as its predecessor. There’s a stylishness to co-founders Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig’s music and aesthetic that defines the essence of Lucius; a gloss

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/good-grief-lucius/feed/ 1 You Won’t Opens for Lucius at The High Watt https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/you-won-t-opens-for-lucius-at-the-high-watt/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/you-won-t-opens-for-lucius-at-the-high-watt/#comments Thu, 30 Jan 2014 18:28:33 +0000 Nashville – You Won’t caught our attention in 2012 with the release of Skeptic Goodbye. It’s an album built from punchy, idiosyncratic percussion and equally as punchy, audacious lyricism.  It was an album that Josh Arnoudse and Raky Sastri made together before they were officially a band, before they’d booked shows or built a fan

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  3. Lucius Fills Brooklyn’s Rockwood Music Hall with Love The Brooklyn based quintet Lucius is a rare thing. You don’t often find a band that is both genuinely talented and comprised of genuinely nice people. It comes through in their songs and the atmosphere of their live shows. If...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/you-won-t-opens-for-lucius-at-the-high-watt/feed/ 0 Mixtape – CHVRCHES, FKA Twigs, The Rubens, Lucius and more https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-chvrches-fka-twigs-the-rubens-lucius-and-more/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-chvrches-fka-twigs-the-rubens-lucius-and-more/#comments Wed, 25 Sep 2013 03:05:44 +0000   New York – More fresh tunes cropped up, plus new engaging pieces from a couple of our most recent additions to the BestNewBands.com family. On the ground in London we now have James Somerside, who contributed a preview for what is the most hyped and anticipated albums out this week – CHVRCHES The Bones of

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-chvrches-fka-twigs-the-rubens-lucius-and-more/feed/ 0 Lucius Fills Brooklyn’s Rockwood Music Hall with Love https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/lucius-fills-brooklyns-rockwood-music-hall-with-love/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/lucius-fills-brooklyns-rockwood-music-hall-with-love/#comments Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:10:35 +0000 The Brooklyn based quintet Lucius is a rare thing. You don’t often find a band that is both genuinely talented and comprised of genuinely nice people. It comes through in their songs and the atmosphere of their live shows. If you check out their videos on YouTube, you’ll see that most of them are live

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/lucius-fills-brooklyns-rockwood-music-hall-with-love/feed/ 0 Mixtape 28: Laura Marling, Father John Misty and more https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-28-laura-marling-father-john-misty-and-more/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-28-laura-marling-father-john-misty-and-more/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:02:44 +0000   This week’s mix is a combination of old and new tracks, because discoveries are fun, but sometimes re-discoveries are just what we need. Best Coast is on because Kristen saw them at The Mohawk, and also because it’s summertime. There’s also an older track from Shilpa Ray, when she had her Happy Hookers, because

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-28-laura-marling-father-john-misty-and-more/feed/ 0 Lucius Talk NY, Style and Debut Album https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/lucius-talk-new-york-style-and-stinky-tour-van/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/lucius-talk-new-york-style-and-stinky-tour-van/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:30:23 +0000 Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe have known each other almost ten years. They met in college through dorm mates and have been singing together since 2003. “We were lucky,” Holly says. “Second or third year we were at Jess’s house at a party drinking wine, lots of it, and we sat down on the couch

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/lucius-talk-new-york-style-and-stinky-tour-van/feed/ 1 Best New Bands At SXSW: Alt-J, Lucius, On An On and The Weeks https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/best-new-bands-at-sxsw-alt-j-lucius-on-an-on-and-the-weeks/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/best-new-bands-at-sxsw-alt-j-lucius-on-an-on-and-the-weeks/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:09:06 +0000 Publisher’s Note: So many bands. So little time. Kristen Blanton, a newly minted Austin resident, spent most of her week going from concert to concert and interview to interview. She’s exhausted, poor kid. So, I’ve taken the liberty of selecting some of the best new bands we saw there for this recap. The words are

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/best-new-bands-at-sxsw-alt-j-lucius-on-an-on-and-the-weeks/feed/ 0 SXSW: Shakey Graves, Great Peacock, Ivan and Alyosha, The Lonely Wild https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sxsw-shakey-graves-great-peacock-ivan-and-alyosha-the-lonely-wild/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sxsw-shakey-graves-great-peacock-ivan-and-alyosha-the-lonely-wild/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:11:08 +0000 As Saturday arrived, we could feel tension of the end approaching. All the friends we’d made bouncing from showcase to showcase were about to go home – off to start recording, back to real jobs on Monday, back on the road. For six days, SXSW has bred one full family of music enthusiasts. It’s been

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