Best New Bands » Meiko 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 Album Review: Meiko, The Bright Side https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-meiko-the-bright-side/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-meiko-the-bright-side/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:21:32 +0000 Over the past few months, we’ve been writing a lot about Meiko, and deservedly so. Though her debut album was released in 2007, she’s still a relatively new artist being that this is only her second release. After reviewing her live show at SXSW and an Artist of the Week feature, her album The Bright

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