Best New Bands » Miniature Tigers 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 Miniature Tigers at The Satellite: Losing fans one mediocre performance at a time https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/miniature-tigers-at-the-satellite-losing-fans-one-mediocre-performance-at-a-time/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/miniature-tigers-at-the-satellite-losing-fans-one-mediocre-performance-at-a-time/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:00:00 +0000 When I spoke to the lead singer of  Miniature Tigers last fall (for the full BestNewBands.com article please click here), I didn’t know a whole lot about the quartet. I was charmed by their tracks “Mansion of Misery” and “Bullfighter Jacket” (see video below) but I was further intrigued by how down to earth lead

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  2. The Get Up Kids are back and at Webster Hall with Miniature Tigers Tomorrow If you were a teenager in the mid- to late 90s, you probably remember The Get Up Kids in their heyday, before the genre “emo” became so distorted with the cringe- worthy connotations it has now. After making music for...
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/announcing-the-best-artists-of-2010/feed/ 0 9 Questions and One Embarrassing Story With Freelance Whales https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/9-questions-and-one-embarrassing-story-with-freelance-whales/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/9-questions-and-one-embarrassing-story-with-freelance-whales/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Freelance Whales is an emerging indie-rock band hailing from Queens, New York. The band formed in 2008 and has just released their first full-length LP, Weathervanes, this year. Most of the band members are multi-instrumentalists and the band has created a patchwork sound that has influences from everything from bluegrass to The Postal Service. Be

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