&quo Friday night is tantalizing close, but for some small-town residents the options for celebrating the coming of the weekend can be very limited. Fortunately for those in Eugene, the historic WOW Hall has some great entertainment lined up: the lively, triple-threat lineup of Lynx, Medium Troy and MarchFourth Marching Band. Opening the show will
Classic Italian dishes are often limited to just a few simple, yet crucial, ingredients: hand-pressed olive oil, fresh pasta and a secret-family-recipe tomato sauce. Similarly, music doesn’t need a million bells and whistles (figuratively and literally) to be good – if an artist is talented, their skills will shine. In the case of Thurlow’s
Fresh from touring in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, Yeasayer gifted fans early Monday morning with a little something to show their love: a new music video for “I Remember” from the Odd Blood LP, along with a couple free remixes of the song. As highlighted in a preview for Sasquatch! 2011, this Brooklyn-based group
Kick off your pre-Valentine’s (or Singles Awareness) Day weekend with songs from some of the artists we’ve featured this week. “There’s Nothing For Me Here” – Range Rover On Sunday, Liz Livengood caught up with this San Diego trio, and even posted this song as a free download at the bottom of her post.
If there’s anything to be learned from the recent political uprisings in the Middle East, it’s this: everyday people can do extraordinary things – if they have courage. Now, obviously I’m not comparing Egypt and Tunisia to The Fervor‘s new album that came out today (lest I be labeled the new Kenneth Cole). Arise, Great
A larger version of this poster can be viewed at The Portland Mercury Music fans of the Pacific Northwest are in for a treat this Memorial Day weekend, as the 10th anniversary of the Sasquatch! Music Festival in Gorge, Washington promises a myriad of musical legends, as well as your favorite indie bands. Sasquatch! will
Welcome to another weekend! Start it off right with music from the artists we’ve featured this week at BestNewBands.com. “Steel My Heart” – The Angry Orts Liz Livengood got a chance to sit down with The Angry Orts before their show at The Woods in Portland last Saturday. Read the rest of Liz’s post here.
Hello, BestNewBands.com readers! Ready for the weekend? Yeah, we are too. To aid you in your musical pre-funking, here’s a look (and listen) back on what we featured this week. “Livin’ The Dream (I’m On A Float)” – Super Mash Bros. Kristina Villarini caught the mash-up artists at Irving Plaza in New York this weekend,
Pepper Rabbit’s off to quite a busy 2011 so far: after releasing their debut album, Beauregard, late last year, the duo of Xander Singh and Luc Laurent has played a non-stop string of shows with the likes of Passion Pit, Freelance Whales and Miniature Tigers. I recently had the opportunity to interview Xander Singh –
In this BackStory feature, Mike Last of Eugene’s Stagger and Sway explains the story behind the band’s tribute to local bar Sam Bond’s Garage. This is a song about the intangible magic of our favorite places. It was inspired by the real Sam Bond’s Garage in Eugene, OR – a place I quickly came to