Best New Bands » Motopony 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 Motopony Celebrates LP Release At The Showbox https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/motopony-celebrates-lp-release-showbox/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/motopony-celebrates-lp-release-showbox/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2015 07:10:47 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=25816 Seattle – The Seattle-based group Motopony celebrated the release of their new LP, Welcome You, Saturday at The Showbox at the Market. Recorded live to tape at Washington’s Bear Creek Studio by Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Heartless Bastards) and mixed by Guy Massey (Manic Street Preachers, Ed Sheeran), the album is an amalgamation of psychedelic and indie

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/motopony-celebrates-lp-release-showbox/feed/ 0 Motopony Delivers Psychedelic Vibes On ‘Welcome You’ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/motopony-delivers-psychedelic-vibes-welcome/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/motopony-delivers-psychedelic-vibes-welcome/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2015 07:20:32 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=25370 Los Angeles – Seattle based band Motopony will release their sophomore LP, Welcome You via eOne Music / Fast Plastic on June 23rd. The record is the follow-up to Motopony’s 2011 self-titled debut LP. It’s the result of the previous four years of shape-shifting, intensive songwriting, transforming, and rejuvenating. Welcome You was recorded live to

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/motopony-delivers-psychedelic-vibes-welcome/feed/ 1 SISTERS And Motopony Celebrate New EPs With Release Show https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sisters-motopony-celebrate-new-eps-release-show/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sisters-motopony-celebrate-new-eps-release-show/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2014 23:16:29 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=19134 Seattle – Two local indie bands filled Neumos with a celebratory atmosphere the other night when SISTERS and Motopony performed their hearts out to the packed venue. It’s amazing to watch a band grow over the passing of time; what’s even more amazing is when you recognize how much they’ve evolved over the course of

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