Best New Bands » MS MR 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 MS MR Unveils Their New Single “Criminals” https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/ms-mr-unveils-new-single-criminals/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/ms-mr-unveils-new-single-criminals/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2015 17:09:06 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=25928 New York – With just a week remaining until the release of their explosive new album, How Does It Feel, music duo MS MR (Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow) have unveiled their brand new single, “Criminals.” How Does It Feel, which will be released July 17 via Columbia Records, is available to pre-order today exclusively at iTunes: http://smarturl.it/HDIF. To celebrate the album’s release, MS

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  1. MS MR Unveils New Track “How Does It Feel” New York – Today, MS MR released the third new track, “How Does It Feel,” from their highly anticipated sophomore album. Watch the lyric video here. The album How Does It Feel  was named one of Billboard’s “25 Summer Albums...
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/ms-mr-unveils-new-single-criminals/feed/ 0 MS MR Unveils New Track “How Does It Feel” https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/ms-mr-unveils-new-track-feel/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/ms-mr-unveils-new-track-feel/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:22:14 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=25501 New York – Today, MS MR released the third new track, “How Does It Feel,” from their highly anticipated sophomore album. Watch the lyric video here. The album How Does It Feel  was named one of Billboard’s “25 Summer Albums We Can’t Wait to Hear” and will be released July 17 via Columbia Records. It

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/ms-mr-unveils-new-track-feel/feed/ 0 MS MR Celebrate A Birthday At Rickshaw Stop https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/ms-mr-celebrate-birthday-rickshaw-stop/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/ms-mr-celebrate-birthday-rickshaw-stop/#comments Mon, 11 May 2015 07:23:49 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=24300 San Francisco – On Thursday, New York-based indie dark wave duo MS MR brought the house down at the cozy Rickshaw Stop.  The twosome—consisting of vocalist Lizzy Plapinger and producer Max Hershenow (along with their touring bassist and drummer)—played a stellar dozen songs to a enthusiastically rapt sold-out crowd, showcasing several songs off their excellent

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/ms-mr-return-new-single/feed/ 0 MS MR Take Chicago By Storm https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/ms-mr-take-chicago-by-storm/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/ms-mr-take-chicago-by-storm/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:32:37 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/wp_bnb/?p=17533 Chicago – Back in 2012, the elusive twosome MS MR revealed their fresh dream pop on a dark and quirky eye candy filled tumblr. The New Yorkers cleverly hid their identities and became a mysterious Internet sensation. Once the blog went viral, the duo ignited a musical storm with the single “Hurricane.” Soon the curious

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/ms-mr-take-chicago-by-storm/feed/ 2 MS MR Discuss Their Burgeoning Pop Success https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/ms-mr-discuss-their-burgeoning-pop-success/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/ms-mr-discuss-their-burgeoning-pop-success/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:37:31 +0000 Austin – The duo of Lizzy Palpinger and Max Hershnow, better known as MS MR, has been creating music together since 2012 though both are no strangers to the music industry.  Palpinger as the founder of Neon Gold Records and Hershnow as a producer.  Sharing a love of music and creative energy, they came together

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-32-lord-huron-ms-mr-fuzz-and-more/feed/ 0 MS MR Announce First Headlining North American Tour https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/ms-mr-announce-first-headlining-north-american-tour/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/ms-mr-announce-first-headlining-north-american-tour/#comments Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:42:34 +0000 New York City based duo MS MR will embark on their first North American headline tour this fall in support of their critically-acclaimed, debut album Secondhand Rapture.  The tour will start September 16 in Montreal and will take the band across the U.S. with stops in Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Minneapolis, Chicago, and Los Angeles (full list

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