Best New Bands » New York 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: Yellowbirds, Songs From The Vanished Frontier https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-yellowbirds-songs-from-the-vanished-frontier/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-yellowbirds-songs-from-the-vanished-frontier/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 07:23:01 +0000 It’s 2013 which means Apollo Sunshine hasn’t been around for about four years now, which sounds like a longer time than it feels. Perhaps that’s because, while the band might have left us, thankfully front man Sam Cohen has not. After the band’s split, Cohen took a two year hiatus before releasing The Color, the

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  1. Album Review: Tanlines—Mixed Emotions To correspond with the release of their debut full-length, Mixed Emotions, Tanlines premiered a video for the album’s second single, “All of Me,” the week of the release. This video featured a fuzzy VHS taping of the duo sternly performing...
  2. An Album Review: Pilot Whale’s New Recitals to Attend Last week I sat down with Pilot Whale and saw the course of song perfection.  Though the album was created before the band got the process down pat, I jumped at the chance to give the whole album a listen...
  3. Album Review: Memoryhouse – The Slideshow Effect After first only endeavoring to create a multimedia project pairing sound with images between composer Evan Abeele and photographer Denise Nouvion, becoming more of a band and releasing an EP, then doing the relentless touring thing for a few years,...
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  1. Live Review: Peter Wolf Crier Wows The Bootleg Theatre Peter Wolf Crier is a band that you probably haven’t heard of…yet. But after watching the duo (trio during live performances) immobilize the audience of Los Angeles’ Bootleg Theatre, I am confident you will be hearing this name more and...
  2. PAPA Celebrates Their EP Release at The Bootleg On Wednesday night, Los Angeles’ Bootleg Theatre hosted a celebratory show for local punk-meets-soul outfit, PAPA. RACES and THE FRANKS also hailing from the City of Angels, joined the duo-turned-quartet for a kickass night of rock ‘n’ roll. The guys...
  3. Chocolate Genius Inc. at The Bootleg Theater Chocolate Genius Inc. is an enigma. The musical project of New York artist Marc Anthony Thompson performed last night at Bootleg Theater to an attentive and intrigued audience, and I’m fairly certain that the majority of the audience left with...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/live-review-here-we-go-magic-and-the-dig-at-bootleg-theater/feed/ 0 Monophonics Go Heavy on the Psych and Soul at Sullivan Hall https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/monophonics-go-heavy-on-the-psych-and-soul-at-sullivan-hall/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/monophonics-go-heavy-on-the-psych-and-soul-at-sullivan-hall/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:26:11 +0000 Here at BestNewBands.com, we tend to focus mainly on what’s generally lumped into the “indie” genre; “indie” being a word that has come to be used more as a categorization for a certain sound and image of a band, as opposed to simply meaning a band that is “independent.” Ironically, the bands that tend to

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  1. Night Beats Bare Dark Souls at Music Hall of Williamsburg Night Beats I walked into Music Hall of Williamsburg to music already playing, and I knew from the heavy-reverbed note bending that sounded like a portal straight back to Texas psych rock from the ’60s, that Night Beats was on...
  2. A Sweaty Heavy Jam with JEFF the Brotherhood at Death by Audio JEFF the Brotherhood packed the sweaty punkers into Death by Audio to full capacity last night, where hell broke loose in the most reverb- and beer-soaked way. Right when the band played the first note, there was a clear and...
  3. Band of Skulls Rock Their Sold Out Set at Music Hall of Williamsburg From the opening riff of “Sweet Sour” all the way till the very end of their set, Band of Skulls was a constant rock n’ roll rumbling throughout Music Hall of Williamsburg. This Southampton, UK–based band is a prime example...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/monophonics-go-heavy-on-the-psych-and-soul-at-sullivan-hall/feed/ 0 Phantogram Becomes Nocturnal with Nightlife https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/phantogram-becomes-nocturnal-with-nightlife/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/phantogram-becomes-nocturnal-with-nightlife/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:53:17 +0000 It’s been two years since Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter, better known to the masses as electro duo Phantogram, released their breakthrough debut LP, Eyelid Movies. In that time, the two-piece focused on touring in support of the record, leaving little time to sleep, let alone write an album. As a result, the New York-based

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  1. Star Anna Delivers on Alone In This Together As discussed here last year, Star Anna is one of the true rising talents in music. The Ellensburg, Washington-based rocker finally released her latest record, Alone In This Together via Local 638 Records. The album features her band, The Laughing...
  2. Nadler’s Third Solo LP Shows Great Promise As we discussed last week, Marissa Nadler is on the rise. The Boston-based singer/songwriter is releasing her third album, which is self-titled, independently. The album kicks off with “In Your Lair, Bear,” which is six minutes of skeletal chords and...
  3. Old Monk’s Birds of Belize I’ve been talking a lot about the Brooklyn-based rockers Old Monk recently. If you couldn’t tell from my review of the wonderfully eclectic show at Cake Shop (which, it turns out, Old Monk organized!), or from my rave review of...
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  1. 4 Concert Picks For The Week of November 21st Who: Mister Heavenly Where: Mercury Lounge, New York City When: Sunday, November 20th @ 7:30pm Cost: $15 – SOLD OUT Age Restriction: 21+ Image by Jacqueline Di Milia     Who: WU LYF and Crystal Antlers Where: The Independent, San Francisco,...
  2. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks For The Week – November 14, 2011 Who: Real Estate Where: Sail Inn, Tempe, AZ When: Monday November 14th Cost:$12/$13 Age Restriction: 21+   Read our review of their Portland, OR show here: Who: Pomegranates Where: Firebird, St. Louis, MO When: Tuesday November 15th, 8:45 Cost:$10 Age Restriction: 21+ Who: Ganglians Where: Kung Fe Necktie,...
  3. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week October 3rd, 2011 Who: Trip Like Animals with The Brambles and guestsWhere: The Sunset – Seattle, WAWhen: Wed., October 5, 2011Cost: $6.00Age Restriction: 21+ Who: Radical FaceWhere: Brick and Mortar Music Hall – San Francisco, CAWhen: Thursday October 6, Doors – 8:00pm Show – 9:00pmCost: $10...
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  1. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week 9/26/11 Who: Hanni El Khatib with We Break Cameras, Feeding People, Kissing Cousins, and Jeremy SoleWhere: The Echo, Los AngelesWhen: Monday, September 26th at 8pmCost: FreeAge Restrictions: 21+ Who: Braids w/Pepper Rabbit & Painted PalmsWhere: Bottom Of The Hill, SanFranciscoWhen: Tuesday, September...
  2. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 8/29/11 Pic by Nick Maggio Picked By: Laurel Kathleen Who: The Ross Sea Party Where: Silverlake Lounge, Los Angeles, CA When: Monday, August 29th at 11pm Cost: FREE Age Restrictions: 21+ *** Picked By: Jesse Diener-Bennett Who: Ball of Flame Shoot Fire...
  3. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 1/3/2011 Picked by Jesse Diener-Bennett, Laurel Kathleen, & Lauren Novik Who: Grouplove w/Guards Where: Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA When: Monday Jan. 3rd, 9:30pm Cost: Free! Age Restrictions: 21+   From Laurel Kathleen: This January, catch one of Los Angeles’ hottest...
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  1. Concert Review: St. Patrick’s Day at the Key Club with Phathom, Culprit, thatwasthen, and Bethpage Black Ah, St. Patrick’s Day.  When the beer is green, the tattoo parlors are filled, and the spirit is rowdy.  This St. Patty’s Day, I headed down to the Key Club on the Sunset Strip to check out a showcase of...
  2. BNBTV Spotlight: thatwasthen, “Storymaker” BestNewBands.com In my opinion, it is a pretty unanimous sentiment that every audiophile’s favorite pastime is the good ol’, all-American car concert.  What sense of pride cometh when you finally get the hang of driving with your knee, enabling you...
  3. BNBTV Spotlight: thatwasthen, “This Is War” BestNewBands.com   So I press play on this video, and I’m watching…and I’m watching and I’m thinking…this looks familiar…really familiar.  Oh ya! I was totally at this concert.  And now it makes sense why there were so many people videoing...
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  1. Concert Review: The Black Angels Steal the Show at The Fox Theater The Black Angels in a haze of awesomeness. On Saturday night, I had the chance to see The Black Angels, Cold Cave, and The Kills at The Fox Theater in Pomona.  So I drove east to the city, parked in...
  2. Concert Review: White Denim with Allah-Las Leaves The Echo in a Beautiful Daze White Denim minus new guitarist Austin Jenkins Excitement abounded for me last night, a perfectly average Wednesday in May, as I headed down to The Echo to see one of my favorite bands, White Denim.  As you might’ve heard (read?)...
  3. Concert Review: Buffalo Tom Stampedes the Troubadour Last night, I found myself back at Los Angeles’ Troubadour—my seeming home away from home.  On this uncharacteristically chilly night, I was there to see Buffalo Tom, an Boston-based band who just released their 10th album, Skins. I had given...
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  1. 5 Minutes With Peter Squires of The Farthest Forests The Farthest Forests, a two piece band featuring Anne Marple vocally and our old friend, Peter Squires, providing the music, were born of the lush woods and epic tides of the New England seacoast; two golden babies united musically by...
  2. Q&A: Dan Epand of Nico Vega Over the past few years, the Los Angeles indie rock scene has fortunately began to replace itself in the hearts and minds of music fans who once thought of the city solely as a Mecca for hair metal bands. With...
  3. Q&A: Doris Cellar of Freelance Whales When people hear Craigslist experiences, they only think of the gloom and doom that could occur from these chance meetings. But fortunately for Queens, New York-based Freelance Whales, the results couldn’t have gone more swimmingly. The band’s name is derived...
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  1. The Parlotones Bring Anthemic Rock’n Roll to New York’s Mercury Lounge Last night, South Africa’s and BestNewBands.com’s favorite sons (and former Artists in Residence) The Parlotones played the sold-out Mercury Lounge in New York City for an early show. I checked in early for The Parlotones’ soundcheck, examination of their new...
  2. Baltimore, Get Ready for Fences This Sunday evening, Chris Mansfield, aka the 27 year old singer/songwriter known as Fences, will be bringing his brand of indie melancholy to The Golden West Cafe. I interviewed Chris for BestNewBands.com last year (see the full interview here), and...
  3. Morning Teleportation Beams Up to The Mercury Lounge I’m going to be honest; early shows have never really been my thing. I like a little time to take off my dinner suit and put on my music critic hoodie. Plus it feels weird to be inside a darkened...
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