Best New Bands » No Age 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 New Mixtape: HAIM, King Krule, Old Monk And Many More https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape/#comments Sun, 08 Sep 2013 02:40:07 +0000 After a brief hiatus, we’re back with a new Mixtape featuring coverage from BestNewBands.com’s music savvy writers, plus some new tracks from new bands that are fresh out the oven. Katrina was at Los Angeles’ The Echoplex for Cotillon’s last residency night, and witnessed their “straightforward, heartfelt  performance.” Brigit covered Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival, and highlights included The

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  1. Album Review: King Krule, 6 Feet Beneath the Moon The rise of King Krule, aka Archy Marshall (or Zoo Kid up until a few years ago) has been a steady build that left those in awe wondering if the scrawny UK teen could reach the full potential expected by...
  2. Girls, Real Estate, and King Krule at Terminal 5 Tonight! Well, this show is already sold out, but can that really come as a surprise? The lineup is impeccably tiered: the much-acclaimed headliner Girls, who are still rather hot off their release second full length which ended up on many...
  3. The Grizzled Mighty Announces Thick Hand Grip EP The Grizzled Mighty have announced the title and release date for their eagerly awaited EP, Thick Hand Gun will be self released on Tuesday, February 5th. Thick Hand Gun finds the Seattle duo, singer and guitarist Ryan Granger and drummer...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape/feed/ 0 Album Review: No Age, An Object https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-no-age-an-object/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-no-age-an-object/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:08:07 +0000 Looking at the past three years, it wouldn’t be presumptuous to assume that No Age was in a deep, deep slumber. At last, the L.A.-based duo of Randy Randall and Dean Allen Spunt have released their third full-length record, An Object. Their latest effort is definitely a summer album, but not in the classic sense

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-no-age-an-object/feed/ 0 Featured Artist: Bleached https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-bleached/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-bleached/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:30:52 +0000   Today’s styling of punk music is harder to find than before. This can be attributed to the watered down version of pop punk that nearly destroyed the genre and turned punk from a lifestyle and attitude into just another cash cow. While bands we won’t mention did their best to kill it, there have

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-po-po/feed/ 0 Q&A: Dan Epand of Nico Vega https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-dan-epand-of-nico-vega/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-dan-epand-of-nico-vega/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:00:00 +0000 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 the emergence of groups like Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, The Airborne Toxic Event

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  3. A Conversation With James Petralli of White Denim Sometimes a name can be an accurate way to describe a band. But with White Denim, it is not. Something as simple as, well, white denim, doesn’t do the band’s eclectic combination of garage rock, dub soul, alt-rock, country and...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-dan-epand-of-nico-vega/feed/ 0 The New Parish is the New Home of Moshing Thanks to No Age https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-new-parish-is-the-new-home-of-moshing-thanks-to-no-age/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-new-parish-is-the-new-home-of-moshing-thanks-to-no-age/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:00:00 +0000 Last night I ventured into Oakland to witness Lucky Dragons, The Fresh & Onlys and No Age at the New Parish. This was my first time in Oakland and my first time seeing any of these bands, but the experience I had vaguely reminded me of the shows I used to go to when I was

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  2. In Oregon, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Find a New “Home” Photo taken by Crystal Jenks Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros are no strangers to BestNewBands.com – Cervante Pope profiled the group in early August, and Lauren Novik caught them at L.A.’s Sunset Junction a couple weeks ago. An avid...
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