Best New Bands » Northside Festival 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 Northside Day 3: Jameson and 285 Kent Wildness https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/northside-day-3-jameson-and-285-kent-wildness/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/northside-day-3-jameson-and-285-kent-wildness/#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:53:17 +0000 Day three of Northside Music Festival was the fullest, and best. This is when I finally decided to take advantage of the Jameson Black Barrel lounge, where there was free Jameson whiskey, Brooklyn BBQ, lobster mac n’ cheese, “cold toddies” which were basically whiskey slushies, AND a demonstration from Jameson’s Master Cooper himself, Ger Buckley.

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/northside-day-3-jameson-and-285-kent-wildness/feed/ 0 Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Doldrums and Field Mouse at Glasslands https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/unknown-mortal-orchestra-doldrums-and-field-mouse-at-glasslands/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/unknown-mortal-orchestra-doldrums-and-field-mouse-at-glasslands/#comments Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:06:41 +0000 I went to this show with the plan to specifically watch and review the Brooklyn-based dream pop outfit Field Mouse, but they went on earlier than I anticipated, and for some reason Glasslands was unusually slow to get people in the door, so I ended up only catching the last half of their set while

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