Best New Bands » Pearl Jam 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 Benvenue’s Lead Singer Francis Talks Classics, Guilty Pleasures, and Changing Band Dynamics https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-with-benvenue/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-with-benvenue/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:00:00 +0000 Benvenue is a hard rocking quartet from the Bay area that began with lead singer Francis Blay and guitarist Sid Slater on the football field of the University of California Berkeley. The group recently released an eleven track album entitled Jean Elizabeth and plans to play a show in Los Angeles later this week, but

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-with-benvenue/feed/ 0 The dilemma of August 29th https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-dilemma-of-august-29th/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-dilemma-of-august-29th/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:00:00 +0000 I mentioned ages ago that I was planning to attend Outside Lands in San Francisco the weekend of Aug 28-30. I’ve been jockeying for a job at the festival since January, and under the press of conflicting responsibilities that same week, I reluctantly asked to be withdrawn from consideration. (A decision I am still remarkably

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