Best New Bands » Pink Floyd 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 Talk About…Pop Music (with Van Go Lion) https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/talk-aboutpop-music-with-van-go-lion/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/talk-aboutpop-music-with-van-go-lion/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:00:00 +0000 Van Go Lion, an exciting electropop duo from Portland, are in the process of recording their first full length album. Amy Paige and Josh Loerzel met a couple years back when Amy put an ad on Craigslist looking for a band to sing with. Pure pop perfection was born when Amy and Josh met, and

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  1. Land of Talk Rock the Bowery Ballroom I love when I realize a band I’ve just discovered is playing a show near me, so when I saw that Land of Talk was playing at Bowery Ballroom I thought, I know what I’m doing Saturday night! I arrived after...
  2. Q&A with Beats Antique: Spreading Music, Culture, and Sustainable Living Listening to Beats Antique is like immersing oneself into a musical melting pot of cultures. Combining Middle Eastern styles and other world music with dubstep, electronica, and roots music, Beats Antique sounds like nothing you’ve ever heard before (Check out...
  3. Delta Spirit Rock The Music Box and A Conversation With Matthew Vasquez At 11 pm on Wednesday night at the Music Box on Hollywood Blvd., San Diego-natives Delta Spirit took to the stage for their largest headlining show to date in the City of Angels. Having recently sold out the El Rey...
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  1. Weekend Playlist – November 26, 2010 photo credit: Laurel Kathleen Happy Black Friday – or Buy Nothing Day, whichever you prefer. Before you start your holiday weekend, BNB invites you to check out this playlist of songs from the week’s featured artists. “Percussion Gun” – White...
  2. 2010′s Last Weekend Playlist As we welcome the new year, BestNewBands.com would like to take one last look at the magical, music-filled year that was 2010. photo credit: Jesse Diener-Bennett “Babies” – Via Audio Jesse Diener-Bennett caught Via Audio in concert earlier this month,...
  3. Weekend Playlist – Best Songs of 2010 photo credit: Sherene Hilal Before we count down to 2011, we’re picking out some of the best songs of 2010. Which was your favorite? Vote now for your favorite song of 2010! “Rope” – ArpLine In an interview with Sherene...
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  1. BNBTV Spotlight: The Fembots’ “My Hands are a City”   BestNewBands.com   Today we’re kicking off a new series called “BNBTV Spotlight,” wherein we’ll be showcasing especially good videos we’ve found uploaded by bands on our BNBTV section. We decided to start it off with Canada’s Fembots and their...
  2. You Heard ‘Em Here First: BNB’s New Artist Spotlight From the few bars of a radio request to a recommendation from your ultra-hip friend, we are constantly barraged with new music – but how can we find time to sift through all of it to find what’s good? In...
  3. Alex Winston is Smokin’ Hot Detroit-based artist Alex Winston does it all. From playing the piano to ripping chords on the guitar, the 22-year-old has been playing music since an early age. In fact, her father musician taught her how to play the drums before...
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  1. The It Boys! Are Where It’s At! So I’m walking up the stairs into a hallway holding the entrances to various Roxy green rooms prepared to face my worst nightmare- five It Boys! (Judah, Duck, Matt, Tommy, Jeffrey) with better hair than myself- and dear god it...
  2. Easy Star All Stars: Reggae for Reggae Lovers and Haters Last night I traveled to beautiful downtown Santa Barbara to see the Easy Star All Stars perform with Cas Haley at the Soho Restauarant and Music Club (check out my review of Cas live at The Roxy here). Easy Star...
  3. On The Road With Red Sparowes The severely ambient music of Red Sparowes is absolutely worth experiencing.  The songs peppered with somber notes and self-reflective starkness are unavoidably hypnotic- and if I’m this entranced via auditory tools, I can’t wait to see what their live performance...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/jp-chrissie-and-the-fairground-boys-at-house-of-blues/feed/ 0 Easy Star All Stars: Reggae for Reggae Lovers and Haters https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/easy-star-all-stars-reggae-for-reggae-lovers-and-haters/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/easy-star-all-stars-reggae-for-reggae-lovers-and-haters/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0000 Last night I traveled to beautiful downtown Santa Barbara to see the Easy Star All Stars perform with Cas Haley at the Soho Restauarant and Music Club (check out my review of Cas live at The Roxy here). Easy Star All Stars have garnered many fans with their cover albums of Radiohead‘s OK Computer, The

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  1. A moment with Star Anna and The Laughing Dogs Growing up halfway between Seattle and the middle of nowhere can have a profound effect on one’s life. In the case of Star Ann, it drove her to write and perform music. With melodic, aching vocals that’s as raw as...
  2. Fol Chen and Sister Crayon Light Up The Echo Last night, The Echo was for lovers. Couples held hands, sat in each other’s laps, and held each other up as they swayed to a melee of electronic and live sounds coming from the stage. It was the last night...
  3. Cas Haley: Making a Connection at The Roxy Since moving to L.A., I’ve wondered about the lack of movement and social interaction in the audience at live shows. It seems that everyone comes as a couple or in a small group and sticks to themselves. Last night at...
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  1. The Softer Side of FYF Fest: AA Bondy and Vetiver &# What’s great about music festivals like FYF Fest is that you can see a killer rock band’s set on one stage, then walk over a small hill and hear a quiet, pretty acoustic folk rock set like that of...
  2. Dirty Sweet @ Spaceland, 7/16/09 Well, it took almost exactly two years, but I have finally made it to a second Dirty Sweet show. I’d say that it was worth the wait, but honestly I wish I’d made it out to see them again sooner....
  3. Light FM at Spaceland, softly This is from a few weeks back, but there’s a nice simplicity to this Light FM song. And something special about pretty colors in soft focus.   {mov}485{/mov}...
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