Best New Bands » rock music 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 Artist of the Week: FIDLAR https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-fidlar/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-fidlar/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:15:33 +0000 Punk rock has always been about two things: simplicity and keeping it real. When the first bands busted out of New York City in the late ‘70s and Southern California in the early ‘80s, they made sure regardless of their future stature, to never lose sight of what punk music is about. The latest of

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  1. Artist of the Week: We Barbarians Although the band has its roots in California, there is something far more east coast about We Barbarians’ post-punk revivalist sound.  The grandiose hard-pop of their new EP, Headspace, sounds more at home darting between skyscrapers and roaming the 8...
  2. Artist of the Week: PO PO Since the early ‘60s, garage and lo-fi rock have been staples in music. Though many of the bands of this genre are mostly unrecognized or have faded into oblivion, that doesn’t mean that they didn’t have an impact on bands...
  3. Artist of the Week: The Static Jacks New Jersey’s The Static Jacks are climbing the steep steps to indie-rock acclaim.  Guitar-in-hand, the group breathes juvenile hellfire and wrestles across the barriers of punk, garage and soul on their full-length debut, If You’re Young, produced by Chris Shaw...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-fidlar/feed/ 0 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Releases “Hysterical” Video, Confirms Spring Tour https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/clap-your-hands-say-yeah-releases-hysterical-video-confirms-spring-tour/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/clap-your-hands-say-yeah-releases-hysterical-video-confirms-spring-tour/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:17:20 +0000 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is excited to release the video for “Hysterical,” the titular track off their latest album. Their first-ever official music video, the Kris Moyes directed “Hysterical” was premiered via MTV.com and was featured on MTV2′s “120 Minutes.” Hysterical from CYHSY on Vimeo. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah also confirmed a spring tour, which takes them

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  1. ALO Announce Spring / Summer Tour Dates New album Sounds Like This to be released May 8, 2012 ALO have announced an initial run of US tour dates this spring in support of the group’s forthcoming album Sounds Like This, to be released May 8, 2012 on Brushfire...
  2. The Joy Formidable Prep for U.S. Tour; Releases Music Video for “A Heavy Abacus” Preps for U.S. Tour And Releases A Music Video for Their New Single “A Heavy Abacus” The Joy Formidable are about to embark on their first headlining US Tour of 2012, beginning on March 12 in San Francisco, CA. A...
  3. Rodrigo Y Gabriela And C.U.B.A. To Tour This Spring Rodrigo Y Gabriela And C.U.B.A. To Tour This Spring First Ever Tour With Backing Band   New Studio Album “Area 52″ Out January 24th On ATO Records   Confirmed For 38th Season Of “Austin City Limits” ATO Records is excited...
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  1. Races and Duniven Play Bardot in Hollywood Bardot–a Los Angeles club tucked into Hollywood’s dense layout–is swanky.  Swanky like an old-school mansion with dark weaving hallways, swanky like tentatively walking in on some exclusive party, unsure of where you belong.  Old friends met and chatted holding colorful...
  2. Interview: Jeff Innes of Yukon Blonde It was a busy 2011 for Canadian rock band Yukon Blonde. Playing over 130 shows along with the release of their EP, Fire/Water on Dine Alone Records the band has certainly been on their game.  The EP was written partially...
  3. Interview with Deleted Scenes’ Matt Dowling Deleted Scenes is comprised of four ambitious musicians who have all been writing and performing music since grade school. In 2009, the Washington, D.C.-based quartet released its debut LP, Birdseed Shirt, to welcoming ears, and hit the road. Since then,...
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  1. The Pierces Share A Secret At The Hotel Cafe Finishing up a successful stint in the City of Angels, The Pierces brought their show to the Hotel Café last night. Usually, a late night Tuesday gig may as well be the graveyard shift, but the alt-folk outfit nailed it...
  2. Knox Delivers Another Killer Night At Hotel Cafe When BestNewBands.com favorite Will Knox is in town, you can be sure that we’ll be there. Knox kicked off his five-week tour with fellow troubadour Ari Herstand at the  Hotel Café in Hollywood. Throughout his 45-minute set, Knox sprinkled in...
  3. “Everybody Knows” Jeremy Silver Rocked Hotel Cafe Last night Jeremy Silver rocked the Hotel Café with his CD release show, and the great turn out of fans, friends, and music fiends were not disappointed.  Silver waded his way through every track off his just-dropped “Everybody Knows” and...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/sxsw-the-hotel-cafe-showcase/feed/ 0 SXSW – Thursday Night At The Lustre Pearl https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/sxsw-thursday-night-at-the-lustre-pearl/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/sxsw-thursday-night-at-the-lustre-pearl/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:48:26 +0000 I had one goal for the night, to see Miike Snow. They were playing at Lustre Pearl my favorite bar in Austin. The only catch was having to get there several hours before hand and listen through the other three bands. Was it worth the standing and waiting several hours? Yes and no.  The set

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  1. ALO Announce Spring / Summer Tour Dates New album Sounds Like This to be released May 8, 2012 ALO have announced an initial run of US tour dates this spring in support of the group’s forthcoming album Sounds Like This, to be released May 8, 2012 on Brushfire...
  2. Good Old War’s Come Back As Rain Debuts at #1 on Billboard Heatseekers Chart! Good Old War’s Come Back As Rain debuts this week at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. The band plays two shows this Friday at SXSW (see below) before heading back into their current 40 city headlining USA + Canadian tour,...
  3. A Night like No Other with Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers Three encores later and just shy of 2 hours of straight music playing, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers (Sk6ers) played their last notes to close out an amazing first of two nights at Lincoln Hall in Chicago this past Saturday....
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  2. OF MONSTERS AND MEN Announce U.S Tour Dates and New Album Alt-folk artisans OF MONSTERS AND MEN have set April 3, 2012 as the release date for their debut album, My Head is an Animal via Universal Republic Records. My Head is an Animal follows up their debut Into the Woods EP, which garnered unanimous...
  3. OF MONSTERS AND MEN Add More Tour Dates We’re excited to announce that due to an overwhelming demand, Icelandic indie/folk rockers Of Monsters and Men have added additional shows to their North American tour and also moved a few to accommodate additional fans!!! Pre-sales for the shows begin...
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