The Black Angels in a haze of awesomeness. On Saturday night, I had the chance to see The Black Angels, Cold Cave, and The Kills at The Fox Theater in Pomona. So I drove east to the city, parked in a somewhat scary parking lot, and headed into the theater which looked a lot like
Another night, another amazing concert. Let me just start by saying, I never cease to be blown away by the amount of talent abounding in the fine city of Los Angeles. That said, I found myself once again at the always cozy Troubadour this past Saturday night to see Voxhaul Broadcast, Family of the Year,
BestNewBands.com This week, on BNBTV, we have been graced by a band called Noughts and Exes. With their video “Start of Us,” this Hong-Kong based multicultural band–with members from Hong Kong, Canada, Australia and Britain–brings a taste of their structurally (and culturally) diverse, folk rock sound. In this video alone, it is evident that
Ah, St. Patrick’s Day. When the beer is green, the tattoo parlors are filled, and the spirit is rowdy. This St. Patty’s Day, I headed down to the Key Club on the Sunset Strip to check out a showcase of some LA bands: Phathom, Culprit, thatwasthen, and Bethpage Black. The crowd was surprisingly small, given
The Albertans released their second full-length album, New Age, yesterday, and through my five back-to-back-to-back listens, I grooved and nodded and thought that these must be Sufjan Stevens‘ poppy, edgy siblings. This Canadian quintet, formed by a fateful convening of the five Albertan-bred musicians in Vancouver, brings a sound more rock than pop, but
(Photo from The Hush’s Facebook Page) The Hush is a Los Angeles based band with a modern rock edge backed by killer vocals and a big dose of drama. They boast an accessible, upbeat sound along the lines of Queen that is the inspiration behind many an “I-whip-my-hair-back-and-forth” dance party. The band has all the
Young the Giant Genre: Alt-rock If you’re looking for something to do on this potentially stormy Saturday night, head on down to The Roxy on Sunset to check out Young the Giant with We Barbarians and Kitten for an awesome night of in-your-face alt-rock. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Young the Giant play an
Genre: Electronic/Rock Sounds like: part Of Montreal, a bit of Franz Ferdinand maybe, and a whole lot of originality I enter Moving Units’ new EP, Tension War, with a somewhat tabula rasa mindset. I know nothing of Moving Units outside of seeing them on the Coachella 2011 line-up (they play Friday, April 15th. Add that
Indie-electronica pop is en vogue and that’s can be partially attributed to the innovative sounds of STRFKR. The Portland, Oregon-based outfit, which formed in 2007, has been one of the standard-bearers for the electro-pop wave that has grown in the years since the band’s beginnings. The band’s latest release, , is the band’s first LP
BestNewBands.com Minneapolis does it again, this time responsible for the futuristic one-man band Hastings 3000. I have to believe Joe Hastings, the single man behind the act, has some impressively ambidextrous brain capabilities–he plays the guitar while operating his feet on separate kick-drums and singing at the same time–all while sound pretty darn good. And