Best New Bands » Santa Barbara 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 The White Buffalo At The Soho In Santa Barbara https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/the-white-buffalo-at-the-soho-in-santa-barbara/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/the-white-buffalo-at-the-soho-in-santa-barbara/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:01:41 +0000   The White Buffalo with Seth Pettersen Friday, January 20th – Club Mercy at the Soho Music Club – Santa Barbara, CA – $13 – 9:30 – 21+ The White Buffalo is quite possibly a legend in the making. A throwback to the time of hard touring, hard drinking artists who really lived what they

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  2. Aterciopelados @ Soho, Santa Barbara, 8/14 Aterciopelados are a few things: a band that hails from Columbia, musicians who fuse North American and South American musical styles seamlessly, a band that has been doing it for almost 20 years, and a group I know almost nothing...
  3. Local Natives to Play in Santa Barbara on 9/20 Vocal harmonies are the name of the game for these rising stars hailing from Los Angeles. The rest of the locals (or the natives) of Los Angeles are certainly showing plenty of love for the band, as they are preparing...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/the-white-buffalo-at-the-soho-in-santa-barbara/feed/ 0 Gardens & Villa Play LA’s Satellite Saturday, October 15 https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/gardens-villa-play-la-s-satellite-saturday-october-15/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/gardens-villa-play-la-s-satellite-saturday-october-15/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:01:16 +0000 To all my fellow Los Angelinos, as you may or may not know, the avant-pop outfit Gardens & Villa will be playing at The Satellite THIS Saturday, October 15th.  The Santa Barbara-based quintet makes music similar in mood to its locale—chill, relaxed, and stone-y—making the band’s self-titled July debut on Secretly Canadian a perfect fit

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  1. Gardens & Villas Deliver A Solid, Uneven Debut Gardens & Villa is the project of five college friends from Santa Barbara, formed following the collapse of a noisier post-punk band and a hitchhiking journey up the west coast. Members Chris Lynch, Adam Rasmussen, Levi Hayden, Shane McKillop began...
  2. Win Tickets to See Amy LaVere Play The Hotel Cafe this Saturday! Amy LaVere is a gal about town.  This rising Memphis artist is on her way to establishing her name in the music world in the wake of establishing her name on the silver screen.  You may recognize her from movies...
  3. Concert Preview: Allah-Las, Los Coyotes, and The Cosmic Telegraph Co. Play San Diego on Saturday the 16th! If you’re in the San Diego area, or maybe escaping the LA doomsday that will ensue with the closing of the formidable 405, head on out to the Tin Can Alehouse on Saturday, July 16th for some awesome live music. ...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/gardens-villa-play-la-s-satellite-saturday-october-15/feed/ 0 Gardens & Villas Deliver A Solid, Uneven Debut https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/gardens-villas-deliver-a-solid-uneven-debut/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/gardens-villas-deliver-a-solid-uneven-debut/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:25:12 +0000 Gardens & Villa is the project of five college friends from Santa Barbara, formed following the collapse of a noisier post-punk band and a hitchhiking journey up the west coast. Members Chris Lynch, Adam Rasmussen, Levi Hayden, Shane McKillop began playing in earnest as Gardens & Villa in 2008. The band recently recorded their 10-song,

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/gardens-villas-deliver-a-solid-uneven-debut/feed/ 0 Sleigh Bells are Coming to SB https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sleigh-bells-are-coming-to-sb/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sleigh-bells-are-coming-to-sb/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:00:00 +0000 In the music world, everyone is always looking for something new. We get nostalgic about the past and enjoy the present, but what really excites us always the thought of what will come next. In truth, most new music piggybacks off of ideas that were established long ago, and its rare that we find ourselves

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  3. A Conversation With Alejandra Deheza of School Of Seven Bells 2010 has been a successful year for School of Seven Bells. The band released its sophomore effort, Disconnect From Desire, on July 13 on Vagrant Records/Ghostly International in the U.S. The band consists of Benjamin Curtis and identical twins Alejandra...
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  2. Delorean Brings Barcelonan Dance Rock to Soho on 9/1 Last night the Spanish quartet arrived at Soho with a beat in their heads and more than a little pep in their step. Their upbeat indie-dance tunes head everyone on the dance floor cutting loose, including themselves (see keyboardist Unai...
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