Weekend Playlist – June 3, 2011

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Start your weekend off right with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com! “The Heron and the Fox” – Little Scream Kelly Knapp interviewed Laurel Sprengelmeyer aka Little Scream – here’s some of their conversation:

Sasquatch! in Review: Part One

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photo credit: Kyle Johnson (official Sasquatch! Flickr page) The tenth anniversary of the Pacific Northwest’s Sasquatch! Music Festival 2011 had its ups and downs: riots broke out at the festival entrance, bipolar weather had people burning one minute and freezing the next, and many concertgoers’ tents, including my friends’, were literally ripped apart and looted

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Sasquatch! Watch: Young the Giant

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Young the Giant is no stranger to BestNewBands.com: both Claire Gallagher and Lauren Novik interviewed the band last fall (check out Claire’s post here and Lauren’s post here). They are, however, newcomers to the Sasquatch! Music Festival at The Gorge this weekend, but with their unending energy and rockin’ rhythms, I’m sure they’ll fit right

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Weekend Playlist – May 27, 2011

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Start your weekend off right with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com! “Through the Valley” – Fan Modine Liz Livengood reviewed the latest album from the band she described as “dreamy indie pop goodness.”

Don’t Miss At Sasquatch List- White Arrows!

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White Arrows and I met at the Satellite (formerly Spaceland) where I jumped in thre back of a van and interviewed the boys.  No, I wasn’t abducted, as you can see I’m still virtually here.  We did however piss off the parking attendants and were asked to vacate the vehicle several times.

Sasquatch! Watch: Mad Rad

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Mad Rad has declared it’s “out for stardom,” but with a return to the epic Sasquatch! Music Festival and SPIN’s claim that it’s one of Seattle’s best-kept secrets, the band may have already found it. Read on to see what all the freakin’ fuss is about…

Sasquatch! Watch: The Moondoggies

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We at BestNewBands.com have had our eyes on the Moondoggies for a while: staffer Kelly Montgomery featured the Seattle band in an album review and playlist last fall. I’ll try my best to keep up with them at the Sasquatch! Music Festival this weekend, but I’m starting to realize this band may be pretty hard

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Weekend Playlist – May 20, 2011

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Start your weekend off right with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com! “Say Goodbye” – Falcon Liz Livengood reviewed the band’s self-released album, Disappear.

Sasquatch! Watch: Head Like a Kite

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Festivals editor Lauren Novik and I are super psyched for the upcoming Sasquatch! Music Festival this Memorial Day weekend, so when she recommended Head Like a Kite as a must-watch performance, naturally I had to investigate and see what all the fuss was about!