Best New Bands » schoolboy q 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 7 New Bands At Pitchfork – Day Three https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/7-new-bands-at-pitchfork-day-three/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/7-new-bands-at-pitchfork-day-three/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:53:59 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/wp_bnb/?p=17851 Chicago – The final day of a weekend festival is always bittersweet. Even though you are exhausted, you dance and sing as if there’s no tomorrow, fighting off the inevitable: the wave of melancholy that will wash over you when you exit the festival grounds with the masses, calmed only by thoughts of doing it

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  1. 5 New Bands To See At Pitchfork Chicago – We sure do love us some music festivals here in Chi-town. One of the most beloved is the ever-growing Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park, which begins Friday July 18th and ends Sunday July 20th and will feature...
  2. 5 New Bands at Pitchfork – Day Two Chicago – Saturday, Saturday, Saturday! Are you singing a little Elton? I was during day two of Pitchfork Festival. Right from the start, I was feeling it, thanks to one of my favorite local bands- but there were plenty of...
  3. Speedy Ortiz Extend Tour + Play Bonnaroo And Pitchfork New York – Speedy Ortiz are extending their never-ending tour schedule to include another string of dates in North America.  Hot off the heels of their second trip to Europe this year the band is going to connect the dots...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/7-new-bands-at-pitchfork-day-three/feed/ 1 5 New Bands To See At Pitchfork https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-to-see-at-pitchfork/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-to-see-at-pitchfork/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:41:55 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/wp_bnb/?p=17706 Chicago – We sure do love us some music festivals here in Chi-town. One of the most beloved is the ever-growing Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park, which begins Friday July 18th and ends Sunday July 20th and will feature over 40 acts across three stages. Pitchfork has been independently organizing the fest since 2006, booking some

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  1. Speedy Ortiz Extend Tour + Play Bonnaroo And Pitchfork New York – Speedy Ortiz are extending their never-ending tour schedule to include another string of dates in North America.  Hot off the heels of their second trip to Europe this year the band is going to connect the dots...
  2. 5 New Bands To See At Capitol Hill Block Party Seattle – Summer is almost in full swing, and with the change comes my favorite seasonal activity- block parties. Growing up, “block party” meant water balloon fights, watermelon slices, cornhole, and s’mores, but since moving to Seattle I’ve learned that...
  3. 6 Great New Bands We Saw At Sasquatch! Day 3 George, WA. - Even after two full days in the blazing Gorge sunshine, festival goers rallied to catch the great acts Sunday’s lineup offered, including Haim, Rodriguez, tUnE-yArDs, Cold War Kids, Portugal. The Man, and much more. Check out some of the new bands...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/5-new-bands-to-see-at-pitchfork/feed/ 0 Mixtape: Skaters, Young Magic, Hooray for the Riff Raff And More https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-skaters-young-magic-hooray-for-the-riff-raff-and-more/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-skaters-young-magic-hooray-for-the-riff-raff-and-more/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:56:10 +0000 New York – With all the SXSW to-do snowballing, our eyes are opening wider on what’s going on in any music scene, so the coverage is expanded and varied, as well as new releases to get stoked on. Many of the artists on this mix will be at SXSW, so have listen and get in

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  1. Young Magic premieres new music video for ‘You With Air’ Young Magic presents the new music video for “You With Air” – a visual feast of surreal, noir landscapes. “It follows a transendental, medititave trip through the mind of a central character – a personal metamorphosis between black and white, male and...
  2. Interview: Isaac Emmanuel of Young Magic I discovered Young Magic almost one year ago when the collective’s first single, “You With Air/Sparkly” fatefully landed in my inbox. Needless to say, it was love at first listen. At the time, the only information I knew about this...
  3. Hurray For The Riff Raff – My Dearest Darkest Neighbor Why do the blues endure? Generation after generation, those sad songs are recycled. Hurray for the Riff Raff’s (mostly) covers album My Dearest Darkest Neighbor answers that question. The blues endure because the human condition knows loneliness, morbidity, abandonment, heartbreak, and so...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-skaters-young-magic-hooray-for-the-riff-raff-and-more/feed/ 0 Schoolboy Q – Oxymoron https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/schoolboy-q-oxymoron/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/schoolboy-q-oxymoron/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:40:02 +0000 Los Angeles – Schoolboy Q has a lot to prove with his major label debut, Oxymoron. He’s the second member of Black Hippy to release an album on a popular record label, the first artist being critically-acclaimed Kendrick Lamar. He’s also the first member to release an album in 2014, setting a precedent for his

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  1. Concert Preview: ScHoolboy Q at Key Club Friday An anthem like “#BETiGOTSUMWEED,” from a California rapper nonetheless, invites assumption. But despite the drawn-out vowels billowing throughout, ScHoolboy Q still manages to keep the smoke out of his eyes, and his lyrics. Q’s got a knack for anthems (check...
  2. Kendrick Lamar Keeps It All in the Family at the Key Club Despite the cheers that erupted from the antsy Key Club crowd, Kendrick Lamar walked onstage last night like the underdog fighter in a championship boxing match. Planting himself squarely in the center of the stage, he bowed his head, raised...
  3. Album Review: The Walkmen, Heaven Believe it or not, The Walkmen celebrated its ten-year anniversary last spring. Over the past decade, the New York-based band has released six full-length records and garnered a devoted fan base, all while developing and perfecting the art of indie...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/schoolboy-q-oxymoron/feed/ 0 Album Review: Kendrick Lamar, good kid m.A.A.d city https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-kendrick-lamar-good-kid-maad-city/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-kendrick-lamar-good-kid-maad-city/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:24:02 +0000 If you were old and conscious enough then – back in the year 1994 – to sink in and experienced first hand the idea of musical greatness in a form of hip hop classics namely Nas’ Illmatic; or perhaps in 1996 – when Tupac’s All Eyez On Me was dropped – you saw history unfolding

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  1. Weekend Playlist – March 4, 2011 Start your Friday off right with a selection of music from this week’s featured artists on BestNewBands.com “White Daisy Passing” – Rocky Votolato Laurel Kathleen caught the “truly gifted lyricist and vocalist” at the Troubador last Saturday. Laurel wrote, “Though...
  2. Weekend Playlist – Feb. 18, 2011 Kick off your weekend with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com. “Be My Girl” – The Smith Westerns Over the weekend, Leif Roswold caught The Smith Westerns at The Echo in L.A. The sold-out show attracted Hollywood hipsters...
  3. Weekend Playlist – Jan. 28, 2011 Hello, BestNewBands.com readers! Ready for the weekend? Yeah, we are too. To aid you in your musical pre-funking, here’s a look (and listen) back on what we featured this week. “Livin’ The Dream (I’m On A Float)” – Super Mash...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-march-11-2011/feed/ 0 Concert Preview: ScHoolboy Q at Key Club Friday https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/concert-preview-schoolboy-q-at-key-club-friday/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/concert-preview-schoolboy-q-at-key-club-friday/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:00:00 +0000 An anthem like “#BETiGOTSUMWEED,” from a California rapper nonetheless, invites assumption. But despite the drawn-out vowels billowing throughout, ScHoolboy Q still manages to keep the smoke out of his eyes, and his lyrics. Q’s got a knack for anthems (check out “Figg Get Da Money” after the jump), and his show, a taste of which

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  3. Concert Preview: Young the Giant with We Barbarians and Kittens at The Roxy 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...
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