Best New Bands » Steve Liriks 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 Concert Preview: Theophilus London at Key Club Thursday https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/concert-preview-theophilus-london-at-key-club-thursday/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/concert-preview-theophilus-london-at-key-club-thursday/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:00:00 +0000 Some of us (ahem) are on a never-ending quest for a song that makes us feel like we might’ve fallen through a portal and landed in Downtown Manhattan circa 1983, when Madonna was sexy and looked like she probably smelled. Theophilus London’s “TNT,” from 2009’s This Charming Mixtape, did precisely that—so convincingly so that it

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/concert-preview-theophilus-london-at-key-club-thursday/feed/ 0 Steve Liriks Ponders MTV’s Politics, His Influences, and the Future of Hip Hop https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-with-steve-liriks/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-with-steve-liriks/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:00:00 +0000 I saw Steve Liriks a few weeks ago at the MTV VMA L.A. Breakout Artist Showcase, where he was nominated along with two other local bands The Divine and It Boys (for the full article, click here). Though The Divine was declared the winner and recipient of MTV press as a buzzworthy band, there was

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  1. And the Winner of the MTV VMA L.A. Breakout Artist Is….The Divine! Last night at The Music Box in Hollywood, three Los Angeles bands competed for the coveted title of ‘MTV VMA L.A. Breakout Artist’. The artists included rock/hip hop duo The Divine, power pop quintet It Boys (recently featured in an...
  2. Triple Threat Friday Care Of The MTV VMAs! So MTV VMA madness has engulfed all of the L.A. music scene this weekend, and the insanity expected to ensue is worth every bit of buzz swarming the city.  Kickstarting the weekend in style, three bands will battle it out...
  3. Sitting Down with Pilot Whale In a studio warehouse in Orange, Ca, there dwells a band of brothers. Brothers set to do what no other band has ever done before…alright. You got me. Though that unnecessarily epic intro may not have been essential to this...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-with-steve-liriks/feed/ 0 And the Winner of the MTV VMA L.A. Breakout Artist Is….The Divine! https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/and-the-winner-isthe-divine/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/and-the-winner-isthe-divine/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 02:00:00 +0000 Last night at The Music Box in Hollywood, three Los Angeles bands competed for the coveted title of ‘MTV VMA L.A. Breakout Artist’. The artists included rock/hip hop duo The Divine, power pop quintet It Boys (recently featured in an interview with Lauren Novik), and rapper/hip hop artist Steve Liriks. In addition to a young,

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/and-the-winner-isthe-divine/feed/ 0 Triple Threat Friday Care Of The MTV VMAs! https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/triple-threat-friday-care-of-the-mtv-vmas/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/triple-threat-friday-care-of-the-mtv-vmas/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0000 So MTV VMA madness has engulfed all of the L.A. music scene this weekend, and the insanity expected to ensue is worth every bit of buzz swarming the city.  Kickstarting the weekend in style, three bands will battle it out tomorrow night (September 10) at The Music Box for best breakout L.A. artist!  The three

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