Best New Bands » techno 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 Taster Peter Releases “Pelikans” EP https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/taster-peter-pelikans/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/taster-peter-pelikans/#comments Tue, 26 May 2015 19:49:08 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=24694 Berlin – In a continuing partnership with the label TRAPEZ, Italian producer and DJ, Taster Peter has produced another electronica EP that will have the dance floors throughout Europe soaking in this sonic revelry. With a June 1st release date and remix assists from producers Peter and Padre, Pelikans is an offering that is the

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/sasquatch-watch-mad-rad/feed/ 0 Healing The Nation Starts With You… and Zion and The Grouch https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/healing-the-nation-starts-with-you-and-zion-and-the-grouch/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/healing-the-nation-starts-with-you-and-zion-and-the-grouch/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:30:51 +0000 One characteristic of human culture is our need to classify and categorize things, mostly to distinguish or separate them from one another. Political beliefs, societal norms and religious dictations draw lines between who is our friend and who is our enemy. If we never question why such boundaries exist, we could remain at an ideological

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/healing-the-nation-starts-with-you-and-zion-and-the-grouch/feed/ 0 Zion I and The Grouch Heal, Inspire a Nation on New Album https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/zion-i-and-the-grouch-heal-inspire-a-nation-on-new-album/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/zion-i-and-the-grouch-heal-inspire-a-nation-on-new-album/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:00:00 +0000 History has shown us that certain social, economic and cultural issues will never go away. As America’s military budget exceeds the combined amount of the next ten countries, we wonder if there will ever be world peace. As civil rights continue to be trampled in the States and abroad, we wonder if the system will

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/zion-i-and-the-grouch-heal-inspire-a-nation-on-new-album/feed/ 0 Kitsune’s Parisien Has a Certain… Je Ne Sais Quoi https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/kitsunes-parisien-has-a-certain-je-ne-sais-quoi/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/kitsunes-parisien-has-a-certain-je-ne-sais-quoi/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:00:00 +0000 Some things are better when combined with an unlikely mate: peanut butter and jelly, grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup – heck, even gin and juice. But these are just a few American examples of quirky combinations. To broaden our palates, both culinarily and musically, we must take a page from our international artisans. Enter

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/you-heard-em-here-first-bnbs-new-artist-spotlight/feed/ 0 Medium Troy: Toppling the West Coast’s Indie Scene https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/medium-troy-toppling-the-west-coasts-indie-scene/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/medium-troy-toppling-the-west-coasts-indie-scene/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:00:00 +0000 Medium Troy at the Whiteaker Block Party in August Hometown pride can make people do strange things: root for teams that lose every season, eat at the same diner every day, and ground future generations into family-upheld traditions. What distinguishes them, though, is the people’s unending support of the product of their community – this

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