Best New Bands » The Beatles 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 Vince of Buxter Hoot’n talks influences, the musicians’ community, and their show Saturday at The Mint https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-with-buxter-hootn/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-with-buxter-hootn/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0000 Buxter Hoot’n is two parts family, five parts rock ‘n’ roll revivalists. The San Francisco-based quintet is heading south for a show at The Mint this Saturday along with Honey Island Swamp Band and Sioux City Kid. Earlier this week I spoke to lead singer Vince Dewald, curious about everything from the band’s diverse influences

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  1. Benvenue’s Lead Singer Francis Talks Classics, Guilty Pleasures, and Changing Band Dynamics Benvenue is a hard rocking quartet from the Bay area that began with lead singer Francis Blay and guitarist Sid Slater on the football field of the University of California Berkeley. The group recently released an eleven track album entitled...
  2. Jeremy Messersmith Live @ The Mint – Saturday, July 17 2010 Last night hipsters from various Los Scandalous area-codes hightailed it to The Mint to watch singer/songrwriter Jeremy Messersmith grace the joint with folk-pop akin to Death Cab For Cutie, Sufjan Stevens, and embellished with just enough 1960’s retro-pop to actually...
  3. Concert Preview: Lady Danville Headlines a Sold Out Show at the Troubadour this Saturday Lady Danville, everyone’s favorite indie-rock-nerd-chic UCLA grads, returns to headline a sold out show at the Troubadour this Saturday, the 26th.  Lucky for me, I will be in attendance.  Lucky for you, this means a review will follow, so you...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-with-buxter-hootn/feed/ 0 The Shivers: Give Me More! https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/the-shivers-give-me-more/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/the-shivers-give-me-more/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:00:00 +0000 The Shivers are the kind of band I feel like I should have heard about before now. Their Americana style of rock is so solid, it sounds like it could come from the ’70s (one of my favorite music decades). The Shivers’s latest album, More, released May 10, sounds like a jam session with greats

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  1. MEN’s “Talk About Body” Will Give You Something to Say Fans of Le Tigre looking to relive the beautiful madness of their electro-punk/riot grrl days may not know what to make of MEN‘s Talk About Body. JD Samson, who joined Le Tigre when Sadie Benning left the band, is the...
  2. Fan Modine: Dreamy Indie Pop Goodness Listening to Fan Modine’s new album Gratitude For The Shipper is like floating through a dreamlike landscape of sound. Lush lyrics intertwine with melodies made by trombones, keyboards and euphoniums. Gordon Zacharias’s distinct voice sings of light and stars and...
  3. Oooh Baby Baby! Georgia’s Baby Baby isn’t playing around with Money, released today. On the surface, this band looks and sounds like every wild party’s soundtrack: loud, guitar-driven rock with somewhat slurred lyrics. And it’s true that Baby Baby would make the perfect...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/the-shivers-give-me-more/feed/ 0 Madeira Bring Other Genres To An Alt-Rock Party https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/madeira-bring-other-genres-to-an-alt-rock-party/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/madeira-bring-other-genres-to-an-alt-rock-party/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:00:00 +0000 Borrowing talent from New Hampshire and Texas before calling Florida home, Madeira is a young alternative-rock band hiding the experience of prior bands and a love for music under their hood. Tyler Duncan, Andrew Mack, Cameron Rhome and Skylar Martin have been honing their skills crafting infectious pop-rock, but also experimenting with elements of heavy

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  1. Austin’s StumbleDrunk Breaks New Ground On Old Rock Austin, Texas’ StumbleDrunk is a rock ‘em, sock ‘em, all-American rock n’ roll band. Derek Pope, brothers Carter and Tucker Francis, Josh Massey and Wayne Zingery drink to excess and jam even more excessively. In preparation of the physical release...
  2. MeTalkPretty: Powerful and Ready to Rock MeTalkPretty has a hard-edged sound and a powerhouse female vocalist to rival any rock band I know. Their debut EP “We Are Strangers” is now available on iTunes and the band will release their first full-length album this fall. Vocalist...
  3. Delta Spirit Rock The Music Box and A Conversation With Matthew Vasquez At 11 pm on Wednesday night at the Music Box on Hollywood Blvd., San Diego-natives Delta Spirit took to the stage for their largest headlining show to date in the City of Angels. Having recently sold out the El Rey...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/madeira-bring-other-genres-to-an-alt-rock-party/feed/ 0 Three Cheers for Louisiana’s Hurray for the Riff Raff https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/three-cheers-for-louisianas-hurray-for-the-riff-raff/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/three-cheers-for-louisianas-hurray-for-the-riff-raff/#comments Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:00:00 +0000 Hurray for the Riff Raff are not your average folk band, and the story of how they came to be is certainly everything but. Alynda Lee Segarra was a 17 year-old girl fascinated by punk rock and the world outside of the Bronx in New York. She ran away from her aunt and uncle’s home

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  1. Loreta: No Stranger in Los Angeles Its been an interesting journey so far for Lithuanian born pop singer Loreta. Performing since the tender age of 4, Loreta has taken the stage at some of the biggest and most famous venues in Europe. Not too long ago,...
  2. Interview with Montreal’s Winter Gloves Unbeknownst to me before this interview, Montreal is apparently a pretty awesome place. The rent is cheap, the coffee is good, the girls are beautiful, and the music is great. Although that’s all fun and good, Winter Gloves are preparing...
  3. Q&A: Amy Wallace Los Angeles-based, but Midland, TX born Amy Wallace has a busy 2010 thusfar. With her group the Music Dept., a collaborative work between her, veteran producer Chris Franz and Jonathan Korszyk, they have had songs licscened to One Tree Hill...
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  1. BNBTV Spotlight: The Goondas, “Jackalope Jesus” BestNewBands.com Remember the days when rock n’ roll was really rock n’ roll? When it was largely feared by the masses, when reeling guitars caused echoing screams, and lead singers shook and convulsed on stage like madmen, scaring but captivating...
  2. BNBTV Spotlight: Verity in Stereo, “One Shot” BestNewBands.com Verity in Stereo. Hmm.  My first reaction is to look up the word ‘verity.’ verity |ˈveritē|: noun ( pl. -ties), a true principle or belief, esp. one of fundamental importance : the eternal verities. Now, “in Stereo”?  How about...
  3. BNBTV Spotlight: Applespacebar, “Simplify” BestNewBands.com With so much synth and experimental action gracing the alternative music scene recently, I relax a little to listen to a classic guitar-driven alternative rock band such as the oh-so-ironically-titled Applespacebar.  With sounds reminiscent of Jimmy Eat World and...
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  1. Fiction Plane: Non-Fiction Take-Off Fiction Plane played last night, November 15th 2010, at the Mercury Lounge in NYC and it was beautiful. They have a sound reminiscent of Stereophonics but imagine Sting taking over for band front-man Kelly Jones. That’s both a compliment and...
  2. The Morning Benders: The Draw of the Quartet I love The Beatles. Of course, I’m echoing a sentiment that is literally regurgitated by everyone and anyone. However, rather than chew on the already chewed beauty of a timeless sound, how do you take something ageless and make it...
  3. Weekend Playlist: November 19, 2010 photo credit: Liz Livengood Here are some tracks to relive a few of BNB’s musical happenings this week. “Fake Out (Glass Ghost Remix)” – Bear in Heaven“When We’re Dancing” – Twin Shadow On Monday, we released our weekly list of...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/back-by-popular-demand-fiction-plane/feed/ 0 Have A Happy Holiday With Purple Melon https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/have-a-happy-holiday-with-purple-melon/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/have-a-happy-holiday-with-purple-melon/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:00:00 +0000 Tis the season for great music and the holiday showcases are in full swing.   Case in point, Pruple Melon’s Christmas party and showcase at Crazy Girls on Thursday, December 16 at 10.  The four hot little British imports ( who serenaded me pool side a while back) are ready to rock Los Angeles once again

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  1. Purple Melon- Making Retro The New Now When Eric Joyce answered the door in nothing but bell bottoms and a couple necklaces- I knew this was going to be like no interview I’d conducted before.  I’ve done the backstage thing, the dressing room thing, the street-side thing-...
  2. Oy Vey in a Manger: Holiday Shows For those of us itching for an official musical kick off to our holidays, we’ve got three (Spaceland!) options of BCTV favorites fast approaching. First off is Eagle Rock’s finest, Princeton (taking a cue from Yo La Tengo’s tradition of...
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/have-a-happy-holiday-with-purple-melon/feed/ 0 An Interview with Ryan Rabin of Grouplove https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/an-interview-with-ryan-rabin-of-grouplove/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/an-interview-with-ryan-rabin-of-grouplove/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:00:00 +0000 The LA-based indie band Grouplove is really, really good. They exude an honesty that comes straight from musical self-confidence and trust between band members. Their powerful, folk-tinged rock first hit my eardrums about a month ago at The Bowery Ballroom, and ever since, I’ve been listening to their self-titled EP on repeat. Drummer/Producer Ryan Rabin

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