Best New Bands » the drums 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 6 New Bands At TBD Fest – Day One https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/6-new-bands-tbd-fest-day-one/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/6-new-bands-tbd-fest-day-one/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2014 01:35:51 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=19335 Sacramento – This first weekend of October is turning out to be a hot and sunny one here.  With temperatures rocketing up to the mid-90s, it feels more like summer in the desert instead of autumn in California’s capitol city.  Nonetheless, the few devotees willing to brave this Indian summer of sorts to bask in

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/6-new-bands-tbd-fest-day-one/feed/ 2 The Drums – Encyclopedia – Back But Not On Full Attack https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/drums-encyclopedia-back-full-attack/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/drums-encyclopedia-back-full-attack/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2014 22:53:58 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=19099 Los Angeles – Brooklyn indie pop misfits, The Drums, are back after three years of turbulence. Founding members Jonathan Pierce and Jacob Graham find themselves back to square one. After the departure of two members between their previous record, Portamento, and this latest one, the duo return with a much darker snyth-pop sound than ever

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  1. Big Spider’s Back With A Proper Full Length Debut Big Spider’s Back, aka Yair Rubinstein, has interesting music taste. He expands on the dreamy, psychedelic sample-based pop from his Warped EP, and pushes his unique sound into a mind-blowing array of new territory. Incorporating everything from British library music...
  2. A Minute with The Drums After my first time hearing “Let’s Go Surfing” by the Brooklyn born indie pop band The Drums I was hooked. Their sound is simple, catchy and addictive. Their debut self-titled album (Released in 2010) received a lot of buzz and...
  3. Listen to The Drums The Drums is an indie-pop band, by way of Brooklyn, New York. Influenced by bands like The Smiths and Orange Juice, Jonathan Pierce and Jacob Graham met at summer camp and formed a mutual interest in music. The pair formed...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/drums-encyclopedia-back-full-attack/feed/ 1 The Drums Kickstart L.A.’s Heartbeat https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-drums-kickstart-la-s-heartbeat/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-drums-kickstart-la-s-heartbeat/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:57:19 +0000 In an indie music scene replete with guitar-strumming, apathetic lead singers, The Drums’ Jonny Pierce is bringing back the frontman. He led the Brooklyn boys through a near-90-minute set Tuesday night that left the audience panting and drenched in sweat, and not just because of the Echoplex’s poor ventilation. The show, put on by tastemakers

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  1. A Minute with The Drums After my first time hearing “Let’s Go Surfing” by the Brooklyn born indie pop band The Drums I was hooked. Their sound is simple, catchy and addictive. Their debut self-titled album (Released in 2010) received a lot of buzz and...
  2. Listen to The Drums The Drums is an indie-pop band, by way of Brooklyn, New York. Influenced by bands like The Smiths and Orange Juice, Jonathan Pierce and Jacob Graham met at summer camp and formed a mutual interest in music. The pair formed...
  3. The Pierces Share A Secret At The Hotel Cafe Finishing up a successful stint in the City of Angels, The Pierces brought their show to the Hotel Café last night. Usually, a late night Tuesday gig may as well be the graveyard shift, but the alt-folk outfit nailed it...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-drums-kickstart-la-s-heartbeat/feed/ 0 A Minute with The Drums https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/a-minute-with-the-drums/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/a-minute-with-the-drums/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:31:42 +0000 After my first time hearing “Let’s Go Surfing” by the Brooklyn born indie pop band The Drums I was hooked. Their sound is simple, catchy and addictive. Their debut self-titled album (Released in 2010) received a lot of buzz and they are now on the verge of releasing their second album Portamento (9/12). I recently

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  3. Tonight: The Dance Party, chicks in bikinis For those that haven’t sampled the ’00′s response to the ’80s, tonight is the night for you, because The Dance Party is playing another show at Crazy Girls, which is something of a strip club, but it can hardly be...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/a-minute-with-the-drums/feed/ 0 Lollapalooza Day 2: My Morning Jacket – Lykke Li – The Pretty Reckless – Local Natives – The Drums – The Chain Gang Of 1974 – Black Lips https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/lollapalooza-day-2-my-morning-jacket-lykke-li-the-pretty-reckless-local-natives-the-drums-the-chain-gang-of-1974-black-lips/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/lollapalooza-day-2-my-morning-jacket-lykke-li-the-pretty-reckless-local-natives-the-drums-the-chain-gang-of-1974-black-lips/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:05:33 +0000 Looking awesome while playing good music was the common theme I noticed during my second day at Lollapalooza. I started it off by swinging by the Black Lips set. While I watched a bottle of Jameson be placed on the stage for the intended mid show consumption by the band for this early afternoon set

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  1. Wallpaper and The Chain Gang of 1974 Rock Pershing Square in Downtown LA Last night downtown Los Angeles was ablaze with the lights and sounds of Pershing Square, an outdoor venue home to a series of summer concerts. The grassy area surrounding the elevated stage was filled with all manner of folk and...
  2. Q and A with The Chain Gang of 1974 When I first saw The Chain Gang of 1974 (CGO1974), the product of producer Kamtin Mohager, I was absolutely blown away! This experience happened in October of 2010 when CGO1974 were opening up for Candy Claws at the Rickshaw Stop...
  3. The Chain Gang of 1974 Drops Heat with Wayward Fire   It is no surprise that Wayward Fire has been looping through my iPod over the past few days, as I am huge fan of the recent resurgence of lyrically driven electronic music. Multi-instrumentalist producer Kamtin Mohager (The Chain Gang...
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