Best New Bands » The Flaming Lips 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 Festival Preview: Snowball https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-snowball/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-snowball/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:43:07 +0000 As the name suggests, Snowball Festival is another festival that combines music and mountain sports in the cool elevations of the Rockies. This is only the second year the fest is running, yet it’s already established as packing a killer lineup in a winter wonderland. This all ages event is taking place in Vail Valley,

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-snowball/feed/ 0 Festival Preview: Second Annual Moogfest October 28-30 https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-second-annual-moogfest-october-28-30/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-second-annual-moogfest-october-28-30/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:21:00 +0000 Halloween weekend sparks the second annual Moogfest, a festival dedicated to Robert Moog, the man whose musical creativity and inventiveness changed the path of music and pioneered the electronic genre. When his first Moog synthesizers were introduced in the 60’s, they were among the first electronic instruments to gain international appreciation among musicians and were

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  1. Seattle’s Decibel Festival, a Preview Seven years ago music enthusiast Sean Horton founded the Decibel Festival in Seattle, bringing to life an exhibition of his passion. The identity of the festival was the electronic music scene and the effect of it, in a city that...
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  3. Seattle’s 2010 Decibel Festival Round-Up The 2010 Decibel festival concluded last night with an explosive finale at Neumos in Seattle. The festival ran on for five days, from the Opening Gala at Pravada Studios on Wednesday, to the final echoing footstep departing late night from...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-second-annual-moogfest-october-28-30/feed/ 0 In Solidarity With Portugal. The Man https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/in-solidarity-with-portugal-the-man/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/in-solidarity-with-portugal-the-man/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Artist: Portugal. The Man Genre: Psychedelic/progressive rock From the political uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East to the Midwestern United States, a sense of awareness and community seems to be spreading throughout the globe. Personally, I can’t get enough of that hope-y, change-y feeling – but then again, I’m about as far to

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  1. BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 2/28/11 Picked By: Laurel Johnston Who: Jukebox the Ghost Where: The Echo, Los Angeles, CA When: Tuesday, March 1st Doors open at 8pm Cost: $8 adv/$10 at the door Age Restrictions: All ages   *** Picked By: Monica Christoffels Who: Portugal....
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/in-solidarity-with-portugal-the-man/feed/ 0 The Witching Hour: The music and thoughts of Midnight Juggernauts https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/show-review-and-interview-with-midnight-juggernauts/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/show-review-and-interview-with-midnight-juggernauts/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Last night the usually cavernous Echoplex was packed, couples and small groups spilling over into all major walkways and any nook they could squeeze into to get a better look at the stage. Apparently, word had spread that Australian power pop trio Midnight Juggernauts was the band to see in Los Angeles. They’ve toured with

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