Best New Bands » The Music Box 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 BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 6/6/11 https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-6-6-11/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-6-6-11/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:00:00 +0000 Picked By: Liz Livengood Who: Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr Where: Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR When: Monday, June 6th at 9pm Cost: $10 advance, $12 day of show Age Restrictions: 21+ *** Picked By: Monica Christoffels Who: Robyn featuring Katy Perry Where: The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth GA When: Tuesday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m.

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-5-9-11/feed/ 0 Concert Review: The Airborne Toxic Event Exhilarates the Music Box https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/concert-review-the-airborne-toxic-event-exhilarates-the-music-box/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/concert-review-the-airborne-toxic-event-exhilarates-the-music-box/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:00:00 +0000 Up into Hollywood, climbing streets, dodging pedestrians and stopped cars, I went. Only a few hours ago, it feels like years. Paid a stranger to take my car—strange, when you put it like that. I stood in front of The Music Box’s bright marquee where it read THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT. Down into dim light,

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/concert-review-the-airborne-toxic-event-exhilarates-the-music-box/feed/ 0 BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 1/24/11 https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-1-24-11/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-1-24-11/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:00:00 +0000 Picked By: Daniel Kohn Who: White Lies Where: The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA When: Monday, Jan. 4th at 8:00 pm Cost: Sold Out Age Restrictions: All Ages   *** Picked By: Claire Gallagher Who: Cold War Kids with Grouplove Where: The Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA When: Monday, January 24th at 9:30 pm Cost: $20 Age

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-1-17-11/feed/ 0 George Stanford Serenades The Music Box https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/george-stanford-serenades-the-music-box/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/george-stanford-serenades-the-music-box/#comments Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:00:00 +0000 The Music Box (quickly becoming one of my fave venues) was aflutter last night, everyone waiting eagerly in anticipation for the grade A list lineup to get started.  Whereas most L.A. kids show up fashionably late to shows, intentionally choosing to forego the opening acts and get there right in time for the main attraction,

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-1-10-11/feed/ 0 Delta Spirit To Finish Its Tour On A High Note https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/delta-spirit-to-finish-its-tour-on-a-high-note/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/delta-spirit-to-finish-its-tour-on-a-high-note/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +0000 For Long Beach, California-based outfit Delta Spirit, practice truly does make perfect. Their second full-length album, History From Below, was the group’s first album to appear chart on the Billboard Top 200 and is a tangible sign that the band’s profile has grown since its inception in 2005. The roots rockers began their journey in

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