Best New Bands » the rock shop 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 Weekend Playlist – May 27, 2011 https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-may-27-2011/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-may-27-2011/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 14:00:00 +0000 Start your weekend off right with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com! “Through the Valley” – Fan Modine Liz Livengood reviewed the latest album from the band she described as “dreamy indie pop goodness.” Liz wrote, “Listening to Fan Modine’s new album Gratitude For The Shipper is like floating through a dreamlike landscape

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  1. Weekend Playlist – May 13, 2011 Start your weekend off right with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com “The Dead Dog” – Portugal. The ManClaire Gallagher reviewed P.tM’s recent show at the House of Blues in Anaheim. Claire wrote, “I could hardly take notes...
  2. Weekend Playlist – Feb. 4, 2011 Welcome to another weekend! Start it off right with music from the artists we’ve featured this week at BestNewBands.com. “Steel My Heart” – The Angry Orts Liz Livengood got a chance to sit down with The Angry Orts before their...
  3. Weekend Playlist – Jan. 21, 2011 Happy Friday! It felt like it would never get here, huh? Before you start your weekend, listen to the latest compilation of music from the artists we’ve featured last week on BestNewBands.com. “Hook, Line & Sinner” – Texas in July...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-may-27-2011/feed/ 0 The Last Night of NYC Popfest 2011 https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-last-night-of-nyc-popfest-2011/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-last-night-of-nyc-popfest-2011/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 20:00:00 +0000 Sunday was the last night of NYC Popfest 2011, and I think it’s fair to say that the weekend-long festival has been – at least for the promoters – a success. The Thursday and Friday night shows sold out, as did the festival passes. Musically, Popfest was hit-or-miss. Most of the bands that participate are

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  1. “Everybody Knows” Jeremy Silver Rocked Hotel Cafe Last night Jeremy Silver rocked the Hotel Café with his CD release show, and the great turn out of fans, friends, and music fiends were not disappointed.  Silver waded his way through every track off his just-dropped “Everybody Knows” and...
  2. The Weekend Playlist: Monica Christoffels’s Day ‘n Night Playlist Weekends are more than just a chance to relax: traditionally, Saturday and Sunday are the only days of the week when we get to choose what we want to do. Sure, there are a million errands to run, but there...
  3. Deleted Scenes Close the Night at The Rock Shop Last night I found myself back at The Rock Shop in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. This venue has a great vibe to it, as well as tasty bar food upstairs to grab between sets downstairs. I had...
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  1. Weekend Playlist – Feb. 18, 2011 Kick off your weekend with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com. “Be My Girl” – The Smith Westerns Over the weekend, Leif Roswold caught The Smith Westerns at The Echo in L.A. The sold-out show attracted Hollywood hipsters...
  2. Weekend Playlist – April 29, 2011 Start your weekend off right with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com. “Colours” – Grouplove “Boyfriend” – Best Coast Lauren Novik surveyed the recently-announced lineup for Lollapalooza 2011. Lauren wrote, “Aside from strong and steady headliners Eminem, Foo...
  3. Weekend Playlist – April 15, 2011 Start your weekend off right with a selection of music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com “The Honest Truth” – Typhoon Liz Livengood caught the “epic” Portland dodectet (that’s a 12-person group, she says) at the Doug Fire Lounge...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/nyc-popfest-2011-is-this-weekend/feed/ 0 Thank You Sensory Overload: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. at The Rock Shop https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sensory-overload-dale-earnhardt-jr-jr-at-the-rock-shop/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sensory-overload-dale-earnhardt-jr-jr-at-the-rock-shop/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 23:00:00 +0000 Thursday was my first trip to The Rock Shop in Park Slope, and I started my night out in the sports-ish upstairs bar. It had a bustling feel to it despite the relatively small crowd there, and I treated myself to the Brooklyn Summer Ale. Patrons in their upper twenties were eating burgers and fries,

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  1. Deleted Scenes Close the Night at The Rock Shop Last night I found myself back at The Rock Shop in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. This venue has a great vibe to it, as well as tasty bar food upstairs to grab between sets downstairs. I had...
  2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Speeds Ahead On New Album As almost everyone knows, The Motor City has been hard by the economic downturn. However, out of the rubble has emerged a new music scene that would have surprised hard rockers like Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, Iggy Pop and Kid...
  3. Cake Shop Does It Again, This Time With Valar Cake Shop is quickly becoming one of my favorite places to hear new bands in New York. My first experience with the venue was back in January, when I saw Emil & Friends, Ravens and Chimes and Old Monk, a night as...
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  1. Weekend Playlist – Feb. 4, 2011 Welcome to another weekend! Start it off right with music from the artists we’ve featured this week at BestNewBands.com. “Steel My Heart” – The Angry Orts Liz Livengood got a chance to sit down with The Angry Orts before their...
  2. Weekend Playlist – Feb. 18, 2011 Kick off your weekend with music from artists featured this week on BestNewBands.com. “Be My Girl” – The Smith Westerns Over the weekend, Leif Roswold caught The Smith Westerns at The Echo in L.A. The sold-out show attracted Hollywood hipsters...
  3. Weekend Playlist – Feb. 11, 2011 Kick off your pre-Valentine’s (or Singles Awareness) Day weekend with songs from some of the artists we’ve featured this week.   “There’s Nothing For Me Here” – Range Rover On Sunday, Liz Livengood caught up with this San Diego trio,...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-may-13-2011/feed/ 0 Lady Lamb the Beekeeper: The Secret’s Out https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/lady-lamb-the-beekeeper-the-secrets-out/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/lady-lamb-the-beekeeper-the-secrets-out/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:00:00 +0000 This past Friday night I got a chance to catch up with Lady Lamb the Beekeeper before her sound check for her show later that night at The Rock Shop, in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. We met at the coffee house across the street from the venue, and it ended up feeling

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