Best New Bands » The Vaccines 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 The Vaccines At Brixton Academy – London https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/vaccines-brixton-academy-london/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/vaccines-brixton-academy-london/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2015 07:20:59 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=28095 London – Somehow, a strong whiff of marijuana doesn’t feature too highly in the list of things you expect to encounter at a gig by teen-friendly indie band The Vaccines. Sure, you could locate other shows in London’s 2015 diary where the combination might feel more jarring – Catfish & The Bottlemen, S Club 7,

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/vaccines-brixton-academy-london/feed/ 0 The Vaccines Sell Out Chicago’s Lincoln Hall https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/vaccines-sell-chicagos-lincoln-hall/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/vaccines-sell-chicagos-lincoln-hall/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:44:54 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=26889 Chicago – Despite being a Tuesday and a school night, U.K. rockers The Vaccines packed Lincoln Hall, selling out the venue, filling it with excited fans young and old, for the English Graffiti Tour, bringing their fantastic mix of indie, garage rock, and punk. The foursome recently released their third album, English Graffiti, hence the

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/vaccines-sell-chicagos-lincoln-hall/feed/ 0 Album Review: The Vaccines, Come of Age https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-the-vaccines-come-of-age/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-the-vaccines-come-of-age/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:27:25 +0000 The sophomore full-length from London guitar band The Vaccines is a baffling back-step from the irony and cool distance of their exceptional 2011 debut. Gone is much of the playful humor of their earlier work, replaced by a sullen through line of self-conscience doubt. The clear influence here is still The Strokes. And, while that

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/5-more-new-bands-to-check-out-at-coachella/feed/ 0 New Bands To See At Coachella: The Vaccines https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/new-bands-to-see-at-coachella-the-vaccines/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/new-bands-to-see-at-coachella-the-vaccines/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:28:08 +0000 West London’s The Vaccines are one of the hardest new bands to peg at times.  On first listen, they’ve totally got one of those late ‘50s, early ‘60s pop revivalist things going, except with a little more reverb and maybe a pinch more aggression.  But if you listen a bit more closely, the lines begin

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/11-shots-from-lollapalooza-we-didnt-have-room-for-the-first-time/feed/ 0 Eight Questions With Alex Von Hardberger of Young Buffalo https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/eight-questions-with-alex-von-hardberger-of-young-buffalo/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/eight-questions-with-alex-von-hardberger-of-young-buffalo/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:45:04 +0000 Young Buffalo are Oxford, Mississippi natives (the home of Ole Miss), but they could just as easily have come from Oxford, England (which has, you know, that OTHER Oxford school). The trio of Southerners released their Young Von Prettylips EP on Tuesday via Cantora Records and is set to go out on what is sure

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/eight-questions-with-alex-von-hardberger-of-young-buffalo/feed/ 0 BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 5/30/11 https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-5-30-11/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-5-30-11/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 14:00:00 +0000 Picked By: Daniel Kohn Who: The Parlotones Where: The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA When: Tuesday, May 31st at 8pm Cost: $12 Age: All Ages *** Picked By: Liz Livengood Who: Iron & Wine Where: The Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR When: Tuesday, May 31st at 8pm Cost: $29 Age Restrictions: All ages *** Picked By: Jesse

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