Best New Bands » World 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 Album Review: Meniyka Kiravell – “Vaudevillia!” https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/meniyka-kiravell-vaudevillia/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/meniyka-kiravell-vaudevillia/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2015 21:31:52 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=27216 London – It’s difficult to pin Meniyka Kiravell’s music down to a single genre. The San Diego artist has concocted a sound that is part indie, part jazz-fusion, and part world music. What binds these influences is an ever-present, palpable sense of inspiration. Kiravell’s debut album Vaudevillia! is a journey through her life as a seasoned traveller.

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/meniyka-kiravell-vaudevillia/feed/ 0 Tanlines Return With Their Sophomore LP “Highlights” https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/tanlines-return-with-their-sophomore-lp-highlights/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/tanlines-return-with-their-sophomore-lp-highlights/#comments Mon, 18 May 2015 07:48:05 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=24536 Los Angeles – Brooklyn natives Jesse Cohen and Eric Emm make up the indie-electronic duo Tanlines. In 2012, the band released their debut LP, Mixed Emotions (via True Panther) after a long stretch of singles and EPs. The influences included electro-pop, indie-pop, dance, and world music. It was a collection of vivacious sounding tracks with

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