We selected five bands for January, and we need you to vote for your favorite BeatCrave Fav of the month! Beat Crave Favs are bands that we here at BC select because, well, they are our favorite new bands to come across our inboxes, iTunes folders, and CD players (remember those?). Cast your vote after the jump, and we’ll announce the winner on February 3!
As 2011 wraps up, all the blogs are posting their end of the year lists. We’ll also be presenting a ton of lists including Top Bands of 2011, Top Albums of 2011, and plenty more! However–we are kicking off the best of the best with some of the artists YOU – the reader – have chosen as some of our favorite BeatCrave Favs. We not only began highlighting some of the best up-and-coming, talented indie acts in January but we also gave you a chance to crown some artists with a BeatCrave Fav of the Month title. Those who earned the title advanced into the running for 2011′s last Fav poll.
We now ask you to cast your votes in for BEATCRAVE FAV OF THE YEAR! See who you voted as some of your favorite artists during 2011 below and make your voice heard. Most importantly – support the band you especially cherish!
We selected five bands for the month of November, and now we need you to vote for your BeatCrave Fav of the month!
Your choices include: an L.A.-based band whose sound is as united, harmonious and seamless as it is layered with hints of alternative, country, and folk A House for Lions (listen here), four crazy rockers from Long Beach with a great sense of style and some serious talent Rival Sons (listen here), a couple whose puppy love-themed songs look and sound like 60s pop Neverever (listen here), the soulful and dramatic folk trio with a simple approach and heartwarming vocals If Birds Could Fly (listen here), and an alternative rock duo with old-school rock n’ roll, pop and folk influences Cassiopeia (listen here).
We selected six bands for the month of October, and now we need you to vote for your favorite BeatCrave Fav of the month!
Your choices include: singer-songwriter with brilliant color, fun storylines, and an overall psychadelic feel Old Man River (listen here), a trio whose relaxed psychedelic pop rock feels like a summer road trip Black Light White Light (listen here), four rockers from New Haven, Connecticut with an angsty, 90s punk rock feel Beijing (listen here), four garage rockers from Brooklyn whose music feels like an eerie dream The Living Kills (listen here), an octet with playful, pop-friendly tunes and hyperactive jazz-quality Rubblebucket (listen here), and Australia-based soul surf band whose latest album is fueled by a surf-esque richness punctuated by pop that just works Love Connection (listen here).
We selected six bands for the month of September, and now we need you to vote for your favorite BeatCrave Fav of the month!
Your choices include: New York-based singer/songwriter with an acoustic folk-esque sound Alicia Lemke (listen here), a 5-piece band with powerful yet soft vocals and a female violinist The Winter Sounds (listen here), a Southern California quintet that’s blues-heavy with a soft country feel Robert Jon and the Wreck (listen here), a folk/rock, punk, and blues band with an original sound that’s contagious Waking Lights (listen here), Pheonix, Arizona metal rockers mixing heavy rock instrumentals with loose, fluid vocals Razer (listen here), and Tulsa, Oklahoma-based pop/rock trio creating harmonious vocals, guitar rifts, and backbone rhythms Stars Go Dim (listen here).
We selected eight bands for the month of August, and now we need you to vote for your favorite BeatCrave Fav of the month!
Your choices include: Los Angeles-based alternative band The Nocturnes (listen here), a tight 5-piece band from Cali Brown Shoe (listen here), a largely instrumental duo from Baltimore The Water (listen here), English electronic singer/songwriter Neon Hitch (listen here), a mysterious experimental singer/songwriter Zola Jesus (listen here), the country solo project of Tiger Army’s frontman Nick 13 (listen here), four experimental rockers currently playing on the West Coast Brian Buckley Band (listen here), and self-referenced chaos rock troupe from Indianapolis We Are Hex (listen here).
We selected six bands for the month of July. Now we need you to vote for your favorite BeatCrave Fav of the month!
Your choices include: a three-piece band that stands at the crossroads of blues, country, and rock Keith Moody (listen here), four real, raw rockers from Charlotte, North Carolina Simplified (listen here), a folk, pop, soul project rooted in an array of melodies Ben Keeler and the 500 Club (listen here), Americana rocker with an amazing stage show Scott Bricklin (listen here), five-piece metal/hard rock outfit from Chandler, Arizona The Sammus Theory (listen here), and singer/songwriter and rapper from Brooklyn Krista (listen here).
We selected six bands for the month of June. Now we need you to vote for your favorite BeatCrave Fav of the month!
Your choices include: pop duo from Los Angeles full of raw intensity with a hot, pop-electro style Dwntwn (listen here), Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, musician and producer with a homegrown feel Joy Valencia (listen here), electronic, post punk London trio whose music is surprisingly refreshing and very much original Villa Cola (listen here), four rockers from Baltimore whose piano-infused tracks are bittersweet and emotional Alice Anna (listen here), psychadelic blues group whose overall ambient sound is loud and in-your-face Rival Sons (listen here), and rapper/producer writing well-written verses to a thoughtful song with a good flow Ian Davis (listen here).
We selected eight bands for the month of May. Vote now for your favorite BeatCrave Fav of the month!
Your choices include: a Los Angeles-based new wave rock band Future Ghost (listen here), the beautiful and talented, smooth and jazzy vocalist Candace Bellamy (listen here), a dynamic electronic/synth-rock composer named Mike Puretz a.k.a Hang Glider (listen here), a strong, energetic rock band from Brazil Ed Ondo (listen here), a U.K. singer/songwriter creating catchy melodies Maffiss (listen here), psychadelic rockers from North Carolina Birds of Avalon (listen here), a five-piece funk fusion group with awesome instrumentals Pinot (listen here), and fun, energetic rock band from L.A. Y LUV (listen here).
