Tuesday, December 14, 2010 4:21PM - By Seraphina L.
We’ve selected the artists we thought were worthy of your attention in our daily BeatCrave Fav series all year. You voted weekly then monthly and now you’ve voted for your favorites of them all! Our readers have spoken and our BeatCrave Fav of the Year Poll has resulted in a tie! Coming in with exactly the same number of votes, you’ve all chosen The Lonely Wild and Friend Slash Lover as your favorite Favs!
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010 4:45PM - By Seraphina L.
As the 2010 wraps up, all the blogs are posting their end of the year lists. We’ll also be presenting a ton of lists including Top Albums of 2010, Top Videos of 2010, Top Concerts of 2010 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 February 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 2010′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 2010 below and make your voice heard. Most importantly – support the band you especially cherish!
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010 12:48PM - By Seraphina L.
It’s already that time! We need you to vote for your favorite BeatCrave Fav for the month of November!
We usually have a weekly poll for artists but since we’ve selected only 8 bands for this month, you only have to vote once at the end of the month for your favorite artist. So make sure to get your voice heard by voting below! Here are our FAVS of the month! Which one is YOUR favorite?
The three-piece garage band and Bordeaux, France-based Strange Hands (listen here), the lo-fi pop and Cleveland-based artist Cloud Nothings (listen here), the Los Angeles-based rock trio Haim (listen here), the post-punk and ambient Aussie rockers PVT (formerly Pivot) (listen here), the local acoustic indie rockers Friend Slash Lover (listen here), the brotherly electropop Brooklyn duo French Horn Rebellion (listen here), the sensational Canadian dream pop duo Memoryhouse (listen here) or the London DJ duo, Retro/Grade (listen here) ?
Don’t forget that the winner of this poll will be offered a feature! Be sure to vote below…
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 2:00PM - By Lindsey Darden
Friend Slash Lover are only a six-track EP in to what we hope turns out to be a long-standing career of musical theatrics and acoustics. Their style is laid back and personable, albeit with a lot of punch and emotional gusto. Put it all together and you have a hell of a creative storytelling device through sound and word. The Los Angeles-based indie band brings smart music to the table. There is an apparent, intricate design behind every track and every instrument in use, which makes sense considering lead vocalist and songwriter Josh Mintz’s background in creative design and visual arts. These two contributed largely to the members’ functions in the band, then and now. For lack of a better phrase, it seems the trio has big designs for their repertoire at large.
In a current sea of autotune, raw vocals with daring use of instrumentals against a seemingly traditional background of indie compositions, and you’ve got a subtle attack on the senses in the embodiment of Friend Slash Lover. If you feel the same way about them as we do (and we’ve a hankering you might), don’t forget to vote for them this month in our BeatCrave Fav series!
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