CANT - Ghosts (Class Actress Mix) CANT is Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor. Visit Class Actress on MySpace. MP3: CANT - Ghosts (Class Actress Mix)

The 2010 South By Southwest Festival schedule was posted this week and it's huge! Over 1,800 bands will be converging on Austin's downtown area from March 17th until the wee hours of the morning of March 21st. The schedule is available on the SXSW web site here , but be prepared to spend a considerable amount of time scrolling through all the shows. We spent some time reviewing it this week and compiled a list of unusual band names. We have no idea what most of them sound like, [...]
The record release party is a tried and true tradition in the music world, allowing a band to showcase their brand new material while also hoping to make some money off it's release after the show is done. On Wednesday night Arpline didn't make much business sense playing a free record release party and giving away burned CD-R's of their new record! I am assuming the disc got delayed due to all the snow we've been having lately, but considering the record is up on the band's Bandcamp site for name your own price maybe they just want [...]
Chris Taylor's solo moniker CANT's only song has been remixed by a band from his Terrible records line-up. Class Actress has remixed CANT's song 'Ghosts'. Elizabeth Harper's and Mark Richardson's band removed much of the song's original reverb filled layering and sof spoke... Click the link to read more
Monday: Dream Diary, North Highlands, Phil and the Osophers, + Fluffy Lumbers @ Bruar Falls 8pm $5 [ info ] Once again we enter a week with the looming possibility of snow. If this is getting on your nerves you are not alone in your frustration with the so-called "Global Warming"! Thankfully we live in New York where the subway runs no matter how much snow is on the ground and where the snow melts pretty damn fast thanks to all the steam heating. So while we may want [...]

It was the hottest $16 ticket I have ever seen. Everybody is going nuts over the two new Yeasayer singles, and they should be. The takeaway for me wasn't that Yeasayer do a fun show, but that Class Actress lives up to the CMJ hype that I've been hearing about since October. CLASS ACTRESS / Her charismatic stage presence was really too sweet for the opening slot in Tuesday's lineup. It shouldn't be so easy to get on stage and dance around. They're playing two more shows in the next week [...]

Brooklyn's Class Actress (once the solo project of singer Elizabeth Harper) debut EP, entitled 'Journal Of Ardency' is out today on Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor Terrible Records. The band pulls from a variety of styles, ranging from the 80's synth pop of Depeche Mode and New Order, the vivaciousness and sexuality of early Madonna, and the bubbly heartbreak of Mazzy Star. Yeah, the track 'Journal Of Ardency' sounds pretty amazing! Class Actress: "Journal of Ardency" [ mp3 ]

I've been absolutely obsessed with this ep since I received it in my e-mail back in December. Class Actress ' debut ep Journal of Ardency comes out today and I think your Valentine's Day will sound much better with this stuff coming out of your speakers. Get the vinyl at Terrible Records . Also, don't miss Class Actress when she plays Death By Audio with Nite Jewel and Blondes on February 14th. You can also read my review of the Journal of Ardency ep [...]

Recommended Show: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010 YEASAYER, JAVELIN, & CLASS ACTRESS @ MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG 66 N 6th St Brooklyn, NY 11211 $18, 9PM I think this show may be sold out already (and with good reason). Three of the hippest bands around these days are filling out this bill. Undoubtedly, headliners Yeasayer are the big draw, but don't count out up and coming acts like Javelin and Class Actress from bringing a good crowd themselves. Nymph @ The Stone Mean Creek @ Maxwell's The [...]

Oh what a weekend! What shows are in store for you the next few days.

There's something extremely decadent about what I'm doing at this very moment: eating strawberries and listening to the liquidy voice of Elizabeth Harper, the songbird from electro-pop trio Class Actress . The Brooklyn band creates the kind of makeout music that's sweet, yet sexy enough for girls to use as their striptease soundtrack for their boyfriends on Valentine's Day. Influenced by early Madonna, but reminiscent of synth-pop 80's bands, Class Actress struts around with their "stalker-pop" sound on "Journal of Ardency" then takes us on a romantic frolic around Harper's dreamy vocals with "Let Me Take You Out." Their [...]

Brooklyn, NY I love everything about you, Elizabeth Harper. "Careful What You Say" Class Actress on MySpace Class Actress on The Hype Machine
Class Actress sounds to me a little like early Blondie, backed by some high-grade expressive chords and felty kick drums. I love the way her 'stalker pop' makes me feel. Good stuff girl, come to SF Class Actress - Adolescent Heart
Na segunda parte do nosso especial sobre novos artistas, damos uma geral no que tem rolado de bom fora do Brasil. Class Actress NY, EUA Myspace Lembra: New Order, Postal Service, Neon Indian, Ouça: "Adolescent Heart" e "Careful What You Say" A atriz de classe que era Elizabeth Harper no início de sua carreira se atinha ao estereótipo de "cantora & compositora" , fazendo o tipo de música que [...]
17 February, 2010 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm Who: ArpLine , Class Actress, Light Asylum Where: Brooklyn Bowl Show Info: 21+, 9:00pm, Free Watch: ArpLine - "Parts Unknown"
Last week we brought you the Top 10: New York Bands To Watch In 2010 and everyone seemed to love the list so we thought this week we'd expand it to the rest of the world. Of course there are tons of bands left off this list so feel free to chime in about other bands we should be keeping out eyes on in the comments section. Oh, and really this list only includes 9 bands from outside of New York, we totally brain farted and left a band off from last week's list [...]
9 February, 2010 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm Who: Yeasayer , Javelin, Class Actress Where: Music Hall of Williamsburg Show Info: 18+, 8:00pm, $16adv/$18doors Listen: Yeasayer - "Ambling Alp"

It was ladies night at the Highline Ballroom last night, the Chelsea club putting together a bill anchored by relatively longstanding, dreamy keyboard trio Au Revoir Simone, and a launching pad for singer-songwriter Alexa Wilding and the highly promising Class Actress -- a project taking its cues from '80s pop and the sound of its vintage synths, fronted by the memorable presence of Elizabeth Harper's vocals, signed to Chris Taylor's Terrible Records . As Kyle Dean Reinford 's photos show, Au Revoir made it snow -- quite literally -- and as that lead pic captures, ARS [...]

"Journal of Ardency," a tight five-track EP from Brooklyn-based Class Actress, beautifully sears the sheen off of 80s synth.

Class Actress - Journal of Ardency Can't wait for the soon-to-be-released EP from Elizabeth Harper (aka Class Actress) on Grizzly Bear's Terrible Records label. She's also playing February 17 at Brooklyn Bowl.