Band To Watch alum Hospitality has been pretty quiet in recent years, but that's all about to change as their self-titled Merge debut drops in early 2012. Download the first single from that LP, a re-recorded version of "Betty Wang," after the jump. Read More...
In internet years, four years is basically a full career arc. But for Hospitality, that's the time between their 2008 EP and their debut album, Hospitality , on Merge Records. Set for release on January 31st, Hospitality will hopefully reflect the labor of love which this album appears to be. "Betty Wang" is the first single from the album, a cheerful and catchy pop tune that's bound to get stuck in your head. If you pre-order Hospitality from Merge, you will get a copy of their 2008 EP for free, so go do [...]
photos by Amanda Hatfield Hospitality @ Bowery Ballroom "Since it was the Merge Showcase, the show itself featured a short set from Hospitality, a new signee to the label that showed a great deal of promise. Their music was meat-and-potatoes indie, with a little Stereolab and a little Built to Spill, but it was a perfect, if perfunctory, set-up for Wild Flag." [ tripped media ] As previously mentioned , Hospitality played a CMJ show at Bowery Ballroom with [...]
Here's a huge tune from Hospital Records' top dawg High Contrast taken from his upcoming album due for release early next year. This track also features former no.1 DJ Tiesto & techno legend Underworld. The result is a beautiful soundscape with euphoric big room feel. A definite hands in the air kind of tune! The First Note is Silent is out now on Hospital Records and available at Beatport .
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Wait, was this really over two weeks ago? Well, that was a blur. While I won't deny I got my usual kick out of playing new songs for sociable patrons at my favorite Cambridge bar, the preparation and follow-through were just plain rough . Jetlag + influenza do not a fun equation make. I was freshly back from drumming on the (flat-out amazing) 10-day Let's Whisper UK tour , which ended with a 7-hour drive, a 7-hour flight, a few hours sleep, a crazy workday, a 4-hour drive, and a homecoming show. Followed closely by a [...]
DOWNLOAD Hour 1 High Contrast Tiesto and Underworld "The First Note Is Silent" Phace & Rockwell "No" N3gus "Kites" Teed "In The Garden" Calibre Remix Unquote "Heavy Rain" Camo & Krooked ft Ayah Marar "Cross The Line" (Metrik Remix) Break "Hot Love" Ram Spectrasoul "The Gift" Shogun Logistics "Closer" Spinline & Hydro "Parameter" Demand Skream – Anticipate (Netsky Remix) Lynx – Sleazy Camo & Krooked – Funk You High Contrast "If We Ever VIP" Hour 2 Azonica 15 years prequel mix Logistics Wide Lens Cyantific "90″ Makoto & T-AK – [...]
Hailing from Athens, Greece, Acid Baby Jesus play loud, heavy, psychedelic rock music. They got our attention with the "Hospitals" EP released back in May, and they just last week released their debut full length LP for Slovenly Records . Thirteen tracks of "Heavy Psych'n'roll" await, you can get the vinyl, which includes a download of the album, here , or direct from the label. Check out their previous single "Hospitals" and stream the new album below! Hospitals - Acid Baby Jesus by NewtownRadio [...]
Tweetvaso link Brooklyn's Hospitality make music that makes me want to go out and dance awkwardly after a few too many beers (not that that scenario is any different than any other time I'm dancing). It's jagged, angular pop that is reminiscent of Thao Nguyen – at least on this song, "Friends of Friends," the...
erst anfang des neuen jahres wird "la grande" erscheinen, aber die vorfreude auf das dritte album der portlanderin ist zügellos, eine unserer lieblingschanteusen wird sich zunehmender beachtung erfreuen, nicht zuletzt, weil city slang nun mit im boot sitzen darf, grande: laura gibson - la grande rob lindgren und jason reynolds bilden die band, die sich gerade angeschickt hat, ihr debutalbum "we choose to go to the moon" an den start zu bringen, nach vielen jahren in bands, entschieden [...]
Wednesday night, The Rosebuds return home to the triangle to play a show at Carrboro's Cat's Cradle , alongside recent Merge Records signee Hospitality and Mount Moriah front woman Heather McEntire. I got to Cat's Cradle right before Hospitality started its set. The band has recently signed to Merge Records, with their debut album set to release January 31 of next year. I wasn't able to catch them at Hopscotch , so I was excited. Amber Papini, one of the four members, led vocals. Despite [...]
photos by Tamara Porras DOWNLOAD : Hospitality - "Friends of Friends" (MP3) Hopefully you got to Bowery Ballroom early enough last night to catch Hospitality open for Eleanor Friedberger and Wild Flag at the Merge Records CMJ showcase. Here are some pics from their opening set. If you missed 'em don't worry, they'll be back soon. After two days on the [...]
An amazing evening of music from a group of female-fronted acts kicks CMJ off with enormous, life-affirming fanfare. Wild Flag, Eleanor Friedberger and Hospitality at the Bowery Ballroom on 10/18. Hospitality Hospitality should be doing quite well for itself by this time next year. No longer a more stripped-down affair, the band now plays a winning brand of warm, Americana-inflected rock, with just a touch of twee. Vocalist Amber Papini proved herself a natural charmer, leading her group with a disarming sort of speak-singing, while her male bandmates provided airy falsetto harmonies in a higher register. The guitar work [...]
Boston Spaceships – Christmas Girl [mp3] (from Let It Beard , out now) ARMS – Glass Harmonica [mp3] (from Summer Skills , out Nov. 8th) Hospitality – Friends of Friends [mp3] (from Hospitality , out Jan. 31) HOSPITALITY: [...]
Ravens & Chimes / photo by David Greenwald I won't be at CMJ this year, but here are the bands I'd see if I was. Fun jams for everyone after the jump. Hospitality : New Merge Records signees. Sounds accordingly Merge-y (guitar fuzz!) with the added twist of a New York Post-Feist Sassy Lady lead singer. Hospitality - Friends of Friends by MergeRecords North Highlands : Intricate folk-rock with [...]
Much buzzed about indie band Hospitality have signed to Merge Records. Merge will release the Brooklyn band's debut self-titled album on January 31st. Hospitality's humble beginning as a bedroom project has transformed into an energetic 4-piece headed by the vocals of Amber Papini. Production on the debut album was handled by Shane Stoneback (Vampire Weekend, Sleigh Bells) and band member Nathan Michel. Take a listen to the first single from the new album, "Friends of Friends", and download it for free after the jump. Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ [...]
The new Merge Records band drops a wonderful single!
Merge will release the self-titled debut album from Brooklyn's Hospitality on January 31. Formed in 2007, Hospitality has evolved from a bedroom project to a 4-piece collaborative group destined to take over the world...or maybe just some corner in Brooklyn. The angular, intricate, and intelligent compositions of Hospitality signal a sophisticated new pop voice. Singer Amber Papini's idiosyncratic songwriting and incisive lyrics coupled with the band's rich arrangements on its self-titled debut explore youth, New York, and the bittersweet commingling of past and present in a way that feels [...]
It's been nearly two years since Hospitality—the Brooklyn-based indie-pop group fronted by Amber Papini—showed off its ability to conjure urbanite whimsy on its self-released, self-titled debut EP. The sparse arrangements and discerning lyrics made Papini seem like the daughter conceived by Eleanor Friedberger and Stuart Murdoch while the Velvet Underground's "After Dark" played on repeat [...]
The single drops on the 31st of October - pre-order today . "The First Note Is Silent" will be the first single from High Contrast new album, which is due out February 2012 on Hospital. The track is a superb demonstration of his ear for a good hook bringing in the talents of stadium trance maestro Tiësto and legendary UK electronic outfit Underworld. Expect soaring, feel-good synths with the uplifting rush of Tiësto's trademark trance, euphoric piano keys, pounding drums and yearning polished vocals from Karl Hyde in "The First Note Is Silent", [...]
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