Photoshoot : Lower Dens au Point Ephémère
May 27, 3:21pm
HARTZINE
HARTZINE
L'objectif d'Hartzine était au Point Ephémère le 13 mai dernier à l'occasion du concert de Lower Dens .
Artist: Lower Dens
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L'objectif d'Hartzine était au Point Ephémère le 13 mai dernier à l'occasion du concert de Lower Dens .
A great bill rolls through Dallas on Sunday, June 24 , at Club Dada , featuring former Texan Jana Hunter and her band Lower Dens , as well as L.A./Montreal shredders No Joy . We've got a couple of pairs of tickets to give away for this one, courtesy of Parade of Flesh . Just leave your name + your favorite album of 2012 so far in the comments to enter, and I'll pick the winners the week of [...]
Lower Dens - Nootropics Record Label - Ribbon Music Release Date - May 1st, 2012 Some years ago, when Silver Jews frontman Dave Berman called Radiohead " gray ," it's hard to think that he didn't have another band and another album in mind. Nootropics , the second release from Jana Hunter fronted Lower Dens, slow-churns its way through your speakers like a psychedelic sci-fi iceberg. It is, unabashedly, gray. The title originates from [...]
Patrick Watson - "Into Giants" Directed by Brigitte Henry. AlunaGeorge - "You Know You Like It" Directed by Laurence Matthew Blake & Matilda Finn. Georgia Anne Muldrow - "Seeds" Directed by Charles Sicuso. Cold Specks - "Blank Maps" Directed by Olivier Groulx. We Are Serenades - "Oceans" Directed by Ted Malmros. Lower Dens - "Propagation" Directed by Sebastian Mlynarski. Lightships - "Sweetness In Her Spark" Directed by The [...]
Nauseating splatters of discoball speckle the floors of Madame Jojo's as fairy lights add yet more glisten beyond an arsenal of elaborate equipment. 'Tis a setting as picturesque as any opaque, barely starry and scarcely black night draped over the capital although this evening's White Heat rundown is a little less idyllic. It's an odd combination of flavours and one you assume few would have the necessarily acquired taste for. For having Jana Hunter's eruditely wistful Baltimore clan Lower Dens slopped on the same plate as Porcelain Raft and Trust is a little like the sonic [...]
Frank Yang Cosmic questions: What makes an artist put a respectable if underappreciated solo career on hold in order to play drums for a band that's sold hundreds of thousands of records and gone platinum in the UK? And what makes that same artist leave that band in order to not resurrect their former solo career but start a completely new one? Okay, the first one is kind of a no-brainer but the second one is more of a puzzle, one that Baltimore-born, Los Angeles-based Josh Tillman is uniquely positioned to answer. He was plugging [...]
Following the release of Nootropics and a couple of weeks before their appearance at Forbidden Fruit Festival in Dublin, Lower Dens ' bassist Geoff Graham took a few minutes to answer our questions and explain the concept behind this new album. He talks about how technology and the human evolution are connected, for the better and the worse, but also about the influences and new sounds coming through these ten cold yet moving tracks. Your new album is called Nootropics , known also as 'smart drugs', how did you get [...]
Baltimore dream-rock band Lower Dens ' sophomore album, Nootropics , eschews traditional pop themes (love, death, overcoming adversity, etc.) for more cerebrally challenging confines. The album, whose title refers to substances that enhance a human's cognitive powers, focuses heavily (but not solely) on transhumanism, a scientific movement that calls for technology to improve mankind's phsyical, emotional, and psychological capabilities. This may not result in easily absorbed romantic odes, but this context is perfectly suited for the band's swirling, expansive blend of darkly tinged pop music. [...]
Nootropics is an album built like a glacier. Layers of chill slowly fall upon one another, blending into the last section, over and over, until collectively they form something striking. The latest effort of Baltimore-based band Lower Dens , Nootropics presents a similar atmosphere to another Baltimore-based band – Beach House. On the opening track, "Alphabet Song," vocalist Jana Hunter could easily be mistaken for Victoria Legrand. The album itself is a slow ride, tracks sliding into each other, swirling with drones and simple guitar work. According to Hunter, "Alphabet Song," "and singles "Brains" and "Propogation" [...]
You know that one band you see pop up at all the blogs you read and love but never end up listening to for some unknown reason? Well, I have that with Lower Dens . Excuse me: I had that with Lower Dens. Should have known I'd love them though, as Beach House love them and I love everything Beach House do. Finally got around to listening to their latest full-length Nootropics and I'm instantly impressed with the Baltimore-based outfit's moody dream pop. Someone called them Kraftwerk meets Beach House, which seems about right. [...]
Douglas Martin is considering a move to Baltimore. Maybe. We all have our preconceived notions of what great artists do and how they go about adding to their canon of great work. I think the most important thing an enduring artist can do is fuck with the expectations of their audience while satisfying themselves creatively. Many contemporary artists do this many different ways, but the beacon of reinvention and exploration I always end up pointing to is Jana Hunter. The Texas-via-Baltimore-via-Texas singer/songwriter started out as a folkie on the back of a Devendra [...]
We're not too sure why these figures in white are there, but regardless, Lower Dens' dark new video for "Propagation" is nothing short of blissful.
Their name conjures up what you'd expect " Beach House " to sound like - wispy, ethereal music that floats and swirls along, transporting you to a ocean side spot as you dip your toes in the sand, watching the ocean waves gently roll in. Next Tuesday, the Baltimore-based act will release their eagerly anticipated follow up to 20102s critically acclaimed Teen Dream , with their fourth full-length effort Bloom via venerable indie-label Sub Pop. The album is currently streaming via NPR's First Listen series . The dream-pop duo, who will play a record [...]
L'objectif d'Hartzine était au Point Ephémère le 13 mai dernier à l'occasion du concert de Lower Dens .
giveaway: Lower Dens + No Joy in Dallas
May 23, 1:55pm
Gorilla Vs. Bear
Gorilla Vs. BearREVIEW: Lower Dens - "Nootropics"
May 22, 11:59am
We Listen For You
We Listen For You
Lower Dens - Nootropics Record Label - Ribbon Music Release Date - May 1st, 2012 Some years ago, when Silver Jews frontman Dave Berman called Radiohead " gray ," it's hard to think that he didn't have another band and another album in mind. Nootropics , the second release from Jana Hunter fronted Lower Dens, slow-churns its way through your speakers like a psychedelic sci-fi iceberg. It is, unabashedly, gray. The title originates from [...]
MVs Collection #76
May 19, 12:00pm
A Good Day For Airplay
A Good Day For AirplayLive: Rendered Resplendent. Lower Dens, Madame Jojo's.
May 16, 11:10am
Dots & Dashes
Dots & Dashes
Nauseating splatters of discoball speckle the floors of Madame Jojo's as fairy lights add yet more glisten beyond an arsenal of elaborate equipment. 'Tis a setting as picturesque as any opaque, barely starry and scarcely black night draped over the capital although this evening's White Heat rundown is a little less idyllic. It's an odd combination of flavours and one you assume few would have the necessarily acquired taste for. For having Jana Hunter's eruditely wistful Baltimore clan Lower Dens slopped on the same plate as Porcelain Raft and Trust is a little like the sonic [...]
Father John Misty and Har Mar Superstar at The Horseshoe in Toronto
May 16, 8:31am
Chromewaves
Chromewaves
Frank Yang Cosmic questions: What makes an artist put a respectable if underappreciated solo career on hold in order to play drums for a band that's sold hundreds of thousands of records and gone platinum in the UK? And what makes that same artist leave that band in order to not resurrect their former solo career but start a completely new one? Okay, the first one is kind of a no-brainer but the second one is more of a puzzle, one that Baltimore-born, Los Angeles-based Josh Tillman is uniquely positioned to answer. He was plugging [...]
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Interview: Lower Dens
May 16, 5:37am
State Magazine
State MagazineInterview: Jana Hunter (of Lower Dens)
May 15, 12:00pm
Consequence Of Sound
Consequence Of Sound
Baltimore dream-rock band Lower Dens ' sophomore album, Nootropics , eschews traditional pop themes (love, death, overcoming adversity, etc.) for more cerebrally challenging confines. The album, whose title refers to substances that enhance a human's cognitive powers, focuses heavily (but not solely) on transhumanism, a scientific movement that calls for technology to improve mankind's phsyical, emotional, and psychological capabilities. This may not result in easily absorbed romantic odes, but this context is perfectly suited for the band's swirling, expansive blend of darkly tinged pop music. [...]
May's Album of the Month: Lower Dens
May 14, 8:11pm
The Deli Magazine
The Deli Magazine
Nootropics is an album built like a glacier. Layers of chill slowly fall upon one another, blending into the last section, over and over, until collectively they form something striking. The latest effort of Baltimore-based band Lower Dens , Nootropics presents a similar atmosphere to another Baltimore-based band – Beach House. On the opening track, "Alphabet Song," vocalist Jana Hunter could easily be mistaken for Victoria Legrand. The album itself is a slow ride, tracks sliding into each other, swirling with drones and simple guitar work. According to Hunter, "Alphabet Song," "and singles "Brains" and "Propogation" [...]
Review/Listen: Lower Dens – "Nootropics"
May 14, 4:00pm
Listen Before You Buy
Listen Before You BuyThe metamorphosis of Jana Hunter as a performer and lyricist is an expansive one. The Texas born musician has been working for the better part of the last decade, releasing most of it under her own name. While the "freak folk" subgenre was thrown around to categorize her particular type of howl in her earlier releases, it was her penchant for painfully honest lyrics that brought her the most attention. It wasn't until she relocated to Baltimore and made up the musical collective Lower Dens , where she could [...]
J'ai vu… LOWER DENS au Point Ephémère le 13 mai 2012
May 14, 2:46pm
Le Choix de Mlle Eddie
Le Choix de Mlle EddieLe Point FMR du dimanche soir en petite forme. Fosse clairsemée, public qui traîne les pieds, l'humeur générale semble un peu assommée par le soleil dominical de l'après-midi passée en terrasse. Quelle idée d'aller s'enfermer pour écouter une sorte de pop (?) atmosphérique et lancinante dans la pénombre et la fumée, alors que dehors y a encore du ciel bleu et à la télé des matchs de foot importants il paraît (moi j'en sais rien, mais on m'a dit que.)
disco naïveté: introducing: Lower Dens
May 12, 7:52pm
SURFING ON STEAM
SURFING ON STEAMdisco naïveté: introducing: Lower Dens: disconaivete: You know that one band you see pop up at all...
introducing: Lower Dens
May 12, 4:45pm
disco naivete
disco naivete
You know that one band you see pop up at all the blogs you read and love but never end up listening to for some unknown reason? Well, I have that with Lower Dens . Excuse me: I had that with Lower Dens. Should have known I'd love them though, as Beach House love them and I love everything Beach House do. Finally got around to listening to their latest full-length Nootropics and I'm instantly impressed with the Baltimore-based outfit's moody dream pop. Someone called them Kraftwerk meets Beach House, which seems about right. [...]
Lower Dens – Nootropics album review
May 10, 1:12pm
MVRemix Rock
MVRemix Rock"And now for something completely different." These words, immortalized by Monty Python, would be the best way to introduce the strange and unique sounds of the relentlessly touring five-piece outfit known as Lower Dens. Originally the brainchild of Baltimore based noise rocker Jana Hunter, the group has released their second full-length album on Ribbon Music: Nootropics . A nootropic, also known as smart drugs or neuro enhancers, is a kind of chemical used to enhance cognitive functions like memory and intelligence. That being said, the intellectual sophistication of the album demands as much attention as the album [...]
Dig Up The Earth And Crawl Inside
May 10, 8:11am
Fluxblog Is So Hot Right Now
Fluxblog Is So Hot Right NowLower Dens "Candy" There's an odd tension at the core of Lower Dens' new album Nootropics , as though the songs simultaneously evoke claustrophobia and the feeling of being all alone in a wide open space. It's an isolating, lonely sound, but they find beauty and drama in it. "Candy," a cut that reminds me of mid-Seventies Brian Eno, is the closest they come to a traditional rock song in terms of structure and affect, but it's far too floaty to convey corporeal physicality. Jana Hunter's voice is the key here – she sounds nearly [...]
Artist: Lower Dens Title: Candy Link Text: Lower Dens “Candy” File Name: lowerdens_candy.mp3 Genre: Indie Rock Year: 2012
Douglas Martin's Dirty Shoes: Nootropics and the Confounding Creativity of Lower Dens
May 10, 3:36am
The Passion of the Weiss
The Passion of the Weiss
Artist: Lower Dens Title: Brains Link Text: Lower Dens - “Brains” File Name: 02-Brains.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Genre: Dream Pop Year: 2012
YOU GOTTA SEE THIS: "Propagation" by Lower Dens
May 9, 1:30pm
The Owl Mag
The Owl Mag
ultra8201Forecastle Festival 2012 adds Cloud Nothings, Lower Dens, and more
May 9, 11:00am Consequence Of Sound
Consequence Of SoundForecastle Festival has added more acts to its 2012 lineup, including Cloud Nothings, Lower Dens, Abigail Washburn with Kai Welch, Rebelution, Keys N Krates, Trixie Whitley, and Cherub. These new additions join a lineup which already packed My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Bassnectar, Girl Talk, Sleigh Bells, Beach House, Andrew Bird, and Flying Lotus. Check out the full lineup at Festival Outlook . Forecastle Festival runs July 13-15th at Waterfront Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Single-day, three-day, and VIP passes are now available via the festival's website . Also, don't forget that tomorrow is [...]
Tour Dates: Beach House's Summer Plans
May 8, 1:20pm
Hidden Track
Hidden Track
Their name conjures up what you'd expect " Beach House " to sound like - wispy, ethereal music that floats and swirls along, transporting you to a ocean side spot as you dip your toes in the sand, watching the ocean waves gently roll in. Next Tuesday, the Baltimore-based act will release their eagerly anticipated follow up to 20102s critically acclaimed Teen Dream , with their fourth full-length effort Bloom via venerable indie-label Sub Pop. The album is currently streaming via NPR's First Listen series . The dream-pop duo, who will play a record [...]
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