David Beeman and his Old Lights crew had their album release show this past weekend in the their home base of Saint Louis, MO. Thanks to digital technology and the internet world - we can all enjoy a copy ourselves via their bandcamp page . Old Lights - Like Strangers . For a taste - check out their Halfway House Session below: Old Lights Facebook . Old Lights [...]
Photo by Jonathon Gruenke/Kzoo Gazette. These guys: Old Lights - It Was You - Halfway House Sessions from Halfway House on Vimeo . are playing with this guy and his band(who are the same people): I Can See Glory - Benjamin Riley - Halfway House Sessions from Halfway House on Vimeo . @ Founders on Thursday. oh - be tee dub. . .it's FREE. Cheers. Be sure to [...]
David Beeman's Old Lights (Saint Louis) recently made a stop in West Michigan - knocking out a few shows in the process. He and his fellow members(including Benjamin Riley ) also freed up some time to swing by the Stone House to record a Halfway House Session. Color us impressed. Currently - Old Lights is gearing up to record a brand spanking new EP in Nashville with David Vandervelde producing. Stay tuned for details. For now - enjoy the hell outta this session. Listen/Download: [...]
Wait, weren't we just here? Like, in 2009? As I hinted at in last year's TDoL year-end extravaganza , making these lists is always a tug-of-war between what feels good and what actually is good. But if it makes you feel good, it must be good ... right? So here's the process: I frantically assemble my list. Move things around. Re-listen to records. Cut one here; add another there. Anxiety sets in. I lose sleep. Get a few more gray hairs. Stop eating solid foods. I don't bathe. I empty out my bank [...]
I didn't know what to think when I first heard Old Light 's debut LP The Dirty Future . It's got hefty four-part harmonies throughout. Pop hooks. The occasional stoner riff. Autoharp (36 strings = six guitars). It's hard to pin down ... it's just good. As Thee Oh Sees madman John Dwyer succinctly puts it: "It's like Crosby, Stills & Nash if they didn't suck!" The Dirty Future has been kicking around these parts since the band sold out their record-release show in early October. The album is now available to you, [...]
This past week I've been getting into Old Lights pretty heavily. This is David Beeman's latest project, who's previously drummed for David Vandervelde and worked as a sound engineer for Cold War Kids, among other bands. Old Lights - Furthest From The Tree For all of you that have been waiting for the Kode9 DJ Kicks album, here's one you'll be interested in. Martyn 's "You Don't Wash" was dropped as a freebie. It's on you to go get yourself the [...]
Note: We're back with another One Man Bands special. Today we have some amazing artists that we think you'll like. A new one man band from Brooklyn (get in line, jk) has managed to catch our attention within the hundreds of songs that are floating around that we love, could love and haven't heard [...] Related posts:Best New Releases of the Week, Part II: Twin Tigers, Man/Miracle, Bridges & Blinking Lights, Megaphonic Thrift & More Recent Releases We Almost Missed, Vol. III: Archeology, Rocky Votolato, The White White Lights, Schooner and More [...]
I got an email the other day from David Beeman, mastermind behind the folk-pop quintet Old Lights. He was very pleased and very eager to share with us the brand new video by Cody Stokes for "Losing My Mind," off their latest, Every Night Begins The Same (click to buy on iTunes). I really enjoyed [...]
In recent months, the band Old Lights has cropped up everywhere around town (and beyond): opening for Magnolia Electric Co. in Columbia, playing after the Decemberists in the Halo Bar and tomorrow, op... Continue reading "Local Band to Know: Old Lights, Opening for Constantines/Crystal Antlers" >
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