Artist: Wild Beasts

Five videos for Friday: Stephen Malkmus, St. Vincent, The Head and The Heart, and more

Oct 14, 2011, 4:15pm The Bay Bridged

As we approach the Treasure Island weekend, here are five music videos from TIMF performers, including a new, thoroughly enjoyable clip from Stephen Malkmus , and videos from St. Vincent , The Head and The Heart , Friendly Fires , and Wild Beasts . Related Posts: Don't miss at TIMF 2011: The Hold Steady Don't [...]

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Festival Corona Capital: grupos que no hay que perderse

Oct 14, 2011, 12:10pm Cuchara Sónica

Como les comentamos en su oportunidad, este sábado 15 de octubre se llevará a cabo en la Ciudad de México la segunda edición del Festival Corona Capital en la curva 4 del Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. Aunque no es un festival muy grande y dura sólo un día, la cantidad de bandas y horarios sí obligará a elegir en algunos casos entre dos agrupaciones, un asunto que puede ser doloroso para todos aquellos que nos morimos por escuchar las diversas opciones pero no tenemos el súper poder de estar en dos lugares al mismo tiempo. [...]

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KUESTIONNAIRE: Wild Beasts (Treasure Island Music Festival Edition: Part 1)

Oct 14, 2011, 10:01am kata rokkar...

Well this is exciting; I'm going to come right out and say it...I'm pretty excited we got England's Wild Beasts to answer this special edition of the Kuestionnaire. While I was an admittedly casual fan of 20092s Two Dancers , it wasn't until this year's Smother that I became a dedicated Wild Beasts listener. The album is a step in the right direction for a group that had clearly indentified themselves as wildly creative and sonically bold. The layered configuration and sensuality of tracks like Plaything and [...]

• Local Natives - Eyes Wide (Fool's Gold Remix)
• Wild Beasts - Loop The Loop

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Artist:	Local Natives
Title:	Eyes Wide (Fool's Gold Remix)
Link Text:	[mp3] Local Natives - Eyes Wide (Fool’s Gold Remix)
File Name:	Eyes-Wide-Fools-Gold-Remix.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2010

Artist:	Wild Beasts
Title:	Loop The Loop
Link Text:	[mp3] Wild Beasts - Loop The Loop from Smother (2011)
File Name:	04-Loop-The-Loop.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Genre:	Alternative
Year:	2011

Live: Wild Beasts, EMA @ the Echoplex, 10.13.11

Oct 14, 2011, 8:00am The Rawking Refuses To Stop!

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Download: Wild Beasts, 'Thankless Thing'

Oct 13, 2011, 5:06pm Buzz Bands

Wild Beasts ' third studio album "Smother" shimmers and bounces from every angle of light as Hayden Thorpe's countertenor dips and and glides out of heavy yet powerfully cathartic arrangements. As they get prepare to release their new single, "Reach a Bit Further," which will be released Nov. 14 on limited edition vinyl, they offer one of their b-sides. "Thankless Thing," recorded during the initial sessions for "Smother," is more uplifting than the gorgeously somber "Albatross" via dainty staccato rhythms and contrastingly strong bass lines. However, the tune is another exemplary musical artwork that depicts the wide array of darkness [...]

• Wild Beasts - Thankless Thing

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Artist:	Wild Beasts
Title:	Thankless Thing
File Name:	SoundCloud

Tonight in LA: Foo Fighters, The Head and the Heart, Family of the Year, Wild Beasts, Frank Turner, Lindsey Buckingham, more

Oct 13, 2011, 1:48pm Buzz Bands

Welcome to the Thursday Roundup. I call it that for no other reason than just because I can. ►Ahhh, Foo Fighters at The Forum w/ Cage the Elephant and Mariachi El Bronx . Really don't need to say much about this, do I? Do I? Just look at them... ►Mercury Prize winners in 2010 for album of the year (for "Two Dancers"), the UK's Wild Beasts play the Echoplex (check their video for "Bed of Nails" ). Supporting the eve is EMA. ► Family of the Year release their collective [...]

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Treasure Island 2011: Day 2 Preview

Oct 11, 2011, 2:49pm indie shuffle

Why am I skipping Day 1 of the 2011 Treasure Island Music Festival ? It certainly isn't because October 15th has a lackluster lineup. With some of my favorite bands such as Death From Above 1979, Empire of the Sun and SF locals Geographer playing, it's a day that I don't want to miss. No, the lineup isn't the reason. It's simply that if I were to choose a day from which I wanted to create an awesome preview playlist, it'd have to be Day 2. That because October 16th will feature artists [...]

• Warpaint - Elephants

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Artist:	Warpaint
Title:	Elephants
Link Text:	Download
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Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Alternative & Punk
Year:	2009

Tonight in Music: Cut Copy, Astronautalis, Wild Beasts

Oct 9, 2011, 3:37pm End Hits

CUT COPY, WASHED OUT, MIDNIGHT MAGIC ( Wonder Ballroom , 128 NE Russell) CUT COPY AFTERPARTY: MIDNIGHT MAGIC, THE MIRACLES CLUB, CUT COPY (DJ SET) ( Holocene , 1001 SE Morrison) Masters of the dance floor Cut Copy's Wonder Ballroom show tonight is way sold out, but don't fret: Those both with and without tickets can catch up with them DJing the afterparty, a dance beast itself with live sets from Midnight Magic and the Miracles Club. MARJORIE SKINNER [...]

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Track Review: Wild Beasts – Thankless Thing

Oct 6, 2011, 12:00am One Thirty BPM

For the release of their next single "Reach A Bit Further," taken from their critically acclaimed third full length Smother , Wild Beasts have decided to pull together the Smother b-sides and "Thankless Thing" is the only previously unheard song that is included. Wild Beasts produce outlandish and grandiose theatrical pop songs that sneakily embed their way into your heart with Thorpe and Fleming's crooning vocals, and this is no exception. As with all Wild Beasts material, the song grabs your attention throughout despite being on the long side at over 5 and a half minutes. Quivering [...]

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Concert Review: Twin Sister & Wild Beasts @ Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee – 10/2/2011

Oct 4, 2011, 1:10pm Seizure Chicke

Wild Beasts - Photo by Erik Ljung After one of the most exciting weekends in Wisconsin sports history, the last thing on many people's minds would be traveling to downtown Milwaukee to see a concert. Despite this reality, Sunday night at Turner Hall Ballroom proved to be icing on the triumphant cake for concertgoers as the UK's Wild Beasts took to the stage after, dream-pop newcomers, Twin Sister opened the evening's musical festivities. Andrea Estella of Twin Sister - Photo [...]

• Twin Sister - Kimmi In a Rice Field
• Wild Beasts - Thankless Thing

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Artist:	Twin Sister
Title:	Kimmi In a Rice Field
Link Text:	Twin Sister - Kimmi In a Rice field
File Name:	05-Twin-Sister-Kimmi-In-a-Rice -Field.mp3
Bitrate:	214 kbps
Year:	2011

Artist:	Wild Beasts
Title:	Thankless Thing
File Name:	SoundCloud

TONIGHT: MFR Presents Wild Beasts with Twin Sister at Varsity Theater

Oct 4, 2011, 12:05pm Minneapolis Fucking Rocks

[MFR Presents] MFR is gearing up for the Wild Beasts show tonight with Twin Sister at the Varsity Theater. This show is going to be super rad, so check it out! 7pm // 18+ // $15

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New Video: When Saints Go Machine - Parix

Oct 4, 2011, 6:31am One For The People

When Saints Go Machine have unveiled their new video for "Parix", off their debut LP, Konkylie. continue reading >>

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Concert Review: Wild Beasts, Still Life Still, September 29, Mod Club

Oct 3, 2011, 4:02pm The Panic Manual

On Friday night, me and my friends went to Clinton's for a fun night of dancing. While we were there, we met some cool people and in a drunken 3 am haze, we decided that karaoke was the only course of action. We stumbled down a narrow staircase into one of those Korean karaoke places that you swear would serve you alcohol after three, but the lady at the front of the shop was insistent that this wasn't one of "those places". We went into the room and proceeded to do as you do, which is butcher as many songs [...]

• Still Life Still - Kid
• Wild Beasts - Reach A Bit Further

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Artist:	Still Life Still
Title:	Kid
File Name:	SoundCloud

Artist:	Wild Beasts
Title:	Reach A Bit Further
File Name:	SoundCloud

Wild Beasts at The Mod Club in Toronto

Oct 3, 2011, 8:28am Chromewaves

Frank Yang It's right here , in these very pages, the fact that I didn't dig on Wild Beasts' last record Two Dancers and only after some persistence was able to reach a point of understanding it if not appreciating it. But mayhap that exercise softened me up enough that even though it wasn't as acclaimed as its predecessor, I took to this year's Smother almost immediately and also put Two Dancers back into rotation. All of which [...]

• Crystal Stilts - Through The Floor
• Wild Beasts - Thankless Thing

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Artist:	Crystal Stilts
Title:	Through The Floor
Link Text:	Crystal Stilts - “Through The Floor”
File Name:	CrystalStilts-ThroughTheFloor. mp3
Bitrate:	265 kbps
Genre:	Post Punk
Year:	2011

Artist:	Wild Beasts
Title:	Thankless Thing
Link Text:	Wild Beasts - “Thankless Thing”
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CONTEST: Win Tickets To See Wild Beasts Tuesday Night

Oct 1, 2011, 12:22pm Minneapolis Fucking Rocks

MFR is really excited for the Wild Beasts show on Tuesday, October 4 (details here ). They're bringing Twin Sister with them to Varsity Theater and we're offering you a chance to win a pair of tickets! All you have to do is send your answer to the following question to laura@minneapolisfuckingrocks. com : If you were going to be on national television and had to sport one of the following, which would you choose: A mullet or parachute pants?

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INTERVIEW: Wild Beasts

Oct 1, 2011, 11:34am Minneapolis Fucking Rocks

[MFR Presents] MFR welcomes Wild Beasts and Twin Sister to Minneapolis this Tuesday, October 4 at Varsity Theater (click here for details). We had the chance to speak with Tom Fleming of Wild Beasts and here's what he had to say: What originally inspired the band to grow? It was more about trying to do things your own way and needing more ideas in the pool. We were very naive, actually pretty fucking naive. The more [...]

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Weekend Diversions

Sep 30, 2011, 4:30pm loudloop

Pelican Three cheers for the weekend! Lot's of great acts will descend on our many rad venues including Twin Shadow at Lincoln Hall , Pelican at The Empty Bottle and much more. Snap yo fingers and let's get to it. FRIDAY THE LUCK OF EDEN HALL Chicago psych rockers The Luck of Eden Hall have been banging around [...]

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Contest: Wild Beasts in Portland

Sep 30, 2011, 12:45pm From Go to Whoa

9/24 @ The Doug Fir Lounge Wanna attend with a guest? If so, send us an email to: fromgotowhoa@hotmail.com A winner (18+) will be randomly chosen on 10/05 @ NOON. Buy tix here. Like Wild Beasts on Facebook. Watch Wild Beasts peformining on tour The Wild Beasts will be supported by the crazy insane Erika M Anderson (aka EMA ) [...]

• Wild Beasts - Albatross

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Artist:	Wild Beasts
Title:	Albatross
File Name:	SoundCloud

Wild Beasts' "Thankless Thing"

Sep 30, 2011, 9:01am Music That Isn't Bad.

I always feel super embarrassed when I stumble upon a song that I really enjoy and think "surely I am the first to find these guys," only to find out that they are a relatively successful overseas. (Exhibit A) Either way, better late than never, right? Here's a great band called Wild Beasts. This song, "Thankless Thing," isn't off of any of their albums, but came out on an EP they released for

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Wild Beasts invade Lincoln Hall Saturday

Sep 28, 2011, 3:53pm Radio Free Chicago

Nevermind that the blogosphere's up-and-coming buzzed Twin Sister are opening, but Linlcon Hall will be housing four British lads Saturday evening for some fine indie rock. Wild Beasts ' Hayden Thorpe holds a falsetto that teeters along the edges of dream pop and indie rock. Think Bloc Party mixed with Penguin Prison , stripped of electronic or synthesized beats and supported by a much more lush, natural sound. Their latest album, Smother , was released last May as the follow-up to their Mercury Prize-nominated album, Two Dancers . Twin Sister [...]

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