All photography by Minh Lee Only its fourth year Field Day has already experienced its fair share of teething problems. The infamous first year saw over-crowding issues result in long toilet queues with the prospect of a clutching a cold beverage in your hand a thing of myth, whilst the proceeding two years were a complete wash out with sound issues to boot. The line-up however has always been the festivals saving grace, boasting performances from Florence & The Machine , Foals , Laura Marling , Mogwai , Wild Beasts [...]
photo by Raimy Rosenduft (from Holly Miranda's Myspace page ) I know I don't need my new fancy phone. I could get by just fine without it. When my old phone crapped out and I ordered my Droid Incredible I thought it would be nice to have, but nothing revolutionary. This morning after listening to the Holly Miranda interview from NPR's World Cafe on my phone, [...]
[photo courtesy of Camey Scott ] I love these break-out Bowery nights. We first got to know Holly Miranda back in October, when we recorded her set opening for the Antlers, and I then got drunk with both bands after the show. Holly's obvious and immense talents are perhaps eclipsed only by her personality - she is a genuinely a fun and nice person. It was an extra treat when the nyctaper recording of Holly's Pink Floyd cover from that night went viral on the web. Following [...]
photos by Kyle Dean Reinford After opening sets by Grooms and Class Actress , Holly Miranda headlined her own show at Bowery Ballroom in NYC last night (5/27). Her setlist included covers of Yoko Ono and Etta James, and a Jealous Girlfriends song (her old band). There was a horn section consisting of Michael Irwin (trumpet) and Maria Eisen (sax) of the Woes , and a lot of other special guests [...]
photos by Kyle Dean Reinford After opening sets by Grooms and Class Actress , Holly Miranda headlined her own show at Bowery Ballroom in NYC last night (5/27). Her setlist included covers of Yoko Ono and Etta James, and a Jealous Girlfriends song (her old band). There was a horn section consisting of Michael Irwin (trumpet) and Maria Eisen (sax) of the Woes , and a lot of other special guests [...]
Frank Yang I've already document thoughts in this space about Holly Miranda on record - specifically her debut The Magician's Private Library - and Holly Miranda live - specifically one of her day shows at SxSW - so I'm a bit short on lead-in thoughts to her show at the El Mocambo in Toronto this past Thursday; her second solo appearance but first headlining. I do, however, have some thoughts on Montreal's Braids , who were supporting her on a handful of dates [...]
Monday: Love As Laughter @ Bruar Falls 8pm $8 [ info ] In a world of passing fads and buzz bands isn't it nice to know there are still life long indie rockers such as Love As Laughter making music? It warms our hearts every time we see their name mentioned somewhere and this week they stop by NYC for a quick show at Bruar Falls. Chance are it won't be that quick and it will totally be worth skipping the 24 series finale for. [...]
Frank Yang I can't pretend I wasn't a bit disappointed when Holly Miranda departed The Jealous Girlfriends to strike out on her own - that outfit had a lot of potential that their debut only touched on - but after hearing where she went with The Magician's Private Library , it's understandable why it didn't work. As eclectic as her former band's stylings were, they were still very much a rock band and it's hard to imagine there'd have been a place for the hazy, Sitek -scapes that suffuse [...]
All week we've been asked about the results for the 2010 Best New Band poll. And all week we've held our lips tight...until now! The list: 1. Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside (107.5 points) 2. Typhoon (94 points) 3. Deelay Ceelay (74 points) 4. Hosannas (59.5 points) 5. Wampire (56 points) 6. Operative (55 points) 7. The Miracles Club (54 points) 8. Aan (51 points) 9. Atole (38 points) 10. Red Fang (37.5 points) And here's the email we sent out with instructions [...]
26 May, 2010 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm Who: Holly Miranda , Class Actress, Grooms Where: Bowery Ballroom Show Info: 18+, 7:30pm, $13adv/$15doors Listen: "Forest Green Oh Forest Green" by Holly Miranda
Nelle nostre ore di sonno, poche o tante che siano, le difese si abbassano e ci ritroviamo vulnerabili. Vulnerabili, come la ragazza in copertina, che dorme incurante delle frecce che la circondano, miracolosamente illesa grazie alla sua favolosa stella protettrice, e sensibili, capaci di sentire e provare sensazioni che difficilmente percepiamo in uno stato di coscienza. Holly Miranda per la sua seconda fatica discografica ha scelto una protezione particolare, un aiuto significativo e determinante per la produzione del suo disco. Si chiama Dave Sitek , meglio conosciuto come membro a pieno titolo dei Tv On [...]
*MP3: Holly Miranda - "Forest Green Oh Forest Green" Holly Miranda is playing tonight at the 400 Bar. Click here for details. (Ian Anderson)
Frank Yang Full writeup of the day over here . Twin Sister - Brooklyn poppers were just declared one of "8 NYC Bands You Need to Hear" by L Magazine and are giving away their debut EP Color Your Life for freesies. Photos: Twin Sister @ Club DeVille - March 19, 2010 MP3: Twin Sister - "Dry Hump" MP3: [...]
Holly Miranda- The Magician's Private Library 7/10 Holly Miranda's story is quite a colourful one. The daughter of devoted Christians, she spent her childhood under the gaze of god and was banned from engaging in popular culture. As a teen she would steal albums from her older, pot smoking sister, until one day her father found a Nine Inch Nails CD in her bedroom and snapped it in half. At 16 she moved to New York and lined up her first record deal; with the Mafia. But as things started to turn sour and [...]
Her recent set featured: Forest Green Oh Forest Green Sweet Dreams Stream the full playback here. The Magician's Private Party is out now. MP3: Holly Miranda - Forest Green Oh Forest Green
Forest Green Oh Forest Green -> ustawia klimat jak Fawn na płycie Scarlett (obie płyty produkował genialny Dave Sitek). Niby naturalna rola pierwszego kawałka, ale posłuchajcie większości płyt z ostatnich lat i okaże się, że to wcale nie takie oczywiste. Duży plus kompozycyjny - przedmowa do płyty łączy bowiem jej 2 strony . Pierwszą, ciemniejszą, kipiącą subtelnymi okrągłymi beatami i loopami jak ręka w worku z grochem albo jedzenie tapioki. I drugą upbeatową, wychyloną w stronę bardziej typowego żeńskiego indie-popu. moment: 2:27 - fonetyczne ćwiczenie na pierwszym planie przed bardzo fajnym wyaranżem, który wprowadza w [...]
Holly Miranda - Waves "Holly Miranda, lead singer of one of my favorite bands The Jealous Girlfriends, has gone solo for the moment with her new debut LP The Magician's Private Library. One thing I knew about Miranda from the few Jealous Girlfriend shows I'd attended – she can sing, and she can rock. Buuut…I had no idea she'd be capable of making such a diverse and spectacular album such as this. Seriously she touches on that Bat For [...]
At first glance, the suspicion might be that Holly Miranda is just another in that long queue of slightly otherworldly, off-kilter, hazy female singer songwriters such as Liz Fraser , Hope Sandoval or Bat For Lashes . Descriptors such as opaque, woozy, and the ever-present ethereal, are all too easy to pluck from the air. The truth is thankfully a different matter. Miranda's debut album The Magician's Private Library is released on Monday and she manages to stamp her own mark of authenticity firmly on it [...]
Triumphant, light, and melodic are words that come to mind when describing Holly Miranda 's The Magician's Private Library . The combination of horns, keyboards, and Holly's hauntingly beautiful voice on "Forest Green Oh Forest Green" is enough to make you buy the whole album just to see what other treasures exist. Reminds us of: Yeah Yeah Yeahs | The Jealous Girlfriends | Finding 20 dollars in your coat pocket Holly Miranda: ( MySpace ) holly miranda the [...]
00:00:02.044 Holly Miranda "Forest Green, Oh Forest Green" (XL Recordings) 00:02:52.163 Seabear "Lion Face Boy [single version]" (Morr Music) 00:06:15.581 Dios "See How They Run" (Buddy Head) 00:09:08.438 Beach House "10 Mile Stereo" (Sub Pop) 00:14:01.434 Grammatics "Shadow Committee" (Dance To The Radio) 00:18:32.306 Ava "Running" (self-release) 00:20:53.250 Little Comets "One Night In October" [...]
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