Anyone who still thinks Beach House is boring hasn’t seen how Victoria Legrand whips her hair back and forth like Kirk Hammett in sequins. Last Friday night in Baltimore, she commanded the stage with potency her hometown had never seen. It’s been three long, Beach House-less years for Charm City. But while the dream-pop duo were jetting around the world, headlining festivals, playing Letterman, and becoming so big that Jay-Z and Beyonce publicly groove to their music, they became something no one quite expected: professionals. Seeing Baltimore’s DIY crowd permeate the Lyric Opera House was a [...]
Yo La Tengo are really making the most out of 2013. They've already released their new album, Fade , to critical acclaim; performed alongside Fred Armisen on Fallon ; confirmed appearances at Wilco's Solid Sound and Ohio's Bunbery Fest ; and hit the road for a proper supporting tour . Now, the New Jersey veterans plan to keep the excitement going with even more dates. They'll head overseas in March, return stateside in April, and remain on the road until July, when [...]
As Baltimore's Secret Mountains get ready to release their debut album Rainer on February 26th, anticipation is beginning to get the better of us. Back in 2009 the band dropped their debut EP Kaddish and then followed it up with 20102s Rejoice and 20122s Winter Sessions , both also EPs, all reveling in the dark, swirling, emotive soundscape they've carved out for themselves. As their EPs make way for [...]
You'll doubtless already be only too aware of Baltimore's insatiable proclivity for dream-pop – go figure. Or rather, go find a Beach House review devoid of the term dream or any given synonym thereof. Still searching, and indeed I've been scouring both high and low for something to if not shatter the mould entirely, then at to at least reset its shape a touch. And lo and behold, call off the inquisition for right before us we've Celebration – a Maryland sextet again trading in the nebulous and loosely oneiric, [...]
No summer storm could quash the fervor that accompanies Pitchfork Music Festival . While the crowd did at times seem abnormally small compared to recent years (especially on Friday), the anticipation running through those who dared to brave the thunderclaps on their bikes on day one, or those who braved crowded CTA busses on day two, or those who hitched a ride in from the suburbs on day three didn't dip a bit. Thanks to the chilly pulses of wind and rain, there were some new fashion trends to add onto your typical face-painted nuts in swimsuits [...]
They say that if you lose a sense, your other senses get stronger. For example, if you're blind, the story goes that you hear better than most people. It seemed apropos, then, that your intrepid reporting team here at Consequence of Sound ended up sharing our hotel for Louisville, Kentucky’s Forecastle Music Festival with an entire convention of blind people: They spend their lives listening hard, and though we’re able to see, we also put a lot of focus on the aural—especially this weekend. Luckily Forecastle is focused on sound as well, and for their [...]
Listening to Marissa Nadler's The Sister is like having a beautiful ghost laying in your bed, waking you in the middle of the night to tell about her past, a past riddled with haunting, poetic stories. This Boston singer/songwriter is given the respect of an older sister figure within the community of her genre; throughout her past five albums, Nadler remains criminally underated in some circles despite her nearly peerless sense of musicianship. As we've seen Nadler evolve with each new release, particularly her delectable [...]
Stargazer Mix This week's HDPP features songs that I'd classify somewhere between melodic shoegaze and otherworldly pop - music perfect for observing the interplanetary events like the Venus transit. This mix has been on repeat since its conception, and it keeps getting better with each listen. Hopefully you enjoy it as much as I have. Hear it by simply clicking here . Playlist is below. :: Hump Day Power Play (5-30-2012) :: 01 :: "Alphabet Song" - Lower Dens [...]
Anna Palma It used to be that the room that every concert-goer in Toronto hated was The Kool Haus, a ridiculously-named concrete box on the waterfront that usually marked the point where a percentage of long-time fans would decide a band had gotten too big and would peel off to find the next big thing, only to have their places happily taken by folks from the more mainstream side of things who could care less that said band had been grinding it out in the clubs for years - they were that band with that one song that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Death Cab for Cutie is about to embark on what seems like its annual summer tour. See them at Liberty Hall this time.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
We mentioned last month that May and June were both looking pretty fine as far as album releases go — and indeed, there's a heap of goodness to choose from as far as interesting new music to listen to this month goes, so much so that it was a struggle to get our regular list of worthy upcoming albums down to its habitual count of ten. But still, we've picked out ten of the best after the jump — everything from Sigur Rós to K-Holes — and also rounded up all the other releases of note over the coming month. Let us know [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Beach House, Ice Cream Shout Song: Lower Dens - Propagation [download here ] What's so good? It's time for [...]
Frank Yang Maybe listening to Jesus Of Cool and Labour Of Lust weren't the best warm-ups for Nick Lowe's show at The Phoenix on Monday night. After all, he was many many years removed from being the young pub-rock firebrand who recorded those first two records, having settled comfortably into the role of professorial pop singer-songwriter - a guise that's suited his still-potent pen quite nicely, as last year's The Old Magic proved. But if you [...]
This Music Wins (21/4/2012) on Resonance 104.4 FM . Every Saturday at 6.30pm (GMT) 1. Dirty Projectors - You Against The Larger World 2. Peaking Lights - LO HI 3. Outfit - Drakes 4. Woodsman - Supernal Radionics 5. Lower Dens - Lamb 6. Beach House [...]
J. Michelle Martin-Coyne So what are you doing June 16? Are you one of those so conditioned by years of Toronto Radiohead shows selling out in a heartbeat that you tripped over yourself getting tickets for their Downsview gig as soon as they went on sale, even though the new venue was over twice the size of the Amphitheatre and general admission? Or are you one of those conscious of the fact that this is a King Of Limbs tour and realistically speaking, they probably won't be playing the stuff [...]
Will take place this July in Union Park in Chicago, quite a few bands were already announced, but here is the full list. You can get tickets here . FRIDAY JULY 13, 2012 LINEUP Feist Dirty Projectors Big K.R.I.T.** The Olivia Tremor Control A$AP Rocky Clams Casino Tim Hecker Purity Ring Lower Dens** Willis Earl Beal Outer Minds** SATURDAY JULY 14, 2012 LINEUP Godspeed You! Black Emperor Hot Chip Sleigh Bells Wild Flag** Flying Lotus Cults** [...]
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