Don't let a little rain stop you from enjoying one of the many shows going on around town tonight! Check out some of our top picks for those of you choosing to brave this chilly weather. The Radio Dept are going to be at the EL Rey to play to a sold out crowd. Get creative and get your way in because this is the show of the night. Beach House will be playing their first of two sold out shows at The Music Box. [...]

2010 was a year of great music and I know I came across the band Beach House hundreds of times all over the Internet. The indie rock band from Maryland has made it on so many music blog lists for top artist and top album of 2010. Not everyone knows however, that they have been making music since 2004. To date, they have released three albums each receiving critical acclaim and positive reviews. Their style is laid back with this dreamy feeling when you listen to them. [...]
Best described as a transitional album, Beach House's 2008 effort, Devotion , makes good on the promise displayed in 2006's Beach House , namely by way of the dreamy compositions and Victoria Legrand's compelling voice, but most of all in cleaning up the rough edges that made their debut an interesting, if unpolished product. Hindsight is what it is, but the critical affection for Devotion now seems premature considering many of the qualities espoused are on display to even better effect on the current release, Teen Dream . That is, even tighter songcraft which instills [...]

Lots of exciting things going down at the Beach House this week. Well, actually, not at my Beach House, but with the guy-chick duo of multi-instrumentalist Alex Scally and vocalist/organist Victoria Legrand in the entity Beach House and its new CD/LP "Teen Dream" , which came out this week. Here's the MP3 for Beach House's song ' Norway ' (over at Music Under Fire). - Paste Mag reviews it and writes: "Dream is a go-for-broke collection that not only creates and sustains a hi-fi drowse-pop drama throughout [...]

Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally want to make all of us love each other. Their third album, Teen Dream will be released on January 26th and is already an early favorite for album of the year. As you may recall, we put their last album (Devotion) on our top ten of 2008. Rarely does a band make a trio of records that all make you weep with joy while falling in love once again. The tremendously talented duo took a few minutes with us to map our their plans for global domination. To start, [...]

Photography by Ala Protasewicz Howdy howdy! Another Monday, but this time around it's a holiday week here in the states as we are heading toward good ol' Thanksgiving, filled with three things, two of which are many Amoricans' favourite things, food and football. The third thing is family, of course, and it's debatable whether or not sticking 50 genetically related individuals and their spouses in a house is "enjoyable".... At the Tsuru household, our plan is to enjoy the day off (no family near us & Baby is [...]

Friday, November 20, 2009 Today's Quick Mention: Lots of good shows this weekend. I recommend Free Energy at the Mohawk tonight, Leatherbag at the Ghost Room tomorrow and Local H on Sunday evening. Me? Yeah, I'll be on the couch, so be sure to have some fun for me too. Most of the bloggers in the world posted up today's song earlier in the week (last year in internet time), but I've never really understood the fascination with Beach House, and [...]

Beach House @ MHOW ( more by Zach Stern ) WAVVES has added a 3rd NYC show to his previously-announced itinerary . The new date is March 30th at Mercury Lounge with DD/MM/YYYY and Vampire Hands . Tickets are on sale . The other NYC shows are March 28th at Cake Shop and March 29th at Market Hotel. No advanced tickets for those. It was already good news that The Walkmen added an [...]

Pasearte en un cochecito por un mundo que huele a melancolía otoñal, tomando fotos como niños y cantar maravillados es acaso la perfecta descripción de algún sueño? o el tema perfecto para lograr el mejor vídeo de este año. Beach House - Heart of Chambers (Video):
"HEART OF CHAMBERS", BEACH HOUSE (de "Devotion", Carpark) Pop sonhadora, como lhe chamam os americanos. Mazzy Star, como lembram os mais velhos. Querem melhor banda sonora para tardes de temporal?
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If Tuesday night was the epitome of all that is irritating and mediocre about CMJ, last night was somewhat redemptive, though I still think the organizers should just gather the best acts and put them in one place. But hey, the evening was so pleasant, in fact, that I don't even have any bingo squares to mark off! My first stop was the Highline Ballroom in Chelsea to see Mirah , one of my all-time favorites. Mirah and I go way back. When I [...]
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