Video: Laura Gibson - La Grande (Official Video)

THE VEILS, HOLIDAY FRIENDS ( Doug Fir , 830 E Burnside) Calling all fans of the Walkmen and Nick Cave! The Veils would like to plop a huge dollop of head-bobbing joy into your existence with their fourth album Time Stays, We Go , full of jangling guitars, soulful Jeff Buckley-esque vocals, and burning atmospherics. Plus, the London band is renowned for their killer live performances! COURTNEY FERGUSON Read our article on the Veils . [...]

Laura Gibson kommt von der K�ste des waldreichen US-Bundesstaats Oregon und lie� auf ihrem Deb�t eine S�ge singen, Streicher leise fiedeln, trug zur Gitarre Country und Balladen vor und vermittelte glaubhaft den Eindruck, dass die gro�e, weite und oft grausame Welt ihr nichts anhaben kann. Von den fr�hen Folk-Wurzeln hat sie sich nun ein wenig verabschiedet, ihr neues voll �berzeugendes Album "La Grande" ist von Pop mit leichten Folk-Einschl�gen und viel Country-Western-Twang gepr�gt und steckt voller reizvoller Widerspr�che. Die rhythmischen Alternative-Folk-Pop-Arrangeme nts klingen peppig und federnd, trotz verschiedener Einfl�sse wie Gospel, Wiegenlieder, Blues, Country. Schmissige Up-Tempo-Nummern, wie [...]

photo by Morgen Schuler Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription . This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Each and every Friday we offer songs by local artists. Today’s selection, featured on the Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is “La Grande” by Laura Gibson from her 2012 album La Grande on Barsuk Records . Laura Gibson [...]

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Waaay more than necessary, but there were oodles of videos that were highly enjoyable this week.  I'm especially proud of Laura Gibson, who stepped out from behind her music to star in a haunting video for her title track song, "Le Grande".   Also, watch out for the slow-mo ta ta's in the Labyrinth Ear [...]

Your Wednesday fare: ► Coldplay , with three Grammy nominations from its fifth album "Mylo Xyloto" visits Club Nokia for a Clear Channel-sponsored benefit show that helps out two Los Angeles-based youth charities, A Place Called Home and Youth Mentoring Connection. ► Acclaimed Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson performs at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery; the program with the Formalist Quartet will be a retrospective concert. ► Oregon songstress Laura Gibson visits the Echo behind her new release on Barsuk, "La Grande."  That's her video for the [...]

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This past week featured new albums by Cloud Nothings and the Hold Steady's frontman Craig Finn . Cloud Nothings' Dylan Baldi is taking a harder approach than his past offerings with the help of Steve Albini  on Attack on Memory . Even though Baldi  joked about Albini's influence in a recent interview, the producer's touches are clearly heard on singles No Future/No Past and No Sentiment . [...]

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A quick Google search of the Hot Lake Hotel in Eastern Oregon will give you more than a few rabbit trails' worth of ghost-hunting sites, describing it as one of America's most haunted places. The twenty-member cast and crew of Laura Gibson 's new other-worldly video for her song "La Grande" had free run of the hotel's entire third floor for two days and nights, and while they did spend part of their nights running around looking for ghosts, they were unsuccessful in validating any of the Internet's claims of haunting. The group [...]

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