
With 2009 just about wrapped up, it's time to start looking forward to the new year. SXSW has already started releasing bands to get us excited for March. And then in April we get to see The Big Pink at one of our favorite venues in town. After a 2009 North American tour , the band will hit the road again, making their Austin debut on April 8th at The Parish . Supporting the band will be A Place To Bury Strangers . Tickets ($13) go on sale tomorrow at 10am, purchase [...]
Death Cab For Cutie se presentó en los MTV Woodie y tocó el tema "Meet Me On The Equinox". Little Boots tocó el tema "Earthquake" en GMTV. The Big Pink , de quienes probablemente escucharemos mucho en los próximos tiempos, presentó la canción "Dominos" en el show de Jools Holland. Comparte esta anotación

Tonight I am going to be arguably cooler than I usually am on most Monday nights, and go listen to the dramatic and addictive sounds of The Big Pink at Denver's Larimer Lounge. This duo from London (touring now with a rad female drummer) won NME's influential Philip Hall Radar Award at the Shockwaves NME Awards in February (for best new group) and have been slowly conquering the world since. With songs like this, I think it's easy to see why. Dominoes [...]

After Solange covered Dirty Projectors , a band on Domino, it's only fair the Londoners who sing " Dominos " have a go at a song by Knowles' sister. Fitting into A Brief History Of Love 's romantic aesthetic, they put their mark on Beyoncé's " Sweet Dreams ." It was recorded on Radio 1. As mentioned, Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell easily move between clattering post-Suicide, icy synth balladry, and radio-friendly electro-anthems (often with Jesus & Mary Chain and Happy Mondays echoes). So, which Big Pink do you get here? The moody, stripped-down result actually goes better [...]