Beach House has had a better year than most. The past twelve months have seen the band tour the country with Grizzly Bear, sign to the venerable Sub Pop, and release the superb Teen Dream to near universal acclaim. It came as no surprise, then, when the group sold out New York’s Webster Hall well [...]
Author Archives: Bennett Rathbun
Review: Girls and Real Estate at Bowery Ballroom
November 9, 2009 – 12:00 pm
Rare are the nights you can catch two first-rate bands, each still in their ascendancy, sharing the same stage in one of Lower Manhattan’s most revered venues. On Friday night at Bowery Ballroom, Jersey upstarts Real Estate worked in support of Girls, a much-buzzed-about foursome from San Francisco that traffics in lovesick ‘60s pop. While [...]
Atlas Sound: Logos
October 26, 2009 – 3:45 am
Even by indie rock’s broad aesthetic standards, Bradford Cox is not your prototypical scene leader. His ubiquitous presence in the music blogosphere belies a popular appeal rarely found within the experimental and often challenging catalog of his primary band Deerhunter. Under the guise of side-project-turned-main-event Atlas Sound, however, Cox has found a niche comfortably ensconced [...]
Flying with M83
October 17, 2009 – 3:35 pm
There is a striking and balanced simplicity at work in this video. As a small airplane descends from the sky onto a rural airstrip, the cinematic tones of M83’s “Coloring the Void” builds into a harmonious crescendo of layered sonic textures. The aural pathos builds with each downward tick of the altimeter, bringing the passenger [...]
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Webster Hall Recap and Interview with Kip Berman
October 5, 2009 – 7:00 am
Unbeknownst to the rest of New York, it was 1992 all over again in Webster Hall on Saturday night. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, arriving home after a month-long tour of the U.S., treated the hometown crowd to an hour of nostalgic indie pop inside one of the city’s most historic venues. The [...]
