One thing to know about Oslo: Most people are honest (except cabbies), friendly (except customs agents), extremely beautiful (no exceptions), and obsessed with the export of their arts. So Øya is ostensibly an international festival, drawing on credible, on-the-rise indie... CONTINUE READING NOR-WAVE GOODBYE TO OSLO: STEREOGUM @ ØYA 2006»
Posted on August 15, 2006 (27 comments)
Tags: Band Of Horses | Beck | Cold War Kids | Doveman | Hot Chip | Les Savy Fav | Liars | Love Is All | Midlake | Morrissey | Snow Patrol | Spank Rock | The Smiths | The Twilight Singers | The Whitest Boy Alive | The Wrens | Yoko Ono
The world keeps getting smaller. Not just in that run-into-people-you-know-everywhere sense (by that logic, NYC is now subatomic -- although it is a trip running into familiar faces in Norway!). But people dress the same here. They have the same... CONTINUE READING HELLO FROM OSLO»
Posted on August 9, 2006 in (14 comments)
Tags: Band Of Horses | Chk Chk Chk | Spank Rock
That Pitchforkmedia must be doing something right; 19,000 people a day hit up their Festival for 18 hours of music over two days, despite some serious heat and humidity. Whether that's a testament to the awesome lineup or the show-going... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006 PHOTOS»
Posted on August 3, 2006 (42 comments)
Tags: Aesop Rock | Art Brut | Band Of Horses | Danielson | Destroyer | Hot Machines | Jens Lekman | Liars | Mission Of Burma | Mr Life | Os Mutantes | Silver Jews | Spoon | Tapes 'N Tapes | Ted Leo | The Walkmen | Yo La Tengo
The word is out on Band of Horses, kids. The Sub Poppers packed the fans (and the chatty Friday night drunks) into Bowery for a disparately received set. If you went in thinking "My Morning Jacket meets Built to Spill,... CONTINUE READING BAND OF HORSES @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 6/16/06»
Posted on June 19, 2006 in (16 comments)
Tags: Band Of Horses
Band Of Horses seems to be on every blogger's fingertips this week. The Seattle indie rockers' Everything All The Time (Amazon | iTunes) came out yesterday, and has been getting a lot of play on Stereogum's iTunes. Recommended if you... CONTINUE READING THEY WON'T SHOOT DOWN BAND OF HORSES, WILL THEY?»
Posted on March 22, 2006 in (30 comments)
Tags: Band Of Horses
