Run don't walk your clicking finger to Beach House's MySpace for another listen of what the duo's got in store on their second full-length. When "Gila" came down the pike, we were left well impressed and hopeful for the LP.... CONTINUE READING NEW BEACH HOUSE - "HEART OF CHAMBERS"»
Posted on January 10, 2008 (10 comments)
Tags: Beach House | Victoria Legrand
Beach House's autumnal, Baltimore dream-pop wooed and wowed at CMJ '06, delivering a spellbinding set at Cake Shop that landed in our top five for the year, setting the stage for this year's small-scale victory lap -- performing festivals and... CONTINUE READING NEW BEACH HOUSE - "GILA"»
Posted on December 11, 2007 in (9 comments)
Tags: Beach House | Victoria Legrand
No classic albums played in their entirety, but any fest day during which your mind is blown thrice is indeed a good fest day. As noted, there's a hipster agenda at play at Pitchfork Music Festival (duh), but the... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2007 [SATURDAY; 7/14] RATING: 8.1»
Posted on July 16, 2007 in (25 comments)
Tags: Beach House | Califone | Cat Power | Grizzly Bear | Iron And Wine | Pitchfork Music Festival | The Twilight Sad | Voxtrot | Yoko Ono
The beloved Baltimore duo brought their drum machine, keyboard, and guitar to Public Radio International for a short and sweet set, recording for the Fair Game radio show. Head there for the MP3s of their performance, including "Childhood," "Master Of... CONTINUE READING BEACH HOUSE & TODD BARRY DO PRI»
Posted on January 18, 2007 (0 comments)
Tags: Beach House | Todd Barry | Victoria Legrand
Filmed at a fiesta in Alex's Baltimore basement, this friend-directed clip is all slow resolves, super-saturated colors, and slow-motion shots of friends celebrating and dudes passing out on keyboards. Amazing video? No. But partying with Beach House looks like a... CONTINUE READING NEW BEACH HOUSE VIDEO - "MASTER OF NONE"»
Posted on January 11, 2007 in (3 comments)
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While we're almost done with thinking about the year that was, we can't let it go by without recapping the year in our favorite concerts. Most of the shows we saw were in the LES ('cause it's closer than say... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S FAVORITE LIVE SHOWS OF THE YEAR»
Posted on December 27, 2006 in (77 comments)
Tags: Austin City Limits | ¡Forward Russia! | Beach House | Broken Social Scene | Editors | Grizzly Bear | Hot Chip | Kevin Federline | Lollapalooza | Love Is All | Ryan Adams | Spank Rock | Sufjan Stevens | Sunset Rubdown | The Cardigans | The Hold Steady | The Strokes
With all of the lists coming at ya this time of year, it's tempting to fuck selective attenuation and just ignore 'em all -- but today Pitchfork published their top tracks list and, naturally, we were down to take a... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK'S TOP TRACKS OF THE YEAR»
Posted on December 18, 2006 (78 comments)
Tags: Beach House | Clipse | Hot Chip | Justin Timberlake | The Knife | TV On The Radio
The Cake Shop serves coffee, tea, and an assortment of alcoholic beverages, but no Kool Aid. And yet, a post-show sidewalk eavesdropper would've been right to ask if we'd all just drank a gallon of the sugary goodness, 'cause it... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: BEACH HOUSE @ CAKE SHOP»
Posted on November 2, 2006 in , (13 comments)
Tags: Beach House | CMJ | Victoria Legrand