Or vice versa. You guys often accuse the synth-pop crew for not smiling enough, but the Philly/NYC BTW provide the chirpy soundtrack for this joyful new Holiday Season Radio Shack ad. (Thanks for the tip, Zach.) The Caralee-fronted "Life Magazine"... CONTINUE READING COLD CAVE TEAR INTO RADIO SHACK»
Posted on November 5, 2009 in Commercial Appeal, Video (9 comments)
Tags: Broadcast | CMJ | Cold Cave
The reissued Love Comes Close is officially out today. You might've already ... CONTINUE READING NEW COLD CAVE - "THEME FROM TOMORROWLAND"»
Posted on November 3, 2009 in Album Art, MP3 (1 comments)
Tags: Cold Cave | Prurient
There's been a lot of talk about Cold Cave: stream the Philly/NYC crew's Matador-reissued collection here and decide where you stand on their icy synth-pop.... CONTINUE READING STREAM COLD CAVE'S LOVE COMES CLOSE»
Posted on October 29, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Cold Cave | The Walkmen
When we called recent Philadelphia/New York crew Cold Cave a Band To Watch last December, we mentioned Heartworm Press, which frontman Wesley Eisold runs with the writer, curator, and now-again Cold Cave member Max G. Morton (who shows up candleside... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: COLD CAVE»
Posted on October 28, 2009 in MP3, Quit Your Day Job (7 comments)
Tags: Cold Cave | Grizzly Bear
One last gargantuan batch of photos from an exhausting, exhaustive week of NYC showgoing. On Friday Jessica Amaya joined us at Doveman's record release party at the Elevated Hole, a Chelsea loft owned by the Yale English Dept. chair Michael... CONTINUE READING CMJ '09: WEEKEND IN PHOTOS»
Posted on October 26, 2009 in Concert, Photo (2 comments)
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Thanks to all who came and helped us usher in CMJ week at our kick-off party with the Believer last night. Everyone had fun! We think! Big thanks to the Studio staff and of course the bands -- Glasser (backed... CONTINUE READING CMJ '09: STEREOGUM/BELIEVER SHOWCASE @ STUDIO AT WEBSTER HALL, NYC 10/20/09»
Posted on October 21, 2009 in Concert, Photo (2 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Cold Cave | Free Energy | Glasser | Tanlines | The Golden Filter
The title track from BTW Cold Cave's Love Comes Close -- originally released on their own Heartworm Press imprint -- nails a dreamy, soul-sick New Order vibe, but the shape-shifting Philadelphia/New York outfit approach the formula with a much darker... CONTINUE READING NEW COLD CAVE VIDEO - "LOVE COMES CLOSE" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on October 20, 2009 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Cold Cave | Prurient
For this year's CMJ party we teamed up with The Believer to bring you an excellent night of music that will begin much earlier than last year's Late Night with Gang Gang Dance et al. The event takes place... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM CMJ OPENING NIGHT LIVE '09»
Posted on October 2, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Cold Cave | Dum Dum Girls | Free Energy | Glasser | Telepathe | The Golden Filter
Ye Olde Maids is a bedroom project by Cold Cave head/Heartworm Press co-owner Wesley Eisold. It's a duo, but he plays himself and the invented girl, handling both voices. The 10 songs on the God Blesses Us, Mother Dresses Us... CONTINUE READING NEW YE OLDE MAIDS - "COCOA CHERUBS" & "DREAMSCRAPER"»
Posted on July 14, 2009 in MP3 (3 comments)
Tags: Bumbershoot | Cold Cave | Holy Fuck | Ye Olde Maids
Philadelphia BTW Cold Cave is an interesting entity, straddling noise, synth-pop, darkwave, power electronics, and art/transgressive literature via their Heartworm Press. (You might recognize their current cover star Marti Domination from Cremaster 1.) Wesley Eisold remains the central creator, it... CONTINUE READING NEW COLD CAVE - "LIFE MAGAZINE"»
Posted on June 30, 2009 in MP3 (6 comments)
Tags: Cold Cave
It wouldn't be all that risky to say everyone of a certain age has a Michael Jackson moment. He was a cultural phenomenon on a much larger scale than almost anyone else making music today (in some circles he'd get... CONTINUE READING INDIE ROCKERS EULOGIZE THE KING OF POP»
Posted on June 26, 2009 in Photo (81 comments)
Tags: Cold Cave | Crocodiles | Dave Sitek | Death Cab For Cutie | Frog Eyes | High Places | John Vanderslice | Michael Jackson | No Age | Sara Quin | Swan Lake | The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart | TV On The Radio
We love year-end lists, it's really a shame that no one made any this month. To remedy that, we asked a handful of our favorite artists what music they dug most over the last twelve months. No Age, Grizzly Bear,... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S FAVORITE ARTISTS' FAVORITE THINGS IN 2008»
Posted on December 24, 2008 in List, Year-End List (37 comments)
Tags: Antony And The Johnsons | Antony Hegarty | Atlas Sound | Carey Mercer | Cold Cave | Department Of Eagles | Final Fantasy | Fleet Foxes | Frog Eyes | Girl Talk | Glenn Donaldson | Grizzly Bear | High Places | Marissa Nadler | No Age | of Montreal | Sara Quin | Six Organs Of Admittance | Suckers | Tegan And Sara | Tiny Vipers | Travis | Valet
Not all of Stereogum's favorite sounds conform to what folks expect us to cover. In this space, resident Bananafish fetishist Brandon Stosuy focuses on bands, albums, singles, and villages in Sweden that may otherwise pass by unnoticed. This installment's virtual... CONTINUE READING THE OUTSIDERS: THE BEST ALBUMS OF '08»
Posted on December 23, 2008 in The Outsiders (16 comments)
Tags: Blank Dogs | Caïna | Cold Cave | Dennis Cooper | Dominick Fernow | Grouper | Harry Pussy | Kevin Drumm | Mick Barr | Ocrilim | Peter Rehberg | Peter Sotos | Prurient | Real Estate | Roberto Bolano | Shit And Shine | Valet | Yellow Tears
Cold Cave is the brainchild of Philadelphia's Wesley Eisold, ex-Some Girls, Give Up The Ghost, XO Skeletons, and currently Ye Olde Maids, etc. We're calling his newest project a Band To Watch, but Eisold received some high-profile press when Fall... CONTINUE READING BAND TO WATCH: COLD CAVE»
Posted on December 3, 2008 in Band To Watch, MP3 (23 comments)
Tags: Cage The Elephant | Cold Cave | Holy Fuck | Lollapalooza
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