After waxing nostalgic (complete with MP3s) about about the first-wave Slumberland bands I dug in the '90s, it only seems healthy to go outside, live in the present a little, and take a look at the intermingling of old/new that... CONTINUE READING SLUMBERLAND 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW @ BELL HOUSE, NYC 11/14/09»
Posted on November 16, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Brown Recluse | Crystal Stilts | Frankie Rose | Henry's Dress | Lorelei | Nord Express | Pants Yell! | The Pains Of Being Purse At Heart | The Ropers
Ex-Vivian Girls drummer (and NYC bartender) Frankie Rose recently made the Crystal Stilts an Ex too, starting her own project, the all-girl quintet Frankie Rose & The Outs. Well, almost all-girl: Crystal Stilts guitarist JB Townsend contributes to their forthcoming... CONTINUE READING NEW FRANKIE ROSE & THE OUTS - "THEE ONLY ONE"»
Posted on October 8, 2009 in , , (2 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | Dum Dum Girls | Flea | Frankie Rose | Vivian Girls
This past weekend was all about the USA, and nothing says America quite like a day full of shitgaze in a graffitied, degenerated yard under some train tracks in Bushwick (or "East Williamsburg," if your real estate agent is shady).... CONTINUE READING WOODSIST/CAPTURED TRACKS FEST @ 979 BROADWAY BACKYARD, BROOKLYN 7/4/09»
Posted on July 6, 2009 in , , (6 comments)
Tags: Beach Fossils | Blank Dogs | Crocodiles | Crystal Stilts | Dum Dum Girls | Ganglians | Kurt Vile | Real Estate | The Beets | The German Measles | Vivian Girls | Woods
Crystal Stilts' "Prismatic Room" video featured grainy footage of the band hanging out alone and with friends. For the upbeat post-Alight Of Night stomper "Love Is A Wave," the mood's set via a collage of grainy (and less-than-grainy) found images,... CONTINUE READING NEW CRYSTAL STILTS VIDEO - "LOVE IS A WAVE"»
Posted on May 20, 2009 in , (8 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts
You couldn't be surprised when the Dead Weather's roadies came out in uniform dress code (suits and bowler hats) last night: This was a Jack White show after all. Although according to those who secured access to last night's NYC... CONTINUE READING THE DEAD WEATHER @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 4/14/09»
Posted on April 15, 2009 in , , (13 comments)
Tags: Alison Mosshart | Animal Collective | Crystal Stilts | Jack White | Motel Motel | Queens Of The Stone Age | The Dead Weather | The Kills | The Raconteurs | The White Stripes
The eternally dusky Brooklyn crew performed newer tracks -- "Through The Floor" (which we heard for the first time at our '08 CMJ party) and "Sycamore Tree" -- along with a couple older favorites when they hit Daytrotter. As always,... CONTINUE READING CRYSTAL STILTS BRING THE NIGHT TO DAYTROTTER»
Posted on April 7, 2009 in (1 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | Free Energy
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy Yesterday started off bright, early, and ecstatic with NJ's Roadside Graves at Peckerheads. The band seduced a 2PM crowd into hooting, hollering, do-sa-do-ing, and otherwise pretending it was after midnight to tracks both new... CONTINUE READING SXSW 2009: THURSDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on March 20, 2009 in , , (2 comments)
Tags: Akron Family | Bearsuit | BLK JKS | Crystal Stilts | Cursive | Daniel Johnston | Dinosaur Jr | Gun Outfit | Hymns | Mika Miko | Mogwai | Roadside Graves | Soft Circle | SXSW | The Golden Filter | The Wrens | Toadies | Wavves
The Crystal Stilts have nailed their dusky '80s noise pop so well that it feels like Alight Of Night will never age -- the collection arrived well-worn and familiar but, to these ears at least, endlessly compelling. (See, for instance,... CONTINUE READING NEW CRYSTAL STILTS - "LOVE IS A WAVE"»
Posted on March 12, 2009 in , (6 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | Tegan And Sara | The xx
Crystal Stilts' Alight Of Night should be on more year-end lists. If you still haven't taken a listen after our repeated urgings, here's another opportunity: the Brooklyn band's dusky, melancholic '80s-esque noise pop makes a nice foil to grainy footage... CONTINUE READING NEW CRYSTAL STILTS VIDEO - "PRISMATIC ROOM"»
Posted on December 10, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | Girl Talk
In response to what one of you dubbed Blooming Onion-Gate, Vivian Girls Girls issued an apology at their blog and this blog. Reminding us the trio's young and shouldn't be chastened too harshly for one interview, ex-VG/current Crystal Stilt Frankie... CONTINUE READING VIVIAN GIRLS APOLOGIZE FOR DISSING NORMAL PEOPLE»
Posted on December 5, 2008 (35 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | Sebastien Grainger | Vivian Girls
In this special Thanksgiving installment of Quit Your Day Job, Frankie Rose and I talk a lot about drinks. When not bartending at Great Jones Cafe in New York City the ex-Vivian Girl plays stand-up drums in Crystal Stilts, the... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: CRYSTAL STILTS»
Posted on November 26, 2008 in , (12 comments)
Tags: All Points West | Crystal Stilts
The crew here managed to fly through some 70+ sets of music last week, and boy is our abilty-to-wade-through-the-sadness-that's-passing-for-buzzed-up-indie-rock tired. There's a very scientific formula to attaining that coveted "Guess I should see this band 'cause everybody's saying I should"... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S TOP 8 FROM CMJ '08»
Posted on October 27, 2008 in (28 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Crystal Antlers | Crystal Stilts | Delta Spirit | Gang Gang Dance | Marnie Stern | Ponytail | The Music Tapes | Tobacco | Wye Oak
We got a late start in inaugurating the new Studio at Webster Hall, but it was worth the wait. Scheduled for midnight to 4AM, our CMJ kick-off party ran about an hour behind schedule, but even at 4:30AM -- after... CONTINUE READING CMJ '08: STEREOGUM LATE NIGHT @ THE STUDIO AT WEBSTER HALL»
Posted on October 22, 2008 in , (5 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Crystal Stilts | Gang Gang Dance | Marnie Stern | Ponytail
Stereogum's 2008 CMJ event is a jam-packed show taking place midnight to 4 a.m. on Tuesday, 10/21. It's at the brand new venue The Studio at Webster Hall (yes, located inside Webster Hall). It's so new, our show takes place... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM LATE NIGHT @ CMJ 2008»
Posted on October 13, 2008 in (14 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | Gang Gang Dance | Marnie Stern | Ponytail
I haven't been shy about talking up Crystal Stilts: The Brooklyn quartet, who got together back in 2003, and recently added ex-Vivian Girls drummer Frankie, concoct a dark, minimalist, melancholic sound, frontman Brad Hargett making like Ian Curtis fronting a... CONTINUE READING NEW CRYSTAL STILTS - "SHATTERED SHINE"»
Posted on October 1, 2008 in , (2 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | TV On The Radio
NYC online music institution East Village Radio turns five this year, and after a day's delay due to tropical storm Hanna, a party was had yesterday at the Seaport to celebrate. The fest went from afternoon 'til night, spanning... CONTINUE READING CRYSTAL STILTS, HIGH PLACES, VIVIAN GIRLS, KRS-ONE HELPED EAST VILLAGE RADIO CELEBRATE FIVE YEARS»
Posted on September 8, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | Dan Friel | High Places | John Oliver | KRS-One | Vivian Girls
Crystal Stilts may be the quickest graduates from outsider status to buzz in recent memory, but to these ears at least, the shift is more than deserved. As we let you know when posting about the haunting Brooklyn band's forthcoming... CONTINUE READING NEW CRYSTAL STILTS - "CRYSTAL STILTS"»
Posted on August 5, 2008 in , (4 comments)
Tags: Academy Awards | Crystal Stilts | SXSW | Theophilus London
As mentioned, Darger-referencing Vivian Girls are one of those newer Brooklyn bands we can't stop listening to. The trio nail a C86 sound (see Shop Assistants) with layers of J&MC feedback and three-part harmonies that hit like Spector girl groups... CONTINUE READING NEW VIVIAN GIRLS - "WHERE DO YOU RUN TO"»
Posted on August 1, 2008 in , (13 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | Rye Rye | SXSW | Vivian Girls
When I featured Crystal Stilts in an installment of The Outsiders, I posted "Crippled Croon," a standout from their recent self-titled Woodsist EP. As mentioned then, it's an older recording from way back in '05, but the Brooklyn band has... CONTINUE READING NEW CRYSTAL STILTS - "PRISMATIC ROOM"»
Posted on July 30, 2008 in , (4 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | Vivian Girls
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: VOL. 16»
Posted on July 14, 2008 in , (14 comments)
Tags: Babe Terror | Crystal Stilts | Factums
