The last time Grizzly Bear visited Conan, the Tonight Show host was still doing his show out of NYC and the band was just starting to prime the pump for Veckatimest with a pre-release performance of "While You Wait For... Veckatimst'">CONTINUE READING GRIZZLY BEAR BRING "TWO WEEKS" TO CONAN, ANNOUNCE DELUXE VECKATIMST»
Posted on October 13, 2009 in (25 comments)
Tags: Conan O'Brien | Cryptacize | Foreign Born | Grizzly Bear | Matt Popieluch | Victoria Legrand
Genre-hopping experimental it-kids Micachu & The Shapes offer a slightly different shape to the Los Angeles Afro (and kraut and '80s dance) rock enthusiasts Fool's Gold's Hebrew-intoned, endlessly sunny standout track "Surprise Hotel." The untouched original's the first single from... CONTINUE READING MICACHU REMIXES FOOL'S GOLD (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on August 3, 2009 in (2 comments)
Tags: Fool's Gold | Foreign Born | Glasser | Micachu And The Shapes | The Flaming Lips
When we spoke with Matt Popieluch about non-album track "Wander Aimlessly," the Foreign Born vocalist/guitarist/"lo-fi renaissance man" mentioned that the song was partially inspired while he was driving to "a shitty temp job." A few days later I asked him... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: FOREIGN BORN»
Posted on July 23, 2009 in , (2 comments)
Tags: Foreign Born | HEALTH
Last week we heard from Fool's Gold, an LA band occasionally comprising members of Foreign Born and with similar (if not deeper) interests in exploring African forms of pop music. While Foreign Born's flashed that side in some of the... CONTINUE READING NEW FOREIGN BORN VIDEO - "WINTER GAMES"»
Posted on July 15, 2009 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Foreign Born | Los Campesinos!
Los Angeles quartet Foreign Born release sophomore LP Person To Person 6/23 via Secretly Canadian. The shuffling "Wander Aimlessly" doesn't appear on it, but it did debut in this week's Drop. We asked vocalist Matt Popieluch about it and found... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP XCIII: HEAR NEW FOREIGN BORN, WIN PIXIES' MINOTAUR BOX SET»
Posted on June 17, 2009 in , (1 comments)
Tags: Foreign Born | Pixies
These days the new cool is getting artist blogs to blog about other artists. Extra cool hunting points are awarded if you go Kanye-style and start premiering songs and videos for your RSS subscribers. So in addition to owning the... CONTINUE READING NEW FOREIGN BORN - "VACATIONING PEOPLE"»
Posted on March 6, 2009 in (10 comments)
Tags: Foreign Born | Grizzly Bear | U2
Continuing a run of shows that's hit venues both intimate (Music Hall Of Williamsburg) and iconic (the Apollo Theater), Chan settled into Los Angeles's Avalon Theater for two nights this week. Our photographer Andrew Youssef was there on the first... CONTINUE READING CAT POWER/FOOL'S GOLD @ AVALON, LOS ANGELES 2/10/09»
Posted on February 12, 2009 in , (11 comments)
Tags: Cat Power | Fool's Gold | Foreign Born | Frightened Rabbit | Steve Albini
When you put a choir behind a band, good things can definitely happen. We dig L.A. group Foreign Born's "Union Hall," but seeing them do it with a robed posse surrounding them ups the chill factor. They released their most... CONTINUE READING NEW FOREIGN BORN LIVE VIDEO - "UNION HALL" (AND TOUR WITH ST. VINCENT)»
Posted on January 31, 2008 in , (0 comments)
Tags: Foreign Born
