On the walk home from Pianos (to see Port O'Brien and Delta Spirit, should have some pics later), we passed a very sold out Mercury Lounge, where LA ass-kickers HEALTH and 8-bit dance outfit Crystal Castles spent the evening raising... CONTINUE READING CRYSTAL CASTLES BROUGHT THEIR STROBE LIGHT TO NYC THIS WEEK»
Posted on March 27, 2008 in , , (6 comments)
Tags: Crystal Castles | HEALTH
Most everyone that was lucky enough to be standing in the vicinity of HEALTH's frighteningly awesomely set this past Saturday were equally dumbstruck, sweaty. The HEALTH set easily landed at the top of our list of favorite sets of the... CONTINUE READING HEALTH TEAR UP THE VOLUME STAGE AT STEREOGUM'S SXSW PARTY»
Posted on March 20, 2008 in (8 comments)
Tags: HEALTH | SXSW
This is it everybody, the last photo post of SXSW '08. That means it's time for our superlatives, so welcome to our list of the SXSW 2008 Top Five. These are the bands who delivered sets we could not stop... CONTINUE READING SXSW: SATURDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on March 17, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Black Ghosts | Blitzen Trapper | Cut Copy | Diplo | Flosstradamus | Fuck Buttons | HEALTH | Jim James | Kevin Barnes | M. Ward | My Morning Jacket | No Age | of Montreal | Santogold | Sia | SXSW | The Breeders | The Cribs
As far as we can tell, there are two must-see parties today. Not to be too shameless, but one of them is ours. We're not just saying that -- we've been waiting for this for months now. This afternoon Fuck... CONTINUE READING SXSW: SATURDAY PARTY PICKS»
Posted on March 15, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Blitzen Trapper | Fuck Buttons | HEALTH | High Places | Kevin Barnes | No Age | of Montreal | SXSW
Now that we think about it, the opening movement of BTW HEALTH's "Heaven" definitely connotes gliding through the air on a pair of really long skis. Or at least some triumph of the human spirit (admittedly, we were thinking ballroom... CONTINUE READING NEW HEALTH VIDEO - "HEAVEN"»
Posted on November 27, 2007 in , (1 comments)
Tags: HEALTH
In the self-directed, color-coordinated video for the Mae Shi's "Run to Your Grave," the Los Angeles spazz-popsters get some help from BTW HEALTH, 14 Year Old Girls (band, not real 14-year-old girls), Holi Buffaglo, and DJ Kyle H. Mabson to... CONTINUE READING NEW MAE SHI VIDEO - "RUN TO YOUR GRAVE"»
Posted on October 30, 2007 in (3 comments)
Tags: HEALTH | The Mae Shi
Unless you were born with one of those silver spoons, you likely work a day job, sneaking time for your own business when not taking care of someone else's. You're not alone. Every week, Brandon Stosuy finds out how our... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: HEALTH»
Posted on October 24, 2007 in , (16 comments)
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Still catching our collective breaths after Band To Watch/recent-Sub Pop signees No Age's amp-climbing, audience-participating set last night at the Bowery Ballroom -- more on that later! In the meantime, this spanking new NARCTRAX remix of "Heaven" by fellow L.A.-based... CONTINUE READING NEW HEALTH - "HEAVEN (NARCTRAX REMIX)"»
Posted on October 18, 2007 in (1 comments)
Tags: HEALTH
Slate might be talkin' about Portland as an indie mecca, but as far as we can tell, Los Angeles is doing some pretty good lobbying on its own right: From Silver Daggers and Bodies Of Water to past Band To... CONTINUE READING BAND TO WATCH: HEALTH»
Posted on September 14, 2007 in (16 comments)
Tags: HEALTH