HEALTH and Pictureplane make for logical tour partners. They're Lovepump labelmates, and bands to watch, and they both find creative ways to fuck with their love for making people dance. (Or at least, move.) They kicked off a month of... CONTINUE READING HEALTH/PICTUREPLANE @ THE TROUBADOUR, LOS ANGELES 9/9/09»
Posted on September 11, 2009 in , , , , (2 comments)
Tags: Dam Funk | Eric Avery | Gary Numan | HEALTH | Jane's Addiction | Mi Ami | Nine Inch Nails | Pictureplane | Rainbow Arabia
On the eve of a pair of Los Angeles shows in support of Nine Inch Nails, recently remixed noise-rockers HEALTH have released a self-directed video for Get Color standout "Die Slow." (It just dawned on me: The song opens with... CONTINUE READING NEW HEALTH VIDEO - "DIE SLOW"»
Posted on September 4, 2009 in , (12 comments)
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HEALTH's cacophonous open-field noise-pop has always lent itself to re-interpretation -- which is why the quartet wisely released an entire remix album, Disco, on the heels of their debut. As we've mentioned, and as you've heard via "Die Slow" and... CONTINUE READING CFCF REMIX HEALTH»
Posted on August 31, 2009 in (3 comments)
Tags: CFCF | HEALTH
The raucous LA quartet is bundling fun prizes (intoxicated video chat, bag of cat hair) with random copies of Get Color. If that hasn't convinced you to buy it, maybe live MP3s of the album's "Death+" and "We Are Water"... CONTINUE READING HEALTH VISIT DAYTROTTER»
Posted on August 27, 2009 in (0 comments)
Tags: HEALTH | Weezer
When we presented you with HEALTH's "We Are Water," I mentioned Get Color was one of the most satisfying releases of '09, finding the guys tightening their rhythms, adding deeper layers (and harmonies) to their vocals, and writing stronger, more... CONTINUE READING HEALTH OFFER RIDICULOUS GOLDEN TICKET SWEEPSTAKES»
Posted on August 18, 2009 (11 comments)
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To date, the intensely danceable "Die Slow" and its accompanying Pictureplane remix have been the focus of our Get Color postings. The onetime BTW and onetime more straight-up noisemakers hinted at curve balls in their Progress Report. Nothing curves too... CONTINUE READING NEW HEALTH - "WE ARE WATER" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on August 14, 2009 in (9 comments)
Tags: HEALTH | The Soft Pack
There were some great sets at the Pool Parties free show at East River State Park yesterday, but blistering HEALTH and raucous Black Lips sets aside, the weather's what dominated the day. As in, everybody toasting life in the sun... CONTINUE READING HEALTH/BLACK LIPS @ WILLIAMSBURG WATERFRONT, BROOKLYN 7/26/09»
Posted on July 27, 2009 in (5 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | HEALTH | Taylor Swift
The more danceable "Die Slow" seemed to win over a number of people who once considered HEALTH a bunch of formless noisemakers. Which was a bit of a surprise. They indeed promised a few curve balls (like a ballad) in... CONTINUE READING HEALTH RELEASE GET COLOR DETAILS»
Posted on May 20, 2009 in (12 comments)
Tags: HEALTH | Pixies | Suckers
Jessica's Progress Report let us know to expect HEALTH's standard ghostly, there-for-the-atmosphere vocals soldered to a more (because they always sorta were) danceable beat on Get Color's "Die Slow." But who knew the long-ago BTW would fuse the old and... CONTINUE READING NEW HEALTH - "DIE SLOW" & "DIE SLOW (PICTUREPLANE REMIX)"»
Posted on April 6, 2009 (11 comments)
Tags: HEALTH | Lollapalooza | Silversun Pickups | The Decemberists
NAME: HEALTH PROGRESS REPORT: Prepping their sophomore album, Get Color (Lovepump United) for release late summer or early fall, "...barring total apocalyptic economic collapse." After hearing about Health's recording process for their next album, Get Color, I'm wondering why the... CONTINUE READING PROGRESS REPORT: HEALTH »
Posted on March 27, 2009 in , (21 comments)
Tags: All The Saints | HEALTH
Most remix type things should never be downloaded, let alone get a video. But Crystal Castles' slinky, Nintendo bleepy makeover of HEALTH's "Crimewave" -- a standout track from the exceedingly good HEALTH // DISCO remix album -- well, that can... CONTINUE READING NEW CRYSTAL CASTLES VIDEO - "CRIMEWAVE (CRYSTAL CASTLES VS. HEALTH)"»
Posted on August 29, 2008 in , (13 comments)
Tags: Casiokids | Crystal Castles | Dirty Projectors | HEALTH | SXSW
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy Aaaaand we're back. Quite a weekend in Chicago, and this is the post to put a Fork in our coverage of this year's party in Union Park. For day last, the threat of... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008: SUNDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on July 21, 2008 in (20 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Boris | Cut Copy | Dinosaur Jr | Dirty Projectors | Ghostface Killah | HEALTH | High Places | King Khan | Les Savy Fav | Pitchfork Music Festival | Raekwon | Spiritualized | Spoon | The Dodos | Wu-Tang Clan
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: Bruce Springsteen | HEALTH | Peter Bjorn And John | Super Bowl | 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 | Santigold | 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 (1 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)
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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
We've already spoken a couple times about the thrilling kitchen-sink noise-pop of L.A.-based Band To Watch HEALTH. So far, though, no real word on the guys' current employment status. Turns out affixing a job to each member's a bit easier... 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 (18 comments)
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