Fresh off of making waves by performing for the filmic undead, Justin Vernon continued his recent fascination with thespian mortality by holding his previously reported show at the Hollywood Cemetery, where all the actors are buried. Cemetery gates opened at... CONTINUE READING BON IVER @ HOLLYWOOD FOREVER CEMETERY, HOLLYWOOD 9/27/09»
Posted on September 28, 2009 in Concert, Photo, Video (3 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Megafaun
Megafaun's Bury The Square was an invigorating mix of folk harmonies, spaced-out explorations, and noisy/spliced experimentation. Tellingly, the Raleigh-via-Eau Claire trio's comfortable playing (or collaborating) with Akron/Family, the Rosebuds, and/or Arnold Dreyblatt: Their unique, refined cut-and-pasting earned them a BTW... CONTINUE READING NEW MEGAFAUN - "KAUFMAN'S BALLAD"»
Posted on June 26, 2009 in MP3, Tour Dates (5 comments)
Tags: Megafaun
Raleigh-via-Eau Clair BTW Megafaun debuted impressively earlier this year with Bury The Square. The trio nip-and-tuck experimental tendencies (tape splicing, white noise colliding with banjo, junkyard-laced spring reverb, screeching feedback at the tail end of a quiet back porch lament)... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: MEGAFAUN»
Posted on August 27, 2008 in MP3, Quit Your Day Job, Tour Dates (5 comments)
Tags: Megafaun
You don't need us to tell you that if you want to see R.E.M. tonight you should have started lining up at Stubb's two days ago. Also you know how big these SXSW crowds are getting every year. The best... CONTINUE READING SXSW: WEDNESDAY FEATURED SHOWCASES»
Posted on March 12, 2008 in MP3 (2 comments)
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On their debut Bury The Square, Raleigh-via-Eau Clair trio Megafaun neatly splice together different strands of sounds, whether it's tape manipulated hoedowns ("Tired And Troubled") mournful, slow-blooming banjo-and-white-noise-laced epics ("Where We Belong"), or the rural barbershop doo wop of "Find... CONTINUE READING BAND TO WATCH: MEGAFAUN»
Posted on February 14, 2008 in Band To Watch, MP3 (14 comments)
Tags: Megafaun
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Pants Yell! - Cold Hands (»)
Bill Quick - Take Me Away (»)
Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel (Wallpaper's Mariah Mashup) (»)
Air - Sing Sang Sung (Black Moth Super Rainbow Remix) (»)
Avi Buffalo - What's In It For (»)
Vampire Weekend - Horchata (»)
Small Black - Kings Of Animals (»)
Max Tundra - Which Song (Passion Pit Remix) (»)
Cold Cave - Theme From Tomorrowland (»)
Tegan And Sara - Hell (»)
Jeff The Brotherhood - Bone Jam (»)
Mount Eerie - Wind's Dark Poem (»)
Tigercity - Fake Gold (»)
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp (»)
Drink Up Buttercup - Even Think (Andrew W.K. Remix) (»)
Florence And The Machine - You've Got The Love (The xx Remix) (»)
Cold Cave - The Laurels of Erotomania (»)
Jookabox - Phantom Don't Go (»)
Jookabox - You Cried Me (»)
