Loudest Boom Bah Yea's the "drum-pop" side project of +/- {plus/minus} (and one time Kelly Clarkson) drummer Chris Deaner with fellow skinsman Karl Lundin. Yes, drum pop. The band consists of two sets and, to quote Deaner, "only two drum... CONTINUE READING NEW LOUDEST BOOM BAH YEA - "TAP NOT LEST YE BE TAPPED" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on March 9, 2009 in (0 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Little Joy | Loudest Boom Bah Yea | Plus Minus
With "Snowblind," +/- {Plus Minus} showed us they weren't afraid of dramatic, narrative video treatments. Same goes for X's On Your Eyes's slighter "Unsung," which sadly isn't a Helmet cover. What it is is a sweet song accompanied by a... CONTINUE READING NEW +/- {PLUS MINUS} VIDEO - "UNSUNG" »
Posted on January 5, 2009 in (12 comments)
Tags: Plus Minus
On first listen to +/-'s "Snowblind," Brandon wrote: "In the beginning the song sounds less like a snowstorm than a light coating; even when the sprung guitars enter, shifting the speed instrumental density, it's pure exhilaration. Listening to the lyrics,... CONTINUE READING NEW +/- {PLUS/MINUS} VIDEO - "SNOWBLIND" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on October 29, 2008 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Jemina Pearl | Plus Minus
Last month we brought you +/- 's "Snowblind," a dusky, exhilarating track from the Brooklyn trio's forthcoming forth album Xs On Your Eyes (10/21, Absolutely Kosher). In this week's Drop, we offered "Reeling In The Years" (not "Reelin' In The... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP LIX: HEAR NEW +/- {PLUS/MINUS}, WIN AN OASIS BOX SET»
Posted on October 15, 2008 in , (2 comments)
Tags: Oasis | Plus Minus
The new +/- album Xs On Your Eyes comes out at the end of the next month. "Snowblind," the lead track, finds the Brooklyn trio layering glitchy percussion behind James Baluyut's familiar, dusky vocals. (It's not this "Snowblind," by the... CONTINUE READING NEW +/- {PLUS/MINUS} - "SNOWBLIND" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE) »
Posted on September 12, 2008 in , (4 comments)
Tags: Nine Inch Nails | Plus Minus
This clip's been a tour in the making. We first caught drift of the project during +/-'s Knitting Factory gig last year, when the band interrupted the regularly scheduled program to warn us we were to be part of a... CONTINUE READING NEW {PLUS/MINUS} VIDEO - "FADEOUT"»
Posted on March 5, 2007 in (2 comments)
Tags: Plus Minus
We managed to get down to the Knit last Friday to catch up with +/-, the Brooklyn band behind Let's Build A Fire, one of our favorite releases in these past few months. The tricky time shifting, heart-on-a-sleeve pop lent... CONTINUE READING +/- {PLUS/MINUS} @ KNITTING FACTORY, NYC 12/1/06»
Posted on December 7, 2006 in , (8 comments)
Tags: Plus Minus | The Changes
Some free MP3s we've been digging very much. (I promise we'll listen to yours soon -- tips at stereogum dot com.) Shearwater - "Seventy Four Seventy Five" (MP3) Teddybears (Feat. Iggy Pop) - "Punk Rocker" (MP3) The Purrs - "Get... CONTINUE READING CHEAPEST BY THE DOZEN»
Posted on August 10, 2006 in (13 comments)
Tags: Adem | Archie Bronson Outfit | El Perro Del Mar | Ill Lit | Jennifer O'Connor | Ladyhawk | Plus Minus | Professor Murder | Shearwater | Teddybears | The Purrs | The Soft Drugs | The Thermals
A) Slow news day B) Stereogum very busy Here's a new song from Sonic Youth to appease the haters. Sonic Youth - "Dripping Dream" There's a track on the album called "Mariah Carey and the Arthur Doyle Hand Creme." Thurston,... CONTINUE READING OK, NO MORE BRITNEY TODAY»
Posted on April 23, 2004 (4 comments)
Tags: Denzel Washington | Kanye West | Plus Minus | SXSW
