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School of Seven Bells - Ghostory album review

School of Seven Bells – Ghostory album review

From the world indie dream pop comes School of Seven Bells’ Ghostory, the NYC band’s third full-length. Wait – dream pop? I guess there’s been a reemergence of this genre in the past few years, since bands like M83 can be labeled with this genre tag. So, what about School of Seven Bells? How does Ghostory stack up? I reluctantly admit that it’s not as bad as I first thought. This is the band’s first album as a duo, as Alejandra [...]

Bumbershoot 2011 Day Two

Bumbershoot 2011 Day Two

Bumbershoot 2011 Day Two (September 4th, 2011 – Seattle, Washington) **Atari Teenage Riot Maybe it was a mistake to kick-off the second, glorious, sunny day of Bumbershoot (a fun, colloquial way of saying umbrella), Seattle’s annual international music and arts festival, by arriving at 6pm after seven hours on an airplane, and walking straight into the dark pit of the Exhibition Hall music stage. Watching Anti-Flag rage incoherently about social injustice to a group of half-interested, disaffected, fans who couldn’t [...]

Bumbershoot 2011 Day Two Photographs

Bumbershoot 2011 Day Two Photographs

Bumbershoot 2011 Day Two Photographs (September 4th, 2011 – Seattle, Washington) All photographs taken by Steven Smith

SXSW 09 Lineup: Øya Showcase, Chairlift, School of Seven Bells, and more

SXSW 09 Lineup: Øya Showcase, Chairlift, School of Seven Bells, and more

**********************SXSW 2009************************** w/Arms (Todd from Harlem Shakes), Casiokids, Chairlift, Juliette Commagere, Motel Motel, Ponytail, School of Seven Bells, The Besties, The Chap, The New Wine, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, The Shys, Slim Twig, and Woodhands! The Øya Festival/Oh My Rockness Showcase will be at the Habana Annex Backyard on Thursday 3/19 this year. The O’s collaboration has become a highly successful NYC-Austin tradition over the past few years, showcasing some of the best up-and-coming Norwegian and US talent around. Below [...]