Effortlessly gorgeous! Official TMS Rating: 10/10. Volume 2 is out now.
(Setlist) I Was Made For You. Thieves. Black Hole. Ridin’ In My Car. Me & You. Lingering Still. Over It Over Again. Change Is Hard. I Thought I Saw Your Face Today. Brand New Shoes. You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me. Take It Back. Sweet Darlin. Sentimental Heart. Sing. Home. Don’t Look Back. This Is Not A Test. In The Sun. (Encore 1) Magic Trick. Why Do You Let Me Stay Here. Gonna Get Along Without You Now. (Encore 2) I Put A Spell On You.
MP3: She & Him – In The Sun
Fucking brilliant! 10/10. The Golden Archipelago is available now.
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Exquisite! 9/10. My Neighbor/My Creator will see daylight shortly.
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Our photographer, Santiago Felipe, attended last night’s intimate gig!
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Positively remarkable! 9/10. Watch ‘The Cave’ here. Visit M&S on MySpace.
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Our brilliant guest blogger, Britt Lundborg, attended last night’s gig and offers a full report! White Rabbits really whipped it out. And by whipped it out, I mean flew into a full-on furor at Bowery Ballroom last night. Entirely sold out, the room thrashed nearly as much as the Brooklyn-based sextet did on-stage. Super tight on every conceivable level, White Rabbits sounded big and boisterous throughout their fourteen song set, rolling cacophonous waves of percussion over the hungry audience. Highlighting the drums is this year’s “Bear” or “Whale” moniker – a musical trend infecting all sorts of bands from The Dead Weather to Surfer Blood to The Drums. This can feel gimmicky, but the extra rhythmic boost extended White Rabbits’ sonic power and propelled their set far beyond the sounds laid down on It’s Frightening, the band’s current LP. Spoon comparisons trail around White Rabbits given that, yes, there’s a piano here and, also yes, their tightly constructed songs are rife with jangly pop hooks. White Rabbits, however, own a spaciousness entirely their own. A theatricality almost. Lead man, Stephen Patterson, sings with passionate frenzy and plays the piano as though desperately attempting to distract two gunslingers itching to wreak some damage in a wild west saloon. Every time his fingers slid down the keys in a glissando, you ached to hear that ripping flourish again. Right from the start, they seduced the audience into a menacing grip with ‘Foxhunting’ and kept us in that taut cage throughout the set. Once they hit their big tune, ‘Percussion Gun’, we were bouncing like marbles on a drum. When they trooped off stage to mop their brow for the encore, surprise guest Skerrit Bwoy (the Major Lazer hype-man), popped on and wound us up to fever pitch. ‘When I say, White, you say, RABBITS!’ White – RABBITS! White – RABBITS! White – RABBITS! Out tumbled the band for their encore all a-grin and infected us with the euphoria they so clearly felt. Be certain to catch White Rabbits at Coachella Festival.
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He may have been feeling slightly under the weather but Owen Pallett (formerly referred to as Final Fantasy)’s sixty minute set was positively stunning. After attending countless Owen gigs since the release of his brilliant debut album (2005′s Has A Good Home), I wouldn’t expect anything less. TMS Rating: 9/10. Last week, he dropped by WNYC. Heartland is out now.
MP3: Owen Pallett – The Power Of Love
An undeniably sensational performance that even included a guest appearance by Peggy (The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart) on ‘Don’t Be A Jerk, Johnny’! Official TMS Rating: 9/10. Be certain to watch ‘I Felt Stupid’ here.
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Fab! TMS Rating: 9/10. Surfer Blood recently covered Neutral Milk Hotel.
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Yet another superb set! Official TMS Rating: 9/10. Visit TDG on MySpace.
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