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Sleigh Bells to Tour with LCD Soundsystem
After finishing up their headlining summer tour, Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells are hopping right back on the tour bus to open for LCD Soundsystem as of September 24th.
Pitchfork Music Festival 2010, Day Three: Lightning Bolt, Major Lazer, Big Boi, Sleigh Bells and Pavement
As Pitchfork Day Three starts, I am tired, my feet are numb and my back isn’t even speaking to me. It has been a long festival and the sense that I’m gathering while traversing the festival grounds is that we are all waiting for… something. For greatness. For that elusive something that makes us stand up and say, “Yes!”
Sleigh Bells to Hit the Road in July
Electro buzz magnets Sleigh Bells are set to hit the road on a headlining tour starting July 1 in Baltimore in support of their recently released debut effort, Treats (out now on N.E.E.T. Recordings/Mom + Pop Records).
Sleigh Bells – ‘Treats’
The hype around the Sleigh Bells album Treats has been breathless and immediate. So breathless in fact that tickets to see the Brooklyn-by-way-of-Florida duo at the out-of-the-way Brooklyn watering hole Coco66 were sold out. Now, upon first listen to the album (co-released by M.I.A.’s new N.E.E.T. Recordings imprint), and resulting Twitter mayhem after its NPR streaming debut, all the hype is beginning to make sense.
Pitchfork Music Festival Confirms Final Additions to Line-up
The lineup for the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival has now been finalized with the addition of buzzworthy acts Major Lazer, Wolf Parade, Beach House and Neon Indian, and Big Boi of Outkast fame.
M.I.A. to Go HARD This Summer
Cultural firebrand and all-around badass M.I.A. is set to headline the HARD LA and HARD NYC shows in July, as part of her return to the live stage in 2010 in support of her as-yet-untitled new album.
Sleigh Bells to Debut ‘Treats’ in May
No strangers to a heavy, vibrating shimmy and shake, Brooklyn’s Sleigh Bells are set to release their debut album, Treats, on May 11 via a newly inked partnership with M.I.A.’s NEET Recordings.
Kap Bambino and Sleigh Bells at The Studio at Webster Hall, NYC, 11.14.09
French electro duo Kap Bambino rocked the house at The Studio at Webster Hall Saturday night. With her punk fashion sense on full display, singer Caroline Martial charged onstage wearing a 2Pac T-shirt over a dainty floral print dress with a short leather jacket and ripped tights.
French Electro Duo Kap Bambino Tours New York and Beyond
One of the most kinetic and spastic (and downright sexy) of French electro-punk duos, Kap Bambino, have officially hit our shores. Bordeaux’s Caroline Martial and Orion Bouvier, now based in London, are about to unleash their single “Batcaves” and their “play every show as if it’s your last” set upon live audiences in NYC and [...]
Forthebeat for ABC News Amplified CMJ Party at Public Assembly, Brooklyn, 10.21.09
It’s only day two and CMJ is already well underway with a plethora of official and unofficial parties and showcases packing venues on each side of the East River seemingly 24 hours a day. On Wednesday night at Public Assembly in Williamsburg, no one seemed to care about getting up for work the next morning. [...]
