Sleigh Bells duo, Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller, teamed up with Chicago rapper, Tink, to debut a killer collaboration with the track "That Did It." The track dropped yesterday via Rolling Stone and was the product of Red Bull Sound Select after Sleigh Bells and Tink shared the stage at this year's SXSW music festival. We love to hear Krauss' ethereal vocals mashed up with Tink's rhyme, almost as much as we love the Chicago girl on her own. You can download the track on iTunes, or check it out via soundcloud below!
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Sleigh Bells - You Don't Get Me Twice
Check out the latest song to be released off the upcoming album from Sleigh Bells, You Don't Get Me Twice. The album, Bitter Rivals, is due out on October 8th.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals
Check out the video for "Bitter Rivals" below!
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Pitchforkin' 2012
Even though Pitchfork denied me a media pass, I still found a way in that didn't involve me paying money, which we all know is something that's hard to come by these days for a freshly-graduated 20-something who majored in creative writing.
I volunteered with the Dill Pickle Food Co-op (yay!) on Friday so I got to attend for free on Saturday, and also scored a snazzy yellow volunteer t-shirt.
On Friday, I was stationed by the drink ticket tent and put wristbands on people for six hours straight. Luckily, this was very near the blue stage so I got to see a lot of sweet acts.
The first band I caught was Willis Earl Beal, who I'd been hearing about but had yet to listen to. He gave a soulful performance. I wish I were closer to the stage so I could see what he was doing, exactly. Whatever it was, it sounded great.
Then Tim Hecker did a DJ thing which was ok, but I wasn't really in the mood for it. Japandroids also rocked the blue stage and had me dancing along. I'd never heard them before but I enjoyed the set. Clam Casino played next (weird name, but I danced more. Not sure how the people that I was putting wristbands on felt about that).
Purity Ring played last on the blue stage. They set up all sorts of colored lights- atmospheric! And then they played stuff and I danced some more and got really excited when they played that one song I listen to a lot. You know the one. Couldn't really see much of what went on since I was so far away, but it sounded fun, and pretty much like the recordings.
Then Saturday happened. I missed Cults because I was playing a show with one of the bands I'm in (coldcountry.bandcamp.com - Cold Country is playing at the Burlington tomorrow, too) but I got to Union Park in time for Sleigh Bells.
You may remember my previous review of Reign of Terror. I don't like their latest stuff as much, but no matter what, Sleigh Bells knows how to put on a show, complete with crowd-surfing. I hear their walls of amps is fake, though. Lame.
I danced around for Hot Chip (which was fun) but cut my time with them short in order to wait for Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I love me some post-rock. The musicians wandered onstage and began to play without a word. The two-drumset thing they had going on was sweet. I love post-rock atmospheres, but after an hour my back started to hurt and I chose to leave, all pitchfork'd out.
Then Tim Hecker did a DJ thing which was ok, but I wasn't really in the mood for it. Japandroids also rocked the blue stage and had me dancing along. I'd never heard them before but I enjoyed the set. Clam Casino played next (weird name, but I danced more. Not sure how the people that I was putting wristbands on felt about that).
Purity Ring played last on the blue stage. They set up all sorts of colored lights- atmospheric! And then they played stuff and I danced some more and got really excited when they played that one song I listen to a lot. You know the one. Couldn't really see much of what went on since I was so far away, but it sounded fun, and pretty much like the recordings.
Then Saturday happened. I missed Cults because I was playing a show with one of the bands I'm in (coldcountry.bandcamp.com - Cold Country is playing at the Burlington tomorrow, too) but I got to Union Park in time for Sleigh Bells.
You may remember my previous review of Reign of Terror. I don't like their latest stuff as much, but no matter what, Sleigh Bells knows how to put on a show, complete with crowd-surfing. I hear their walls of amps is fake, though. Lame.
I danced around for Hot Chip (which was fun) but cut my time with them short in order to wait for Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I love me some post-rock. The musicians wandered onstage and began to play without a word. The two-drumset thing they had going on was sweet. I love post-rock atmospheres, but after an hour my back started to hurt and I chose to leave, all pitchfork'd out.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Sleigh Bells - "Reign of Terror"
"True Shred Guitar," the first track of "Reign of Terror," begins with guitar noises and a wild, cheering crowd.
For me, this sums up Sleigh Bells. They are, to quote Pitchfork's William Bowers, Now as Fuck. To quote him again, "...this act was Now As Fuck, but maybe riskily so, since now-ness, you know, frrrts so quickly into then-ness."
Frrt.
I like throwing myself around the dance floor* to Sleigh Bells. I like that they are simultaneously distorted and clear, hard but light. Driving to them in the summertime is delicious. "Crown on the Ground" was my jam for a while; same with "Tell Em." Cotton candy. And as far as their musical and technical skills, I applaud them. But they're a definite product of the Now as Fuck hipster generation. Lyrical substance? No. Humility? No. An ebb and flow in the album? Not so much.
Here's what I like in an EP or LP: I want to have a break now and again from hopped-up overdriven stuff. Back off a litte, give me something gentle. "Road to Hell" approaches this, and so does "You Lost Me," but by the time we get to that, we're eight tracks in. And, the songs themselves are pretty much the same the whole time.
Listening to "Reign of Terror" all the way through without stopping sort of makes my head hurts. There aren't any slow places to be, and after awhile, it all starts to sound the same. Like a big wad of fuzzy guitar and cymbal crashes. There's no flow. When I took piano lessons, I learned the importance of dynamics - hey, Sleigh Bells! You should work on that!
An album isn't supposed to be an amalgamation of big, loud songs without any connection. All the tracks are supposed to work together to create an experience, and I think that Sleigh Bells lacks that, which is why I think they're Now as Fuck and not classic, enduring, or moving. In a few years, I won't be listening to them - but for Now, I'll dance to "Comeback Kid."
*my living room.
Here's what I like in an EP or LP: I want to have a break now and again from hopped-up overdriven stuff. Back off a litte, give me something gentle. "Road to Hell" approaches this, and so does "You Lost Me," but by the time we get to that, we're eight tracks in. And, the songs themselves are pretty much the same the whole time.
Listening to "Reign of Terror" all the way through without stopping sort of makes my head hurts. There aren't any slow places to be, and after awhile, it all starts to sound the same. Like a big wad of fuzzy guitar and cymbal crashes. There's no flow. When I took piano lessons, I learned the importance of dynamics - hey, Sleigh Bells! You should work on that!
An album isn't supposed to be an amalgamation of big, loud songs without any connection. All the tracks are supposed to work together to create an experience, and I think that Sleigh Bells lacks that, which is why I think they're Now as Fuck and not classic, enduring, or moving. In a few years, I won't be listening to them - but for Now, I'll dance to "Comeback Kid."
*my living room.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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