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Air has recorded a new soundtrack for Le Voyage Dans La Lune, a recently unearthed hand-colored French film by director Georges Méliès that first premiered in 1902. “Seven Star” features Beach House’s Victoria Legrand on vocals and mark’s the French duo’s first new recordings since 2009’s Love 2 album.
Last night Beach House brought “10 Mile Stereo” to Conan last night and proved that they really do deserve their high-ranking spots on so many year-end lists for their album Teen Dream!
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Inarguably Pitchfork’s trendiest stage of the lineup, the arrival of Day 3 brought with it a legion of tight-jean wearing (despite the heat), plaid shirt- donned enthusiasm. The day started with newcomers Best Coast’s melancholy surf rock, fronted by the charming Bethanny Cosentino. The band went through a slew of songs, with Cosentino’s alluring vocals weaving through happy melodies with underlying lyrics of heartache and inadequacy . Washed Out’s (Ernest Greene) mellow synthpop soon followed, the newcomer generating a huge crowd of chill head-nodders (a small amount of dancing occurred when Greene played his hit “Get Up). At one point, Greene tried to up the crowd’s energy, asking everyone to “sing along” to “Feel It All Around”. One problem: no one knew the words, but Greene won over the crowd despite their unfamiliarity with his material. Beach House’s dream pop …
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The coltish lead singer here emerges like rare exotic who only occasionally shows you her eyes, and when you see them, she grows even more mysterious. Herewith, a slow-motion Beach House memory, plus a random Coachella conversation about running into an old high school nemesis, in this case, the girl most likely to…
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Beach House played at the Downtown Brew in San Luis Obispo, CA to a sold out crowd Thursday night. Yes, I embarked on the trek from Santa Barbara to SLO in order to see Beach House (and for the record, this is the first time I’ve ever seen a concert in SLO). And yes, it was totally worth it…
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