Tuesday, March 22, 2011
ESI Events Present:
Mountains @ Big Orbit's SoundLab
w/ The Skull Defekts, Gnome
Saturday, April 2nd
9:00pm Doors / 10:00pm Show
$10.00 Presale / $12.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at all Ticketmaster locations, charge by phone 1-800-745-3000
Brooklyn-based ambient/experimental rock duo Mountains formed in Chicago around the talents of long-time friends Brendon Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp. The pair founded their own label, Apestaartje, in 1999 while attending the Art Institute of Chicago which became a vehicle for collaborations, individual projects, and eventually live performance. Mountains recorded two albums of experimental ambient music before relocating to New York City in 2008 to record the follow-up. The resulting album, Choral, an ethereal hybrid of electronic and acoustic instrumentation was released on Thrill Jockey in 2009.
“While the label press release namechecks Fennesz and Brian Eno, there is something far less minimal and far more intricate going on here. Mountains lists everything from acoustic and electric guitars to accordion, cello, pianos, organs, and voices, to synths, melodicas, books, metal bowls, electronics, and even field recordings. [Choral] was recorded live in front of an audience with a few (literally) overdubs added later to add a more "choral" like effect to some tracks.” – AllMusic.com http://www.thrilljockey.com/artists/index.html?id=11985
Cults @ Big Orbit's SoundLab
w/ Magic Kids
Tuesday, April 5th
9:00pm Doors / 10:00pm Show
$12.00
Tickets on sale at all Ticketmaster locations, charge by phone 1-800-745-3000
Pitchfork.com declared, “There's more information on the wrapper of a candy bar than there is on the Internet about Cults.” The band’s website is mysteriously vague. Their bandcamp site lists tour dates and three tracks. With a bit more digging, it’s unearthed that Cults consist of a pair of Californian film students transplanted to New York, named Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin.
Which may explain their sound. On the surface, it’s sunny and sweet girl-pop a la the Shangri-Las. But there is something underneath – the opening line of their first single, “Go Outside” is a quote from Jonestown cult leader Jim Jones. Cults obviously take the best of both coasts – the surf pop of the West Coast and the dark seedy underbelly of the Big Apple – and make it uniquely their own.
http://cultscultscults.com/
http://cults.bandcamp.com/
w/ The Skull Defekts, Gnome
Saturday, April 2nd
9:00pm Doors / 10:00pm Show
$10.00 Presale / $12.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at all Ticketmaster locations, charge by phone 1-800-745-3000
Brooklyn-based ambient/experimental rock duo Mountains formed in Chicago around the talents of long-time friends Brendon Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp. The pair founded their own label, Apestaartje, in 1999 while attending the Art Institute of Chicago which became a vehicle for collaborations, individual projects, and eventually live performance. Mountains recorded two albums of experimental ambient music before relocating to New York City in 2008 to record the follow-up. The resulting album, Choral, an ethereal hybrid of electronic and acoustic instrumentation was released on Thrill Jockey in 2009.
“While the label press release namechecks Fennesz and Brian Eno, there is something far less minimal and far more intricate going on here. Mountains lists everything from acoustic and electric guitars to accordion, cello, pianos, organs, and voices, to synths, melodicas, books, metal bowls, electronics, and even field recordings. [Choral] was recorded live in front of an audience with a few (literally) overdubs added later to add a more "choral" like effect to some tracks.” – AllMusic.com http://www.thrilljockey.com/artists/index.html?id=11985
Cults @ Big Orbit's SoundLab
w/ Magic Kids
Tuesday, April 5th
9:00pm Doors / 10:00pm Show
$12.00
Tickets on sale at all Ticketmaster locations, charge by phone 1-800-745-3000
Pitchfork.com declared, “There's more information on the wrapper of a candy bar than there is on the Internet about Cults.” The band’s website is mysteriously vague. Their bandcamp site lists tour dates and three tracks. With a bit more digging, it’s unearthed that Cults consist of a pair of Californian film students transplanted to New York, named Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin.
Which may explain their sound. On the surface, it’s sunny and sweet girl-pop a la the Shangri-Las. But there is something underneath – the opening line of their first single, “Go Outside” is a quote from Jonestown cult leader Jim Jones. Cults obviously take the best of both coasts – the surf pop of the West Coast and the dark seedy underbelly of the Big Apple – and make it uniquely their own.
http://cultscultscults.com/
http://cults.bandcamp.com/
