Saturday's Daytrotter/Take the Handle/SnowGhost Music showcase at Brooklyn's Glasslands Gallery had two things going for it: Wye Oak was on the bill, and it was in the afternoon. Hoping it might end my CMJ coverage on a much-needed high note, I camped out for most of the afternoon and heard some genuinely recommendable music at a lovely, mercifully couch-equipped venue.
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I'm finding it hard to say much about the video for "Please Concrete" by the Baltimore duo Wye Oak, mainly because I'm struck by its almost-scary resemblance so many daydreams I had as a solitary, sorta-sickly young girl, right down to the muted fall colors. (Sure, the shoegazy indiepop twosome is something of a House Band for this here site, but I didn't think that would give them a line in to my childhood memories!) Anyway, I suppose "childlike reverie" is kind of a nice thing to be plunged into on a day when the world seems to be going even crazierthanusual, right? Ha ha. [Pitchfork.TV]
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Idolator-beloved Baltimore duo Wye Oak—p.k.a. Idolator-beloved Baltimore duo Monarch—had their debut album If Children reissued by Merge Records this week, and you should buy it if the idea of "an indiepop record that's equal parts mid-'90s K Records and shoegaze" pushes your buttons like it does mine. And! Those of you who have had If Children since its original release will be delighted to hear this live set of theirs, which features a few new songs. It's like Christmas in April, except with a blog post from last month! [Aural States; HT Al Shipley; Photo Nikola Tamindzic]
No. 12: Wye Oak Sends Out A Signal
And the song at No. 12 shows that two people, when they put their mind to it, are able to emit enough light and heat for everyone to stay warm.
Saturday's Daytrotter/Take the Handle/SnowGhost Music showcase at Brooklyn's Glasslands Gallery had two things going for it: Wye Oak was on the bill, and it was in the afternoon. Hoping it might end my CMJ coverage on a much-needed high note, I camped out for most of the afternoon and heard some genuinely recommendable music at a lovely, mercifully couch-equipped venue.
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Idolator-beloved Baltimore duo Wye Oak—p.k.a. Idolator-beloved Baltimore duo Monarch—had their debut album If Children reissued by Merge Records this week, and you should buy it if the idea of "an indiepop record that's equal parts mid-'90s K Records and shoegaze" pushes your buttons like it does mine. And! Those of you who have had If Children since its original release will be delighted to hear this live set of theirs, which features a few new songs. It's like Christmas in April, except with a blog post from last month! [Aural States; HT Al Shipley; Photo Nikola Tamindzic]
No. 12: Wye Oak Sends Out A Signal
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