Beach House

[guedita]

Saturday in the Mohave will probably start off with Girls ---> Beach House. Bank on it!

They are playing in Santa Barbara Friday night. I wonder if that lessens the likely hood of them being one of the opening acts on Saturday?

[Garaputo]

Covering my bases by seeing Beach House at Bimbo's in SF on April 14th...and Girls tonite at the Great American. I love this time of year

[pancakespancakes]

They are playing in Santa Barbara Friday night. I wonder if that lessens the likely hood of them being one of the opening acts on Saturday?

Hmmmm. Interesting point guedita. While I do not think this will matter very much, it certainly does not help. Thank you for pointing it out, hadn't heard about that date yet.

edit: Mapquest tells me that's about a 4 hour commute. Eh, they could easily do it, if they left Saturday morning, but I don't know if their touring crew is the real go-getter types or not.

[seanyb]

my Teen Dream CD/DVD arrived today
it's so effing good

[hotwaffles]

Yeah I'm loving this, might get the vinyl

[guedita]

Beach House EP coming out on Record Store Day! http://pitchfork.com/news/37909-beac...-store-day-ep/

[im_a_starfish]

daaaayum those pitchfork videos really got me excited

[malcolmjamalawesome]

I'm two songs into Teen Dream and I prefer Beach House to Band of Horses.

[pancakespancakes]

I was wondering how they weighed up against each other for you.

[Johnnydont]

Finally bought this last night. Yup, that good.

Anyone else have a love/hate relationship with pitchfork? They suggest great new music for me yet tear apart albums I love. Oh well, I guess the Beach Houses, Girls, Native Locals make up for all the negativity.

[Johnnydont]

Local Natives, I know, I know.

[piecechief]

cant wait, its going to be incen in incendiary

[SunDevil]

I can't wait to see Beach House, but first I'm going to vent a bit: How the hell are they billed so low?? I'm obviously a bit biased (big fan of Devotion and Teen Dream), but do they really deserve to be billed lower than Shooter Jennings, the Temper Trap, or Tokyo Police Club (among others)?

I guess I don't really care where they are billed....but since they are so low I get the feeling they will be playing at noon as I'm waiting in a line 100 yards long waiting to be frisked by Security. Ugh.

[guedita]

They'll either be an opening act or a sunset in one of the tents act. I was surprised by the low billing, too, especially since they have 3 solidly reviewed albums. Oh well.

[GeezrRckr]

new beach house jam with more to come. it's lovely.
http://pitchfork.com/news/37974-new-...e-arrangement/



EDIT: see that you covered this already, guedita. oops. at least i included the song.

[guedita]

I've listened to this song six times already today. So pretty.

[Petrichor]

So excited for Beach House. Victoria Legrand has such a dreamy voice.

[Trigaus]

I'm looking forward to hearing BH live. They were on KXT radio last week promoting Teen Dream. 'Walk in the Park' got me hooked.

[JewFace]

Yes! Webster Hall, May 6.

[guedita]

So excited for Beach House. Victoria Legrand has such a dreamy voice.

Dreamy indeed. It's going to be a mystical set. I will be doing lots of swaying.

[daftsquirrel]

I love Beach House! I saw them open for Grizzly Bear and was mesmerized the entire time! I can't wait to see them again and I can't stop listening to Teen Dream...Lover Of Mine anyone?!??

BUT what I am really confused about this discussion is how you can even compare Girls to Beach House? Girls is one of the worst new bands that I have ever heard...I don't understand why so many people are hyped about them. They have shitty vocals, shitty lyrics, and their song Lust For Life makes my ears bleed.

[daftsquirrel]

I want to let you know that as I am posting this ...I am listening to them just to be 100% sure that it fucking sucks ass

and it does...SO MUCH ASS.

[guedita]

daftsquirrel, I don't think anyone was comparing the two bands. Someone just mentioned that they might both play in the Gobi, and because they are both smaller billed it's somewhat likely that one might lead into the other. There's no real basis for comparison because the styles are so different. Also because Beach House is so much better.

[daftsquirrel]

oh sorry! not comparing (wrong word choice) but talking about the possiblity of a conlfict..how could someone want to see Girls over Beach House?

[butitdidhappen]

I just thought I'd drop in to echo the sentiments of those who are a little confused by comments accusing Beach House of being a dull live band.

A lot of hipsters these days seem to think that the only good live indie music is the danceable kind. Well it's not. If you want to dance head someplace else. Beach House have always been and always will be more shoegaze than electropop. If you know how to close your eyes, sway back and forth, and get lost in the music, it'll be one of the best sets you've ever seen.

On another note, I'm heading back to Coach for the first time since '07. Ya!

[guedita]

I just thought I'd drop in to echo the sentiments of those who are a little confused by comments accusing Beach House of being a dull live band.

A lot of hipsters these days seem to think that the only good live indie music is the danceable kind. Well it's not. If you want to dance head someplace else. Beach House have always been and always will be more shoegaze than electropop. If you know how to close your eyes, sway back and forth, and get lost in the music, it'll be one of the best sets you've ever seen.

On another note, I'm heading back to Coach for the first time since '07. Ya!

Agreed. I'm going to see so many dancey sets at Coachella that I'm really looking forward to the mellowness Beach House has to offer.

[Johnnydont]

oh sorry! not comparing (wrong word choice) but talking about the possiblity of a conlfict..how could someone want to see Girls over Beach House?

Girls > Beach House.

I love both of these bands, but when it comes to festivals, I will always pick the more energenic band. I fall asleep to Teen Dream. The end.

[ambient sounds]

Dreamy indeed. It's going to be a mystical set. I will be doing lots of swaying.

I think i will join you in the swaying. I can picture a beach house concert being an ocean of swaying bodies which is kinda cool.

[Cookieman908]

Anyone else watched the bonus DVD consisting of music videos for all tracks on Teen Dream?

I wished I hadn't...I LOVE this album to death but these amateurish videos almost runied everything for me. I realize Beach House is not a band that can put a whole lot of money into their videos but geeez.....

[guedita]

Cookie, my boyfriend has the DVD but I have not watched it yet. I'm not a big fan of music videos any way...so now I'll definitely skip out on it.