Sleigh Bells

Not a lot of love for Sleigh Bells here then.

Raw, exciting new music or over rated hipster band of the minute?

I really dig the into the red over driven sound.

Yeah, they're pretty good, very good in parts - always good for the dancefloor.

Here's a brand new track from them.

I like em. A lot. Fun party music. Makes me feel old and uncool though.

Awesome! Am probably going to see them on Sunday.

Album has leaked.

Yeah, they're cool.

Atari Teenage Riot meets Crystal Castles. They won't crossover like MIA, the sound is too brutal.

Can someone put it on th gmail so I can listen to it at work today?

the crystal castles of 2010

Been listening to the album today, somehow sounds louder an more brutal than the demos. Was afraid it may have been toned down in production. Cheers whoever put it on the gmail

dude used to play in a really shit hardcore band.

now he plays in a really shit noisecore band!

yeah poison the well really fucking suck

tangentially related to american nightmare though, so not all bad

I really like this band.

wooo!

touring via Falls fest (who'd have thought they'd get good bands?).

This album rocks.

best thing associated with Poison The Well.

SLEIGH BELLS – JANUARY 2011

with BAIO (VAMPIRE WEEKEND – DJ SET), SEEKAE & PURPLE SNEAKERS DJs

Frontier Members pre-sale from 12 noon AEDT, Tue 12 October to 12 noon AEDT, Wed 13 October

General on sale from 9am local time, Friday 15 October

Friday 7 January Prince Bandroom, Melbourne 18+
Prince Bandroom 03 9536 1168 or www.princebandroom.com.au
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Saturday 8 January The Forum, Sydney 18+
Moshtix 1300 GET TIX (438 849) or www.moshtix.com.au

w00t

anyone have the frontier pre-sale password?

I'm up for that too, anyone

i used B71427317. don't know if it's still good or not, but go nuts.

thanks cap'n... worked a Treat(s).

see what i did there?

Cheers. I think you can buy up to 4 tix on a code. Im actually gonna leave it til next pay after seeing the price. $50 per ticket on ticketek + one of these:

Registered Mail (Add $11.85)
Allow 14 working days for delivery.

Venue / City Box Office Collection (Add $9.85)

Ticket outlets are becoming worse than the fucking banks.

yeah, it's a ridiculous scam.

i wish artists (or their management) had more say in this.

$50 is too high for a new band with one album (especially adding the postage/pickup fees).

Yeah, with tickets to Swans and Future of the Left to buy in the next couple of weeks, plus possibly Laneway (if not then a fewf sideshows), $60 for Sleigh Bells, as much as I like their boom crashing overdrive thing, does seem exceedingly steep.

All the ingredients of this band sound terrible and I wanna hate them, but damn they write some catchy songs.

going tomorrow night.

should be fun times.

i presume.

If anyone wants a ticket, PM me.
not sure if it's sold out or not.
make an offer, i'll pass it on to my friend selling the ticket...

I'll give you $30 for it.

Ticket still up for grabs! Make me an offer!
THS can't make it anymore...

Playing a 30 min set I heard.

Wouldn't want more than that surely? They come on, bring the rock, make it intense then piss off without getting boring.

Was a pretty good set, albeit a touch on the short side (I don't think a couple of covers for an encore would have hurt to keep the crowd happy). Was a little disappointed that Rill Rill came down to simply a backing track with live vocals - an extra overdriven guitar line would have done wonders, and the single note played at the end of the song seems to confirm this. But, despite these gripes, it really was a great show. Who would have thought pop could be hardcore?

My girlfriend went and all she had to say was it was 30 minutes made up of 50% strobe light, 45% backing track, 3% miming/pretending to play guitar, and 2% singing.

Sounds like it was really amazing, THS.

It was completely super completely ultimately and entirely fantastic! I loved it. Even through the bruises I'm sporting today. Without a doubt, that was the most fun I've had at a gig in AGES.

Would love to see them again with another album behind them, and would also appreciate some live backing (akin to LCD soundsystem live). That said, it's basically a bedroom project and with financial constraints would be tough to authentically replicate live.

I did particularly like the final note-burst where the amps were cranked. Should have been that loud the whole time.

That said, it's basically a bedroom project and with financial constraints would be tough to authentically replicate live.

Not anymore. At $55 a ticket these guys will be loaded pretty quickly! Punters paid $1.50 a minute last night for that gig!

yeah, i think next tour something more should be expected.

haven't seen them at a festival, but they would suit that scene down to the ground. venue gigs just yet is pushing it.

Awful fucking set at Sunset Sounds. Spent the whole time staring in disbelief.

Can anyone who was near the mixing desk tell me how much of the vocals were live, and how much ''assistance'' Alexis had from the backing track? Field Day show started out pretty dodgy vocally, and then suddenly the vocals were spot on and much more bedded into the track (ie they turned up the vocals on the backing track). Other than that, pretty cool to watch.

a+++, would see again. i didn't realise how short the set was until alexis apologised for it being so short. the sound wasn't perfect but the band were dynamic enough to put on a great show.

Not anymore. At $55 a ticket these guys will be loaded pretty quickly! Punters paid $1.50 a minute last night for that gig!

Loving that math Hammers.

Didn't care about the shortness of the gig. Too many gigs go for far too long and encores usually suck anyway. Amazing night.

Pretty average. Sick of Brooklyn wank

I was practically standing on the mixing desk (great spot to rest your drink). Alexis was constantly asking for the vocals to go up. Board was preset, and it seemed mixer was reticent to change it much. Derek took charge a couple of times and played with the amps, but both seemed locked into either his guitar or the backing tape. Alexis had a small unit she played with, but didn't make much impact.

Overall, I would say she happily relied on backing tape, but when that wasn't an option, the sound wasn't right for her to over-rule enough.

Please correct me anyone who knows better.

Thought I was going to really like this band but couldn't make it through 2nd listen. I reckon their 3rd album might be pretty good.
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And the radio processing/limiter with slow release thing was a bad production idea.

New film clip for Ring Ring/Rill Rill.

http://vimeo.com/19211226

No love for the new tune born to lose? And the new album reign of terror due soon-ish.

Have only listened once... yet to make up my mind.

much love for new new tune ''comeback kid''.