New York – Just last week, Montreal electro-pop trio Braids released an appendix to the lauded 2015 LP Deep In The Iris, the 19 minute EP Companion. Today, the band shares the single “Joni.” The music video was directed by Maria Ines Manchego and ”explores the end of a relationship, with a couple striving to reclaim their individuality while remaining close together.” Braids also
Chicago – Monday night marked the last show till the end of summer at The Riviera Theatre. The humidity seeped through the ornate walls. Sweat dripped down faces. But the heat didn’t seem to bother fans one bit. Flocks of Chicagoans, dressed like they were ready for Coachella, were excited to see Canadian electronic art-rock
New York – Braids are a three-piece experimental pop band from Montreal, Canada. Braids decamped to a series of retreats in the mountains of Arizona, Vermont, and upstate New York to record their third album, Deep In The Iris. Surrounded by nature in all its warm vitality, the long time bandmates strove to shed the fabric of
Los Angeles - There is a specific calmness beneath the atmospheric Deep In The Iris (on Arbutus Records), the third LP from the Montreal trio, Braids. The electronic art-rock act brings an accessible melodic charm to the new record, which serves as their follow-up to 2013’s Flourish // Perish. Singer Raphaelle Standell-Preston and her partners Taylor
After having released their critically acclaimed debut Native Speaker in 2011, and hot off the heels of their 12″ single In Kind // Amends, BRAIDS have returned with their new LPFlourish // Perish out August 20th on Arbutus Records. Flourish // Perish showcases the strength of the band as a collective, and explores their burgeoning love for electronic music. Here, the
Saturday night was the finale for CMJ 2012, five days jam-packed (literally) with panels, shows, powwows, and late nights. It was like cramming a month into a week. The final show that I was not mad about at all was Wild Nothing, BRAIDS, and Weekend at Bowery Ballroom. In a way, this show summed up
Normally held in Asbury Park, NJ, this year’s All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival, being held from September 21st thru the 23rd, has been moved to Pier 36 in Manhattan, NYC. Curated by Greg Dulli, the lineup is the best eclectic mix of the dark and mysterious, scintillating musical worlds. This includes everything from the ear-shattering Lightning
Braids, the Canadian experimental pop group who releasedNative Speaker in 2011, have reinvented themselves in the making of their second full length. Countless late-night drives have steered their attention towards new techno and house genres, deepening their appreciation of electronic based music. This curiosity has taken Braids from the rich, effects laden balance of Native
On Tuesday night, I made my way to the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco to catch a bill that I have been looking forward to for nearly a month. The lineup was topped with Montreal based trippy art rock band BRAIDS. The psych folky pop sounds of LA’s Pepper Rabbit and the dreamy
Who: Hanni El Khatib with We Break Cameras, Feeding People, Kissing Cousins, and Jeremy SoleWhere: The Echo, Los AngelesWhen: Monday, September 26th at 8pmCost: FreeAge Restrictions: 21+ Who: Braids w/Pepper Rabbit & Painted PalmsWhere: Bottom Of The Hill, SanFranciscoWhen: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 9pmCost: $10/$12 at the doorAge Restriction: 21+ Who: The Album LeafWhere: Le