Best New Bands » ghostly international http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Album Review: Matthew Dear, Beams http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-matthew-dearbeams/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-matthew-dearbeams/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 02:34:14 +0000 In nine years, Matthew Dear has shown many incarnations, from DJ to producer to pop artist, but it wasn’t until his latest release that the co-founder of both Ghostly International and its offshoot Spectral Sound revealed the most important person of all: himself. The title Beams can have double meaning here, standing for either a

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  1. Matthew Dear Gets Sweaty with Eagle Rock Matthew Dear is a man who wears many hats. At once, a DJ, a dance-music producer, an experimental pop artist, and a band leader, the New York-based producer, and co-founder of both Ghostly International and its offshoot Spectral Sound, knows...
  2. New Tour Announcements from Matthew Dear, Bear In Heaven, Starfucker, and Deer Tick Matthew Dear U.S. Tour 10.14 Chicago, IL – Metro 10.15 Hamilton, Ontario – Red Mill Theatre 10.16 Toronto, Ontario – Wrongbar 10.18 Montreal, Quebec – Belmont 10.19 Boston, MA – Great Scott 10.20 New York, NY – CMJ 10.21 Philadelphia,...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-matthew-dearbeams/feed/ 0 Matthew Dear Gets Sweaty with Eagle Rock http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/matthew-dear-gets-sweaty-with-eagle-rock/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/matthew-dear-gets-sweaty-with-eagle-rock/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:48:30 +0000 Matthew Dear is a man who wears many hats. At once, a DJ, a dance-music producer, an experimental pop artist, and a band leader, the New York-based producer, and co-founder of both Ghostly International and its offshoot Spectral Sound, knows no musical boundaries.  This was evident last Wednesday night at Los Angeles’ up-and-coming venue, Center

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  2. Delta Spirit Rock The Music Box and A Conversation With Matthew Vasquez At 11 pm on Wednesday night at the Music Box on Hollywood Blvd., San Diego-natives Delta Spirit took to the stage for their largest headlining show to date in the City of Angels. Having recently sold out the El Rey...
  3. A Sweaty Heavy Jam with JEFF the Brotherhood at Death by Audio JEFF the Brotherhood packed the sweaty punkers into Death by Audio to full capacity last night, where hell broke loose in the most reverb- and beer-soaked way. Right when the band played the first note, there was a clear and...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/glasslands-is-sold-out-for-sbtrkt-but-shigeto-blew-me-away/feed/ 0 A Conversation With Alejandra Deheza of School Of Seven Bells http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-alejandra-deheza-of-school-of-seven-bells/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-alejandra-deheza-of-school-of-seven-bells/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0000 2010 has been a successful year for School of Seven Bells. The band released its sophomore effort, Disconnect From Desire, on July 13 on Vagrant Records/Ghostly International in the U.S. The band consists of Benjamin Curtis and identical twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza. With a sound that has been described by some as dreamy and

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