I love The Golden Filter, I really do. Their new album wasn’t the best or anything but I enjoyed it very much! The Morning Benders, on the other hand, are a band I love who happened to make one of the best albums I’ve heard in a very long time. The gem of that album,… Continue reading Mixed emotions: The Golden Filter remix The Morning Bendersâ âExcusesâ
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The Golden Filter’s Voluspa is eerily tranquil, mostly promising
In the Norse poem VöluspĂĄ, which tells the creation and destruction of the world, the story says: “Now do I see / the earth anew / Rise all green / from the waves again; The cataracts fall, / and the eagle flies, And fish he catches / beneath the cliffs.” Poets, right? But the feeling of beauty in… Continue reading The Golden Filter’s Voluspa is eerily tranquil, mostly promising
[MP3] The Golden Filter: “Hide Me”
It seems like we’ve heard just about everything from The Golden Filter (remixes, stand-alone singles, music videos) except a full-length album. And that’s for a good reasonâthey haven’t released one yet. Details of their long overdue debut, Voluspa, surfaced last month, but the album’s first single, “Hide Me,” came out yesterday (don’t hate, we’re crippled by… Continue reading [MP3] The Golden Filter: “Hide Me”
The Golden Filter make sweet, intimate video for “Thunderbird”
The Golden Filter released a gem back in September called “Thunderbird” that is just now getting the video treatment it SO deserved. It’s not adventurous or experimental or creepy (like some OTHER recent videos), but it’s sweet and intimate and, most importantly, it matches the soft nature of the song. The Thunderbird 12″ is out… Continue reading The Golden Filter make sweet, intimate video for “Thunderbird”
[MP3] The Golden Filter: “Thunderbird”
Professional remixers, The Golden Filter, like to pen original material from time to time! And it’s usually pretty good! They released “Solid Gold” last year, and it was pretty much awesome. Now we have “Thunderbird,” and it’s another good one. The song refers to the legendary Native American creature that was all kinds of powerful and… Continue reading [MP3] The Golden Filter: “Thunderbird”
This Week in Concerts: Mates of State, Exit Clov, Ariel Pink, etc.
Yes yes, more shows, no time, no money. Here’s where you can find all sorts of hip kids jammin’ out this week in the D.C./Baltimore area. Tuesday: Edie Sedgwick D.C.’s own crazy weirdo Edie Sedgwick (who we first talked about way back when) is coming to Sonar in Baltimore to channel the spirit of the… Continue reading This Week in Concerts: Mates of State, Exit Clov, Ariel Pink, etc.