Subject: Richard Swift

• Local Band to Know: Old Lights, Opening for Constantines/Crystal Antlers

  In recent months, the band Old Lights has cropped up everywhere around town (and beyond): opening for Magnolia Electric Co. in Columbia, playing after the Decemberists in the Halo Bar and tomorrow, opening the Constantines/Crystal Antlers show at the Duck Room. (For good measure, the band is also playing with Telekinesis at Off Broadway later in the month and opening for Richard Swift at Schuba's in Chicago.) A little digging lead to the discovery that the band is the brainchild of David Beeman,

  June 2, 2009

• David Vandervelde / Richard Swift

  April 11, 2007

• Richard Swift/The Fray/Jack's Mannequin

  July 1, 2009

• Light My Way: Old Lights' David Beeman gets by with a little help from his friends

  October 14, 2009

• Interview Outtakes MP3: Old Lights, "Losing My Mind"

  In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer wrote a feature on Old Lights. (Photo above by Jennifer Silverberg.) The band's limited-edition vinyl LP, Every Night Begins the Same, is available today on St. Ives. (Order here.) Schaeffer describes the band's sound thusly: Old Lights' ascent is first and foremost a product of the band's songs. Built around piano and guitar, a typical live set will touch on jangle-pop, ramped-up folk songs, Brill Building-era standards and a few moments of heart-on-s

  October 20, 2009