Tonight at the Billiken Club, dreampop duo Beach House are playing a free show with Raglani opening. Todd McKenzie previewed the piece in this week's paper and also interviewed Victoria Legrand, a chat found below.MP3: Beach House, "Gila"
Liz FlyntzYou've been around for about three years and two albums, and you seem like an established band. Where do you see yourselves going next from here?
Hopefully continuing that process and continuing down that path. Alex [Scally] and I hope to
Raleigh, North Carolina's Rosebuds made what it said was its first stop in St. Louis (really? wow) last night opening for Megafaun at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center. The quartet's set was loose and house party-like, as it ran through a short set of gothic synth-folk.
Annie Zaleski
Kelly Crisp (foreground), Ivan Howard (back)
Seriously, that's the only way to describe the quartet's music, which has evolved from spritely power-pop into something far gloomier and atmospheric. The
Beach House made quite the impression earlier this year at its sold-out Billiken Club show. The dreamfuzz act, which signed to Sub Pop earlier this year, will be releasing Teen Dream on January 26, 2010. The new song below has a fantastically creepy wavering keyboard line underneath Victoria Legrand's breathy vocals and the shimmering guitars, giving it the feeling of a nightmare instead of a tranquil daydream.
MP3: Beach House, "Norway"
