Listen To Beach House's New Album Bloom Right Now

Beach House's new album Bloom isn't due out until next Tuesday but the fine folks at NPR have it streaming in its entirety right now. Listen here.

Beach House | "Equal Mind" (B-Side) [Stream]

Record Store was this past Saturday. In celebration and as we alluded to last week, Beach House released a limited-edition blue vinyl copy of a new song entitled "Lazuli". Here's the B-side to that song. It's called "Equal Mind". (via) (via)
 

Beach House | [Official Site] [Twitter]

Beach House | "Lazuli" [Stream]

Late Monday night Beach House tweeted an announcement of a new song for Record Store Day (btw it's this Saturday) entitled "Lazuli". Here it is in digital form.

Beach House | [Official Site] [Twitter]

The song will also be appearing on the band's new album Bloom, which is due out in less than a month's time. If you'd like to get yourself a limited-edition blue vinyl copy of "Lazuli" or something else really cool, be sure to check out a list of Austin record stores participating in Record Store Day. Go support and thank them for being awesome!

New Beach House | "Myth" [Stream]

Late last night Beach House posted a message on their Twitter simply titled "Hello again: beachhousebaltimore.com". It turns out the band posted a new song called "Myth" and it's quite gorgeous. Take a listen.

Beach House | [Official Site] [Twitter]

Beach House Play New Song at All Tomorrows Parties

Was there any doubt it was going to be amazing?

Beach House Performing "Zebra" on Jimmy Fallon

After the sad realization that Conan had just finished up his hosting duties for The Tonight Show, Beach House appeared on The Late Late Show with Jimmy Fallon to perform "Zebra" off their new album Teen Dream. If you missed it live, here's your chance to catch it now.

Catch Beach House on tour this year, as they hit up North America, including an April date here in Austin at Emo's [purchase tickets here].

Beach House - Norway (mp3)

Beach House | 2010 North American Tour Dates :: w/ Austin date (Emo's)

Beach House may have released one of the best albums of the year with their third endeavor. Although officially not out for a few more weeks, we couldn't wait to get our hands on Teen Dream.

They have a few dates near the end of January in the U.S. and then will tour for a few months overseas. Returning in late March, Beach House will embark on a North American tour that will bring them to Austin on April 22nd. Tickets ($14) for the show at Emo's go on sale this Saturday at 10am. Check out the rest of the band's tour dates down below. [Via]

Beach House - Norway (mp3)

[Beach House Myspace]

Beach House 2010 North American Tour Dates:
01/24 - Park City, UT @ Sundance Festival
01/26 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Bell House
03/26 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat #
03/27 - Middletown, CT @ Wesleyan University
03/28 -Boston, MA @ Paradise #
03/29 - Montreal, Quebec @ La Sala Rosa #
03/30 - Toronto, Ontario @ Opera House #
04/01 - Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room #
04/02 - Chicago, IL @ Metro #
04/03 - Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater #
04/04 - Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center #
04/05 - Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room #
04/06 - Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Saloon #
04/07 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater #
04/09 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux #
04/10 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge #
04/11 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ Rickshaw Theater #
04/12 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos #
04/14 - San Francisco, CA @ Bimbos #
04/15 - San Luis Obispo, CA @ Downtown Brewing Co. #
04/19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room *
04/21 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater %
04/22 - Austin, TX @ Emo's (outside) [Purchase Tickets] %
04/23 - Houston, TX @ Walter's %
04/24 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon %
04/25 - Tallahassee, FL @ Engine Room %
04/27 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree %
04/28 - Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge %
04/29 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl %
04/30 - Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle Tavern %
05/01 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat's Cradle %
05/06 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
05/07 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
05/08 - Baltimore, MD @ 2640 Space

# with Bachelorette
% with Washed Out

(Photo Cred: Jason Nocito)

New Beach House :: "Zebra" & "Walk in the Park" (Live)

Upon hearing the news about the new Beach House record yesterday, we decided to do a little sleuthing on Youtube to see if we could find a few of the new songs. Having already seen them perform "Norway" at SXSW, here's a couple more. The first song is entitled "Zebra" and was recorded at a concert back in April on the St. Louis University campus.



The second is called "Walk in the Park" and was recorded at Columbia, Missouri's The Blue Note earlier this month. (via)

[Beach House Myspace]
[Beach House Official Site]

New Beach House Record Due Out Early Next Year

Beach House recorded their third album in a converted church in upstate New York. Entitled Teen Dream, it will be released early next year (Jan. 26th) via Sub Pop and will be accompanied with a DVD featuring a video for each song on the album, each by a different director. (via)

[Beach House Myspace]
[Beach House Official Site]

Teen Dream Tracklist:

1. Zebra
2. Silver Soul
3. Norway
4. Walk in the Park
5. Used to Be (watch live acoustic video)
   
6. Lover of Mine
7. Better Times
8. 10 Mile Stereo
9. Real Love
10. Take Care

Back in March during SXSW we got a video of a new Beach House song, turns out the song is called "Norway". If you missed it the first time around watch it down below and also catch another video of the band performing an acoustic version for a Norwegian television station in a canal.

Beach House | Live from Nouveau Casino in Paris

A few months back Grandcrew caught Beach House in concert at Nouveau Casino in Paris when they opened for Vetiver. Here's are a few songs from the show.

By the way, in case you missed it singer Victoria Legrand joined Grizzly Bear onstage last weekend during their ACL aftershow to perform the new song "Slow Life" from the new Twilight soundtrack (watch our video here).

Last Night: Grizzly Bear performing "Slow Life" with Beach House at Emo's ACL Afterparty

Grizzly Bear | 2009 U.S. Fall Tour Dates :: w/ Austin dates (ACL, ACL Aftershow at Emo's)

After seeing Grizzly Bear perform a nearly perfect set earlier this Summer at The Parish, we can barely hold back our excitement as we get a few more opportunities to catch the foursome this year! Not only are they playing Saturday afternoon at ACL (3:00 on the Dell Stage), an aftershow at Emo's was just announced last week, with Beach House no less. Tickets ($25) are currently on sale, but it's anyone's guess to how much longer they'll be available. Don't miss this band live!

Grizzly Bear - Cheerleader (mp3)

The rest of the band's U.S. Fall tour dates are down below and yes, Beach House will be joining them at most of the stops along the way.

[Grizzly Bear Official Site]

Grizzly Bear 2009 U.S. Fall Tour Dates:
08/30 - Brooklyn, NY @ Williamsburg Waterfront (FREE)
09/25 - Saratoga Springs, NY @ Skidmore College
09/26 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Michigan Theater *
09/27 - Chicago, IL @ Metro *
09/28 - Chicago, IL @ Metro *
09/30 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
10/01 - Columbia, MO @ Blue Note *
10/03 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival
10/03 - Austin, TX @ Emo's (outside) [Purchase Tickets] $25 *
10/05 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse *
10/06 - Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa *
10/07 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory *
10/08 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre *
10/14 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
10/15 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
10/16 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatrre
10/18 - San Francisco, CA @ Treasure Island Music Festival
10/20 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium *
10/21 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern *

* = w/ Beach House

(Photo Cred: Tor-Björn Adelgren)

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Also, make sure and check out this very creative fan made video of "Two Weeks" created by Gabe Askew.

SXSW 2009 Recap : Beach House at Terrorbird/Forcefield Party :: Red 7

With all that was going on, I didn't think we were going to get an opportunity to see Beach House during SXSW, but everything worked out perfectly. They took a little longer to set up and in the process we missed Vivian Girls on the outside stage, but it was well worth it in the end. You couldn't have torn me away from Victoria and Alex's set inside Red 7. They absolutely blew me away! We took a video of one of their new songs so you can see what we mean.

(Photo Credit: Robert Castro)

SXSW 2009: Carpark Records / Paw-Tracks Official SXSW Showcase (3/19)

Carpark Records/Paw-Tracks Official SXSW Showcase

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Volume (612 E. 6th St.) | Austin, TX

Lineup:

Ecstatic Sunshine (8pm)

Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez (8:45pm)

Belong (9:30pm)

Adventure (10:15pm)

Ear Pwr (11pm)

Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele (12am)

Beach House (1am)

[Carpark Records Official Site]

[Carpark Records Myspace]

[Paw-Tracks Official Site]

[Paw-Tracks Myspace]

SXSW 2009 Announces First Batch of Performers

SXSW 2009 is a little less than four months away, with the music portion taking place March 18-22. It was just announced that the upcoming SXSW will include Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele, St. Vincent, Beach House, Anni Rossi, Future of the Left, White Lies, Passion Pit, B.o.B, and Sage Francis. Definitely a preview of great things to come! We promise to keep you updated with all SXSW has to offer.

Check out what a great time we had last year.

[SXSW Official Site]

Beach House - Gila (mp3)
St. Vincent - Marry Me (mp3)
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead (mp3)
White Lies - Unfinished Business (mp3)

Beach House: "Used To Be" Video

Last month, Beach House shot a live video for "Used To Be" on a beach in Sydney. Now, the duo hangs around a dingy motel in the desert for the official video.

(Via Pitchfork TV)

Purchase the "Used To Be" single via iTunes.

[Beach House Myspace]
[Beach House Official Site]

Beach House: "Used To Be" (Live on a Beach)

Shoot The Player is a homage to avant-garde DIY director Vincent Moon. Together, Jonathan and Amelia began making single shot music videos on the streets and in locations around Sydney – that was it; shoot whomever you want, wherever you can. What you see and hear is exactly what happened on the street that day. In addition to the Beach House video, they have also shot Lightspeed Champion, Andrew Bird, and Kaki King, among others.

Here's what Amelia had to say about the Beach House shoot (live on a beach, go figure):

As we’d arranged, we knocked on the door of the apartment where Beach House were staying in the early afternoon of a warm Sydney day, ready to film. Pretty soon it became clear that there had been a miscommunication: turned out Beach House weren’t traveling with acoustic instruments. (Victoria says too often acoustic music sounds like reggae!) After mutual faffing, umm-ing and ahh-ing, Amelia ducked home and picked up a guitar she’d often heard her flatmate gently strumming in her room. (Yes you may recognise this guitar, we had to borrow it when we filmed An Horse too.) We all piled into the car with renewed enthusiasm and headed to the beach.

While she drove, Victoria sat in the backseat thumping two novels together and warming her vocal chords with TLC’s Waterfalls. The heavy paperbacks made a nice deep sound but were abandoned when we got to Tamarama Beach. So the guitar problem was solved but we still needed a drum. Amelia rummaged through the boot of her car; a pair of heels, a tennis racket, an old coat and a pile of books and paper. The boys headed off in search of something else they could use.

Meanwhile Victoria and Amelia poked around and found an empty bottle of alcohol and an abandoned lemon, and Jonathan tried to figure out how to shoot the band without slipping and falling on the wet rocks.

Eventually returning with a sandy bucket, the boys nestled into a small space Victoria had spotted between boulders. With the rumble of the ocean behind them, and surfers in the distance, they began playing a new tune.

Used To Be has become one of our favourite videos, one we could watch over and over again. - Amelia

Beach House: Used to Be from shoottheplayer on Vimeo.

You can purchase the "Used To Be" single via iTunes.

[Shoot The Player Official Site]
[Beach House Myspace]
[Beach House Official Site]

Beach House "Heart of Chambers" Video (Black Cab Sessions)

Beach House recently performed a Black Cab Session of their song "Heart of Chambers". This stripped down version was performed only with an acoustic guitar and hand percussion while the original has an organ and electric guitar. Enjoy...

[Beach House Myspace]
[Black Cab Sessions]

Beach House - Heart of Chambers (mp3)

Beach House "Gila" Video

Enjoy the video for Beach House's "Gila".

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Beach House - You Came To Me (mp3)