Pete Freedman
School of Seven Bells' Benjamin Curtis at Buffalo Billiards.The first night of SXSW saw four pretty major draws around town--Echo and the Bunnymen at Emo's; The Decembrists at Stubbs; St. Vincent, Department of Eagles and M. Ward at the Central Presbyterian Church; Peter Bjorn & John and Glasvegas at Vice--and a whole bunch of other worthwhile draws...
School of Seven Bells If there's one--and, I think, justifiable--problem that I have with local NPR affiliate 90.1 KERA-FM, it's that there isn't enough music on the station's regular programming schedule (Paul Slavens aside). As stands, only two of the station's weekly 168 programmed hours are regularly about music (big ups to Terry Gross and Fresh Air for doing what they can, I guess), which is better than none, but still less than appropriate. Honestly, I could rant on this all day.But rather
Since we've already directed your attentions to one new music video from an act with area ties, really, what's another at the start of the work week? (Welcome back, by the way.)This one comes from former UFOFUer and Secret Machine member Benjamin Curtis' new Brooklyn-based project, School of Seven Bells, an act that, in case you haven't been paying attention, we're really high on here at DC9. The video, which was debuted throughout the blogosphere over the weekend, supports the third single, "My
