Pilgrims of Sound

nyc // more videos!

katepilgrim — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:44:17 +0000

I don’t think I could ever act natural in a music video. These guys, though…

1. The video for DIIV‘s “How Long Have You Known” was unleashed upon the internet masses earlier today…

2. Exit Music‘s “The Night” premiered on Pitchfork the other day. I’ll never forget the first time I heard this song, almost two years ago, so that’s cool…

boston // GAME OFF

katepilgrim — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:29:12 +0000

Last night, 11:30, I was standing in the grocery store checkout line, lettuce and kitty litter in hand, when I got a text message from my good friend Laura… “Wait YCBAW is breaking up??”. Well, I dropped the litter.

Care of some sleuthing (thanks Allston Pudding!), it seems that our not-related-to-Harry-Potter darlings are on the verge of a hiatus, a line-up change, and who knows what else. I’m not entirely sure what all this means for the future of the band, but I’d veer on the side of Getting-Your-Arse-To-Great-Scott…

You Can Be A Wesley
Magic Magic
Beast Make Bomb
Night Fruit

Great Scott $8 9 PM

Click through for the video that makes me Boston nostalgic..

MTV2

katepilgrim — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:00:22 +0000

I would like you to enjoy some videos by Boston favorites that have popped up in the past week or so. I don’t know which one I like more, and I like that I don’t have to choose.

First, embrace Pretty & Nice in a very colorful attic, playing a song you might be familiar with…

Next, Earthquake Party! in a white room, with a song you should definitely get to know…

And please, allow me to leave you with some advice… if you are not driving cross country or working the night shift, do not drink a large red eye at 10 PM. In the words of Ted Mosby’s mother, “Nothing good happens after 2 am” (I don’t think she meant tofu binges but that’s what’s happening here in NYC).

nyc // the hairs

katepilgrim — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:02:59 +0000

Record Store Day was a beautiful day, the sun was out and the weather was cardigan-optional. So, of course, I made my friends go into a basement to watch the Hairs.

Guess what? Tonight’s CLOUDY.

Dinosaur Feathers
I’m turning into
Shark?
the Hairs

8 PM $8 at Shea wooooo

boston // gay gahdens

katepilgrim — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:48:27 +0000

For a while there, my esteemed coworker and I would listen to True Waste by Shark? twice in a row every Friday Happy Hour. It was simply what was done. We were happy, the drinkers were happy, and the door guy who comes in to get two rooibus teas, a triple shot mocha and carrot cake… well, he’s always happy.

So you can understand why I nearly hit the ceiling when I saw that Shark? would be playing at one of Allston’s esteemed basements (this led me to spew forth every house name from my time in Allston and get really really REALLY nostalgic, sorry Erin). TONIGHT. WITH PALS.

Earthquake Party!
Life Size Maps
Speedy Ortiz
Chandeliers

I happily look forward to a bunch of Shark? chatter coming from Boston tomorrow.

Gay Gardens. 8 PM or something? Annnd you know the deal – if you don’t know the address, ask. Don’t be stupid. No fuzz.

nyc // amoroso!!

katepilgrim — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:52:49 +0000

I can be sickeningly nostalgic. My memory for faces and places and distinct moments veers on the absurd (never ask me to remember a name, however, because that just isn’t happening).

Exhibit A: The first time, as a Boston resident, that I went to a show alone at Great Scott. I’m not sure how I ended up there, as it was all local bands that I hadn’t become familiar with yet (This Car Up, Amoroso, Paper Thin Stages), but there I was, PBR in hand, posted up by that column that is every solo show-goer’s saving grace.

And you know what I remember? I remember the Ebow-like thing being used by Paper Thin Stages. I remember “Life In A Small House” by This Car Up (okay, maybe I am alright with names). There was that boy who asked me out because he couldn’t understand why a girl would be at a show alone. And there was that moment when Amoroso totally destroyed my mind. Before moving to Boston I was going through a pretty severe NME-influenced phase. This was different.

This is just a glimpse of the hyper-speed journey down memory lane my brain subjected me to Monday, when I saw that the very same Amoroso would be playing at Cake Shop Thursday night (that’s tonight!).

Can you handle it?

With:
Via Audio
King Stork
Whale Belly
Amoroso

8 PM $8

nyc // hunxy

katepilgrim — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:45:31 +0000

I’m hoping you are familiar with the fabulous Hunx and His Punx? I feel like every time Hunx and his band of polyester ladies come in to town, they run rampant for a few days then leave everyone reeling in their wake.

Well, they’re baaack. After playing Wednesday night with Heavy Cream, they’re hopping the river for a show with Natural Child at Glasslands Gallery.

And with some new tunes, to boot. Hunx minus Punx, that is…

Glasslands Gallery, tonight, $12 at doors I believe

boston // tt’s tonight!

katepilgrim — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:22:29 +0000

Sometimes I feel like Pilgrims is a “Look What Sippy Cup Has Done Now” stalker-feed. But that’s only cos he’s doing GOOD THINGS that make me jealous and often tempt me to jump in my car. See Exhibit H:

Links and things….

Faces on Film
Marconi
The Needy Visions
Babydriver

TT the Bear’s Place, 18+ $8

I’m doing a horrible job with this post because it’s so nice out. SXSW recap soon, if the sun ever goes away.

nyc // earthquake party

katepilgrim — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:43:25 +0000

I’m trying very hard to avoid a nervous breakdown (laundry, vacuum car, WHERE IS MY AAA CARD?, cat litter, dishes, do I really need five cardigans in Texas?) so I’m just going to copy and paste (because also Sippy Cup Everything is the man)…

Lost Boy ? have been at it for a few years in a seemingly constant stream of lo-fi recordings and hi-fi songwriting. They’ve bundled up these compositions over time for several quickfire releases, most of which are available on bandcamp; standout USA USA wound up in cassette form courtesy of Old Flame Records.
“USA” MP3

Earthquake Party! are capping off their first tour from-Boston-to-Chicago-and-back with a quick weekend to Philly and NYC. Their debut batch of songs, oddly and perfectly titled vs. Pizza, appropriately captures the trio’s noisy pop sound and immediacy. Catch them with their tour tightness intact.
“Pretty Little Hand” MP3

Bambara blew everyone’s mind at Gay Gardens on 1/7 thanks to their ferocious sound (bonus points for psychy strobes and lights throughout). The NYC-via-Athens trio understand heavy, as evidenced on their Dog Ear Days debut. But these are tunes meant to be felt live; should be a treat to see them on their home turf.
“Stay Gray” MP3

Trabajo have laid out an interesting bit of framework with the five songs they’ve posted on their bandcamp. ”Slow Pageant” is full of heavy rhythms, while “Drunk Horse in Chinatown” is much softer and foreboding. All can be classified as ‘dark’, and likely to intrigue fans of Onedia, Neptune, or Shellac.
“Two Horns” MP3

boston // middlesex

katepilgrim — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:34:48 +0000

…FREE (RAD) SHOW ALERT…

Fedavees are celebrating the release of the Solar Flower 7′!

Colleen Green is gearing up for Tejas!

You like free fun things, right?