Pop yet unequivocally experimental, Bear in Heaven is a Brooklyn outfit founded by frontman Jon Philpot. The band is synth-driven three piece that Pitchfork laments as impossibly hard to classify: “something familiar, wholly of the moment, and yet impossible to pin down – you knew some combination of ‘indie,’ ‘rock,’ ‘synth,’ ‘dance,’ and ‘electro’ should [...]
Archive | May, 2012
The Magnificent Snails: Their Final Song was a Funky One
Last week, a young Austin band died, then like Saint Lazarus, rose from the dead. And though we wish the band had selected guitarist Charlie Magnone’s submission–The Vintage Years–as their new moniker, we genuinely enjoyed their set and wish the former Magnificent Snails, now The Gorgeous Hands, the very best. We especially liked their wide [...]
OTHER LOVERS: New Folk Rock Duo from Austin, TX (Video)
Megan Fowler and Brandon Boyd (not of Incubus) appear to be relatively new to the scene, at least in this incarnation—the band formed less than a year ago. Vesper very much enjoyed their straightforward orchestration and the surprising depth of Megan’s voice (which we thought reminiscent of Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir). You can listen to more [...]
INDIE: A New Web Series for the Austin Music Scene
Six weeks ago, we decided to approach the Austin music scene very differently from what we initially had envisioned. We had one basic impulse: get closer to our community’s musicians. If Vesper Magazine is a baby publication—and it is: we’re only a few months old—then it’s in a stage of development in which it has [...]
INDIE: Jason Ludwig (Episode 1)
For our first installment of INDIE we introduce local transplant Jason Ludwig, a singer/songwriter with a vocal range as luscious and full as his beard. Ladies, vice grip your man—because even the most uptight heterosexuals will be wooed by Jason’s vocal prowess. Hailing from Cincinnati, Jason gained local celebrity with rock group Noctaluca before trading [...]
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