Previous Next Latest

Howling Bells Cause Us to Crush Out Once More

10/24/06, 6:11 pm EST

We’ve already discussed the fact that we have a thing for Australian country goths Howling Bells. Their most well-known song (from their self-titled debut record out in the U.S. …sometime that is not now) is the sassy-yet-sorrowful elegy to bad men “Low Happening,” which has already made an impression on the band’s cadre of British fans. But the video for Howling Bell’s next single “Setting Sun” showcases the group’s more sentimental (but still dark) side. The Bells perform on a simple stage while flocks of blank-but-happy looking Indian belly dancers sway to the lilting, cavernous guitars. Not since Mazzy Star (to whom Howling Bells seem fated to be compared for all eternity) have we heard a voice that more perfectly personifies hipster romance and melancholy. Plus, via this video we learn that Howling Bells frontwoman Juanita Stein likes headbands and red guitars. We too enjoy headbands and shiny red guitars; true bonds are forming here.


Previous Next Latest

Comments

Jackson Sykes | 6/22/2007, 10:02 am EST

it’s good (and rare) to see Rolling Stone cover a band from this genre…they usually stick to the emo-screamo-indie-pop crap we already know too much about…so kudos to them for acknowledging the genre..

other great bands stateside in the gothic-americana family to check out:
Strawfoot
Slimm Cessna
Curtis Eller
William Elliott Whitmore

hpbsx | 12/2/2007, 4:25 pm EST

no.html “>Casino download free games

Post A Comment

Caution: Off-topic comments will be deleted

Name:

Comments:



Advertisement

Advertisement