News featuring Alexis Krauss
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’12 Dec 10 Mon
Monday 10th December
“Watch St. Vincent And Alexis Krauss Sing “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” With Cyndi Lauper”
These days, every famous person is friends with every other famous person, and we get stark and mostly-inexplicable reminders of that every day. So here’s today’s: On Saturday night, at a benefit show in New York, St. Vincent’s Annie Clark and Sleigh Bells’ Alexis Krauss joined Cyndi Lauper onstage to sing “Girls Just Wanna Have [...]
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“What's going on Saturday (Hanukkah night 1)”
Yo La Tengo @ Celebrate Brooklyn, August 2012 (more by Jessica Amaya)
Big Boi @ Austin Fader party on 8/7/2012 (more by Tim Griffin)
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’12 Dec 9 Sun
Sunday 9th December
“Watch St. Vincent and Sleigh Bells’ Alexis Krauss sing “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” with Cyndi Lauper and Rosie O’Donnell”
No, really, this happened.
Read the complete article at consequenceofsound.net
“Watch: St. Vincent and Sleigh Bells' Alexis Krauss Sing "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" With Cyndi Lauper and Rosie O'Donnell”
Last year, Cyndi Lauper performed her iconic song "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" with Arcade Fire in New Orleans. And last night, during a benefit concert for her True Colors Fund to help homeless LGBT youth, she performed the song with Sleigh Bells' Alexis Krauss and St. Vincent's Annie Clark. On drums? Rosie O'Donnell. Watch the performance below.
Read the complete article at pitchfork.com
’12 Aug 27 Mon
Monday 27th August
“Video: Sleigh Bells: "End of the Line"”
Sleigh Bells' "End of the Line" from Reign of Terror has an appropriately melancholy music video, directed by the band's Derek Miller along with Gregory Kohn. In it, moody footage of Alexis Krauss is juxtaposed with clips of she and Miller riding bikes.
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’12 Jun 2 Sat
Saturday 2nd June
“Primavera Friday: Jeff Mangum, Sleigh Bells”
Photos by Erez Avissar; above: Sleigh Bells. More photos from Friday at Primavera can be seen here.
Today we continue our reports from San Miguel Primavera Sound Festival 2012, going down through the weekend in Barcelona. Check out all of our Primavera 2012 coverage here, and follow our staffers Mark Richardson, Jenn Pelly, and Laura Snapes on Twitter. Stay tuned for much more in the coming days.
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’12 Apr 11 Wed
Wednesday 11th April
“Alexis Krauss Speaks Up About Sleigh Bells' Longevity and Their Third Album”
Although their sophomore album, Reign of Terror, is still out-of-the-oven fresh, Brooklyn noise pop duo Sleigh Bells hardly feel like they've done their bit. They're in it, singer Alexis Krauss maintains, for the long haul. Though she describes the feeling of releasing Reign of Terror as "incredible," "cathartic" and "rewarding," she's already eager for what's next, the singer explains to Exclaim! "[Reign of Terror] made me feel like we had so much more to do," she says. "I definitely didn't hear it and think, 'Okay, I'm satisfied.' I heard it and I thought,...Read More
Read the complete article at exclaim.ca
’12 Apr 9 Mon
Monday 9th April
“Sleigh Bells Cancel Vancouver Show Due to Illness”
We've got some bad news for concertgoers hoping to have their face melted with pop-metal guitar riffs and bombastic electro beats: Sleigh Bells have cancelled a pair shows, including one tonight (April 9) in Vancouver, due to singer Alexis Krauss's laryngitis. The frontwoman explained the cancellation by posting this message on Facebook: Dear Vancouver, Apologies for the confusion and the re-posting. Due to my laryngitis we will be canceling our show tomorrow night at the Commodore. I will be on vocal rest for the next four days which means I can not speak, nevermind sing....Read More
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’12 Feb 25 Sat
Saturday 25th February
“Signed by MIA, requested by Beyoncé ...”
Signed by MIA, requested by Beyoncé, and better at live telly than Lana Del Rey, the hipster duo mix heavy metal shredding with R&B vocals on new album Reign Of Terror
Derek Miller is trying to explain his urge to make music, to the hilarity of Sleigh Bells bandmate Alexis Krauss. "It's like taking a piss," he insists, as Alexis giggles. He perseveres: "I can hold it but, eventually, it's going to happen. It might not be pretty but it's always ... warm and relieving."
Read the complete article at www.guardian.co.uk
’12 Feb 24 Fri
Friday 24th February
“Wanna See Alexis Krauss’ Yearbook Photos?”
Sleigh Bells’ Alexis Krauss, who hails from Manasquan, NJ, used to perform in a teen pop group called RubyBlue, so I feel like getting “Best Vocalist” at her high school was kind of a gimme (though I do wonder what thrash pop group Chris Pinnella is in now). Hipster Runoff unleashed some high school photos [...]
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