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Stars of the Lid
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Stars of the Lid is a band specializing in drone-based ambient music. They list among their influences minimalist and electronic composers such as Arvo Pärt , Zbigniew Preisner, Gavin Bryars, and Henryk Górecki, as well as Talk Talk, post-rock artists Labradford, and ambient innovator Brian Eno. Their music largely consists of beatless soundscapes, composed of droning, effects-treated guitars along with piano, strings, and horns; volume swells and feedback fill the gap of rhythmic instruments, providing dynamic movement within the songs.
Formed in Austin, Texas, the band has two members — Brian McBride and Adam Wiltzie. Both have released solo material, the former under his own name and the latter under the The Dead Texan alias. Their 2001 album, a double-LP named “The Tired Sounds of…”, was released to generally positive reviews. The follow up, another double-disc album, was released on Chicago’s venerable Kranky Records - the label’s milestone 100th release, catalogue number-wise— on April 2, just a few days before Easter. It’s called Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline.
Formed in Austin, Texas, the band has two members — Brian McBride and Adam Wiltzie. Both have released solo material, the former under his own name and the latter under the The Dead Texan alias. Their 2001 album, a double-LP named “The Tired Sounds of…”, was released to generally positive reviews. The follow up, another double-disc album, was released on Chicago’s venerable Kranky Records - the label’s milestone 100th release, catalogue number-wise— on April 2, just a few days before Easter. It’s called Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline.
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Dungtitled (In A Major)
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Apreludes (in C sharp major)
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Articulate Silences Part 1
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The Evil That Never Arrived
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Don't Bother They're Here
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Articulate Silences Part 2
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Dopamine Clouds Over Craven Cottage
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Another Ballad For Heavy Lids
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December Hunting For Vegetarian Fuckface
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Hiberner Toujours
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Even (Out) +
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Humectez La Mouture
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Tippy's Demise
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riigo wrote:
truly majestic music. piano aquieu <333333333333333333
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HRebelIYellM wrote:
To quote Keith Fullerton Whitman from a review of an album on Mimaroglu, "It kind of sounds like the best thing in the world right now." I am having this feeling with "Tired Sounds..." and "...And Their Refinement..."
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stormchasar wrote:
Either that or you have ADD
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catachresistant wrote:
You must have some highly emotional study sessions.
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wphockey wrote:
i can only listen to them while i'm doing hw... nothing against them though
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Jakub_Szwedo wrote:
Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love.
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plonka3000 wrote:
damn, sucks that its 2010
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stormchasar wrote:
EEEH I wonder what the movie is going to be like
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Perhaps_Toast wrote:
I cannot wait for teaser 2, not to mention the movie!
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corganzero wrote:
http://vimeo.com/1847116
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powelldinho wrote:
wack basslines
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kschro wrote:
JPRIP is absolutely gorgeous.
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tommy_hc wrote:
Same here "goodmorningcptn".
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mythofsisyphus wrote:
Fucked Up (3:57 AM) is the perfect song for just that exact thing.
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kindermusik wrote:
Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love.
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goodmorningcptn wrote:
JPRIP blows me away
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Jakub_Szwedo wrote:
Lol, 2 000 000 listenings? Damn, i didn't expected that SotL are so popular!
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geshe451 wrote:
a few favorite escape from noise.....
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amayameinir wrote:
i like this!
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stormchasar wrote:
Aved Laudenum is nice
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Stars of the Lid
The Space, Hamden, CT, United States
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21
Wordless Music Presents: Stars of the Lid & Hammock (6 p.m. show)
(le) poisson rouge, New York, United States
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Nov
21
Brainwaves
Regent Theatre, Boston, United States
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- Yoknapatawpha1, Tabucky and goike added Stars of the Lid to their libraries. 3 hours ago
- JKBBasketballer tagged Stars of the Lid with ‘favourite artists’. yesterday morning
- thomaskirkhead, eusebios, davidcollins81 and 2 other people added Stars of the Lid to their libraries. yesterday morning
- porkchopsltd tagged Stars of the Lid with ‘drone’. Tuesday afternoon
- The_Forgotton tagged Stars of the Lid with ‘experimental’, ‘ambient’, ‘electronic’ and ‘minimalism’. Monday evening
- lizkas, ChrisHill1971 and pi_zero_two added Stars of the Lid to their libraries. Monday morning
- BrianSoph tagged Stars of the Lid with ‘ambient’. Monday morning
- Open-Air added Stars of the Lid to Open-Air’s library. Monday morning
- FabricOfSelf tagged Stars of the Lid with ‘hipster drone for hipsters’. Sunday evening
- trench2 added Stars of the Lid to trench2’s library. Sunday afternoon
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