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Beach House
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The Year in Lists
2010. Five Records at a Time.
We ask pretty much every single person involved in Portland’s music scene for their top five albums of 2010, here is what they said.
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Waterfront Property
Beach House Makes a Home with Teen Dream
Beach House makes a home with Teen Dream
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Cold Shiver
Beach House, Meet Your New Friend, Reverb
Don’t tell Beach House anything about sophomore slumps: They are not having it. The Baltimore duo, comprised of vocalist/keyboardist Victoria Legrand and guitarist/everything-else-man Alex Scally, recently released their second full-length album, entitled Devotion. The general consensus among most major music outlets is twofold: that the recording easily eclipses their spectacular self-titled debut, and that the […]
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Radio Waves
Beach House’s Dreamy Pop
In pop music, it’s seldom that the age-old adage “less is more” actually earns its keep. But Baltimore’s Beach House practically revel in restraint. The band’s name might have you thinking its music is stuffed with Beach Boys-style multi-part harmonies or spiked with staccato surf guitar. In fact, the album’s nine sullen sketches undeniably conjure […]