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The Books Disband, Plan Last Releases
New York experimental duo The Book is officially disbanding. read more
Found in: Music, NewsPortishead Picks Grinderman, Beach House, Swans for I'll Be Your Mirror Fest
There is another Velvets-themed festival in town. The new two-day London-based I’ll Be Your Mirror’s lineup already includes Company Flow, Grinderman, Beach House and The Books, as curated by Portishead.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Books Kick Off Fall Tour Tonight
New Hampshire is where The Books will begin the roadtrip in support of their latest album, The Way Out, and they’ll morph into a three-piece live, as multi-instrumentalist Gene Beck joins them on the trip.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Books: Found Sound Abounds
"This is some of the best hold music I’ve ever heard..." read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesThe Books: The Way Out
Beautiful bits and bytes The Books’ past albums featured field recordings set to sparse acoustic ramblings (2002’s debut, Thought for Food) and sprinkled amongst the band’s own nonsensical wordings (2005’s Lost and Safe). On The Way Out, their fourth and most dazzling work to date, the duo strikes an ideal balance between found-sound collage and original vocalizations. Singer Nick Zammuto occasionally chimes in to pay tribute to the mathematical relationship between musical notes (“Beautiful People”) and mourn nature’s cyclical tendencies (“We Bought the Flood”). But with its greater use of soundbytes, The Way Out also dances and sighs to the... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsWatch a New Video For The Books' "A Cold Freezin' Night"
As if the two early-released, downloadable-for-free singles from The Books’ upcoming The Way Out weren’t enough to get excited about, the band has also created a dizzying, jumbled video for “A Cold Freezin’ Night.”... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSeventeen Music and Movie Website Superlatives
Last week, we shared our favorite music of 2010 (so far). Today, we decided to throw the Internet into the mix. Below, we award superlatives to a smattering of music and movie artist websites.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe Books to Release New Album in July
Known for their abundantly visual live shows and one-of-a-kind sound... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCatching Up With... The Books
Pairing minimalist musical composition with found-sound samples, The Books are masters at manipulating emotions... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesIron & Wine, RJD2, Low, Wavves, Many More Head to Champaign, Ill. for Pygmalion Music Festival
The West Coast has Coachella. In the East, there's All Points West. In the South there's Bonnaroo, and the Northwest has Sasquatch. But in the world of big-time festivals, the heartland of central Illinois rarely gets love. That is, except when Pygmalion rolls around.... read more
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