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School of Seven Bells also played the Rhapsody Rocks party at The Mohawk during SXSW 2009. (MOKB Staff Photog Dave Evans) Pamplemoose had the chance to talk with Alejandra, Benjamin and Claudia before this show at The Mohawk.   (MOKB Staff Photog Dave Evans)   (MOKB Staff Photog Dave Evans)   (MOKB Staff Photog Dave Evans)   (MOKB Staff Photog Dave Evans)...
For me, School of Seven Bells’ 2008 album, Alpinisms, was one of those slow-burners that sneak up on you. One day your walking around listening to your iPod and boom…Half Asleep (or Iamundernodisguise or Connjur or one of the many other great songs on the album) comes on and wakes you right up. A quick re-listen of the album, along with multiple listens afterwards, firmed up what I...
  School of Seven Bells just released a video for their song "Half Asleep," directed by a one Toby Halbrooks. We don’t know for sure if it’s the same Toby Halbrooks that is apparently the thereminist for The Polyphonic Spree, but judging from the use of color in this video we are just going to go ahead and believe that he is. The clip follows the Deheza sisters on a...
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We’ve already hipped you to this little beauty—the 7-inch on Lefse Records where Active Child and School Of Seven Bells share not only wax, but their own takes on each others’ tracks. SVIIB sear "I’m In Your Church At Night" like a piece of tuna in a hot pan—rough exterior, nice and cool on the inside, but also soft and tender throughout. They just ended...
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School of Seven Bells Reviews

I briefly mentioned the murky, lo-fi noise-pop of Toronto’s Little Girls a couple weeks ago, and the group has since made us aware of a couple of impending releases that you should know about. There’s a 7" coming soon on Captured Tracks (home of Blank Dogs and Dum Dum Girls), with a 12" called Thrills to follow on Mexican Summer (Ariel Pink, Marissa Nadler, etc). "...
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    Photos from a recent FOE gig - a friend of our friends Hold Your Horse Is - she’s gonna be big!!! Read the gig review after the jump.
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    Shots of North Carolina’s folk-rocking Avett Brothers’ stop in Glasgow - 22.08.11 Read the review of the gig here.
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