Photos: Beach House @ 2640 Space with Washed Out

Baltimore's favorite dream pop duo has now become the world's favorite, and Beach House finally came home from their massive 2010 world tour last weekend. They played the 2640 Space with Washed Out Saturday night, and it was an evening that did not disappoint their hometown crowd.


The highlight of the night was the sound, as Monozine brought in a brand new sound system that has never been used before at the church. Folks have often complained of sounds being lost in the deep rafters of the large building, but this system was enormous and it really showed. Victoria's voice bellowed over the crowd in a god-like manner that would only be appropriate in a space as holy as such, and low/high end sounds bounced off the walls with delight and ease.


Beach House's set list was heavy in material from their recent monster of an LP, Teen Dream which dropped via Sub Pop, but some classics were also displayed like "Gila", "Master of None", and "Turtle Island". There was fog, there were spinning glittery emeralds, and the lighting was spot-on as you'll see in Valerie's amazing photos below.

Beach House










Washed Out





Photos by Valerie

Clusterf*ck: Beach House @ 2640 Space, Weekends / Lemonade / Sisters @ The Pet Cemetary

We're going to keep it short and sweet for this week's edition. This weekend, the biggest dream pop duo in in the world right now finally comes home, and plays at the church. Saturday night Beach House play at the 2640 Space with Washed Out, and yes this one is very much sold out. Look out for our photo coverage next week.

Tonight, the Pet Cemetary has a monster of a party with Lemonade, Sisters, Weekends, and more to help celebrate the release of the new issue of Mapped zine. Friends Records will have copies of the new Weekends album, Strange Cultures, on limited-run cassette tapes. Come say hi, and this is your first chance to hear the Rob Girardi-produced Strange Cultures. There will only be about 20 or so copies of this available tomorrow.

Also, definitely don't sleep on the endless amount of awesome the Maryland Film Festival has to offer this weekend. I highly recommend going to check out the world premiere of 0s and 1s on Saturday, whose director I interviewed yesterday. You also certainly couldn't go wrong with a Dan Deacon-endorsed screening of Total Recall, or Bill Callahan presenting Faces.

Tonight: Scout Niblett @ the Golden West and Washed Out / Small Black @ Floristree

FEEL IT ALL AROUND from Northern Lights on Vimeo.

There are two fantastic shows tonight in Baltimore, both at the Golden West and down at Floristree. Each should provide sounds and vibes to suit any mood.

At Floristree, catch Washed Out with Small Black, Pictureplane, and Moss of Aura. Washed Out and Small Black are on their way to SXSW for some hotly anticipated performances, spreading haze-wave vibes to ears abound. Washed Out has a tour CDR that you can grab tonight, but check out track seven off of it here. Next time you'll be able to catch Washed Out in Baltimore is May 8 at the 2640 Space with Beach House.

Read on for all the details on tonight's stacked Golden West lineup.



I've been pretty stoked for Scout Niblett to come to town, and of course I'd recommend a bill that's got two of the bands from our G Spot show back in January playing it. Arbouretum's closing set that night was killer, and tonight's show will provide a first look at a newly shuffled lineup for the doom folk crew. The lineup is now Dave and Corey with Buck Carey and Matthew Pierce.



Another reason why I'm blatantly partial to tonight's Golden West bill - Sri Aurobindo are opening. Friends Records (debuting soon) is releasing their debut LP, Cave Paintings in a couple months. This is being sent off to get pressed this week, and you'll soon be able to hear some tracks via the interwebs. For now you can settle for a live recording of "Soul Vibrations of Man" below, but better yet get to this show around 10 tonight.



Scout Niblett has released six full lengths since 2001, the most recent, The Calcination of Scout Niblett, just dropping on Drag City. Expect minimalist guitar music with a lot of soul, coming from a women that has indulged in her fair share of Mudhoney and Nirvana. Grunge-folk? Yes please. Up top is a video for a song she did with Bonnie Prince Billy.

Just Announced: Beach House at 2640 Space

Freshly signed up to Sub Pop, and on the heels of releasing their third album Teen Dream, Beach House have just announced their first Baltimore show since last summer outside the Metro Gallery. The duo will be starting a hefty European tour at the end of the month, but will be playing a hometown show at the 2640 Space in May.

Get all the details on this big Spring show after the click.
















BEACH HOUSE
with special guest
WASHED OUT

Saturday May 8th
at 2640 Space
2640 St Paul St
Baltimore, Md 21218
8pm Doors ALL AGES

Tickets onsale Friday January 15th
at MISSIONTIX.COM & RED EMMA'S CAFE
For more info visit monozine.com