Blouse - Album Review
Unlike many of their contemporaries, this Unknown Mortal Orchestra-associated Portland dream-pop trio aren't out to deconstruct 1980s pop so much as dutifully replicate its essence.
View ArticleSXSW: Blouse - News
Portland's Blouse make dreamy dream-pop that was originally dreamed up by bands in the 80s. On record, there's a self-consciousness to their dream parade, like a dream about one of the third-level...
View ArticleWatch: "60 Seconds Left" With Blouse - News
Pitchfork.tv on YouTube today presents a new episode of "60 Seconds Left", which offers artists the opportunity to express themselves creatively in one minute's time. Today's segment sees the members...
View ArticleImperium - Album Review
On their second full-length, the Portland duo of multi-instrumentalist/producer Jacob Portrait (also of Unknown Mortal Orchestra) and vocalist Charlie Hilton make a conscious push to distance...
View ArticleCharlie Hilton Teams With Mac DeMarco on "100 Million" - News
Photo via Captured TracksBlouse's Charlie Hilton will release her debut solo album Palana on January 22 via Captured Tracks. It includes "100 Million", which features vocals and music by Mac DeMarco....
View Article"Time Travel" - Track
Back in May, we posted "Shadow", a breathy new wave-sounding track from Portland act Blouse. Here's "Time Travel", a darker cut off their forthcoming self-titled debut album, which is out November 1...
View Article"Pale Spectre" (The Wake cover) - Track
For last year's Record Store Day, Captured Tracks released Gruesome Flowers: A Tribute to the Wake, a tribute 7" featuring covers of 1980s Scottish post-punk outfit the Wake by Beach Fossils and Wild...
View Article"No Shelter" - Track
Portland trio Blouse's self-titled debut from 2011 was overloaded with warped synth textures that complimented their solid indie-pop songcraft-- so it's surprising to hear the band play it relative...
View Article"Shadow" - News
On May 31, Sub Pop is set to release a new 7" from Portland trio Blouse, and this release includes the sugary new wave cut "Shadow".
View ArticlePhotos: DIIV, Mac DeMarco, Wild Nothing, Beach Fossils, More at Captured...
Photos by Tonje ThilesenBrooklyn label Captured Tracks celebrated its fifth birthday this year. They marked the occasion with a two-day festival over the weekend at East Williamsburg bar the Well. The...
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