News
Jan 19, 2011
By Laura Studarus
The new video for Nightlands (a.k.a. David Hartley) Forget the Mantra cut, “All the Way” is not unlike a lava lamp accompaniment for the dreamy cut. More
Dec 13, 2010
By Laura Studarus
For Under the Radar’s 8th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2010. Pick up a copy of Under the Radar’s Year End issue for interviews with: The Antlers, Bon Iver, Caribou, Club 8, Delphic, Rose Elinor Dougall, Gayngs, Hot Chip, Lost in the Trees, Love is All, The Love Language, Mogwai, of Montreal, Okkervil River, Yoko Ono, Owen Pallett, Plants and Animals, Mark Ronson, Superchunk, Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, Sharon Van Etten, and Vivian Girls. Today we posted web exclusive surveys with Jamie Stewart (Blue Water, White Death/Xiu Xiu), The Mary Onettes, and Dave Hartley (Nightlands/The War on Drugs). More
Dec 07, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Dreamy bedroom-project Nightlands—helmed by Dave Hartley—released their first video today for Forget the Mantra track, “Suzerain (A Letter to the Judge).” We have the clip. More
Forget the Mantra Due November 9th
Sep 22, 2010
By Laura Studarus
One-man band Nightlands (David Hartley to his friends) has inked a deal with Secretly Canadian. His debut full-length of pop-driven sound-collages, Forget the Mantra, is due out November 9th. More
Interviews
Dec 13, 2010
By Under the Radar Staff
For Under the Radar’s 8th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2010. Pick up a copy of Under the Radar’s Year End issue for interviews with: The Antlers, Bon Iver, Caribou,Club 8, Delphic, Rose Elinor Dougall, Gayngs, Hot Chip, Lost in the Trees, Love is All, The Love Language, Mogwai, of Montreal, Okkervil River, Yoko Ono, Owen Pallett, Plants and Animals, Mark Ronson, Superchunk, Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, Sharon Van Etten, and Vivian Girls. Here’s a survey from David Hartley of Nightlands & The War on Drugs. More
Reviews
Forget the Mantra
Secretly Canadian
Dec 03, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Nightlands’ debut full-length, Forget the Mantra, is a dizzying sound quilt, stitched together from pieces of found sounds, aging cassettes, Gregorian chants, multi-layered chouses, Afro-rhythm sections, handclaps, and (most certainly) a few things that go bump in the night. More
