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Listen: Sleigh Bells - “Comeback Kid”

New Track off Reign of Terror

Jan 16, 2012

Sleigh Bells have unveiled the first proper single to their upcoming new album Reign of Terror. More

Noise Pop Announces 2012 Lineup

Includes Special Performance by The Flaming Lips

Jan 16, 2012

Celebrating its 20th anniverssary, this year's Noise Pop festival has announced its expanded line-up, including the likes of Sleigh Bells, Mac McCaughan from Superchunk, Matthew Dear, Bob Mould, The Dodos, and Cursive. More

Sleigh Bells Announce Tour Dates

Playing Select Gigs in February

Jan 11, 2012

Sleigh Bells have announced that after taking part in a number of peformances circulating the band's home state of Florida, the noise-pop duo will continue on the road with a select number of appearances throughout the rest of the U.S. (with one stop in Canada). More

Jan 04, 2012

Those looking forward to purchasing Sleigh Bells' new record Reign of Terror for his or her sweetheart this coming Valentine's Day will unfortunately have to wait another week. More

Listen: “Born to Lose” – Sleigh Bells

Reign of Terror Out February 14

Dec 15, 2011

Sleigh Bells just dropped “Born to Lose” a cut off their forthcoming sophomore album Reign of Terror (out February 14). We have the track.  More

Dec 07, 2011

Just days after announcing that their upcoming second album would be called Reign of TerrorSleigh Bells have now felt it appropriate to fill fans in on a little more information on the record. More

Dec 02, 2011

Noise-blasting pop duo Sleigh Bells have announced the follow-up to their breakthrough 2010 debut Treats. More

Jan 27, 2011

A blow to the head, a bloody telephone, and some seriously styling senior portraits—these are all just elements of the new Sleigh Bells’ video.  More

Sleigh Bells Hit The Road, Drop New Video

Dates Kick Off This April

Jan 24, 2011

Agro-poppers Sleigh Bells are planning an assault on 2011 in both video and tour form. We have the info.  More

Sep 20, 2010

Noise-poppers Sleigh Bells are no strangers to badass posturing. So it should come to no surprise that new video for Treats cut “Infinity Guitars” involves, baseball bats, fire, and cheerleaders. We have the clip.  More

Virgin Mobile Fest Announces Line-up

Free Festival September 25th

Jul 20, 2010

Indie shmindie. Sometimes it’s hard to argue with cooperate sponsorship. Today, Virgin Mobile announced its free festival (September 25th at Merriweather Post Pavilion) and it is a dozy. The daylong genre-hopping festival will play host to buzz bands such as Sleigh Bells and Neon Indian, scene stalwarts LCD Soundsystem and M.I.A. and legends such as Pavement and Joan Jett. We have the full lineup.  More

Sleigh Bells Ring In New Album With World Tour

Dates Begin Tomorrow in Croatia

Jun 10, 2010

Sleigh Bells are hitting the road for their first ever world tour in support of debut album, Treats. We have the dates.  More

Apr 17, 2010

Mar 15, 2010

Beat-heavy Brooklyn band Sleigh Bells is getting some help from the mistress of beats, M.I.A.  In partnership with Mom+Pop music, M.I.A.'s imprint NEET will be releasing the duo's debut album, Treats on May 11th. They are also planning an extensive tour. We have the dates. More



Reviews

Treats

Treats

Mom + Pop/NEET

Jun 03, 2010

Despite a name that evokes thoughts of Christmas kitsch and a stage persona that leaves many cold, Sleigh Bells are here to stay. With the blown-out speaker quality of last year's widely-circulated, under-produced demos ("Ring Ring," "Crown on the Ground," "Beach Girls," "Infinity Guitars") tamed to a more palatable squeal, multi-instrumentalist Derek Miller and vocalist Alexis Krauss have created a delicious summer album, shimmying through the worlds of pop, electro, and hip-hop like a pair of sugar-buzzed kids in a candy store. More

Coachella 2010 Day One Report - Yeasayer, Grizzly Bear, Fever Ray, LCD Soundsystem, and more

Apr 17, 2010

Coachella 2010 began under the cloud of an erupting volcano. Several of the European artists playing this year had to cancel their Coachella appearances due to the Icelandic volcano eruption grounding all flights from the U.K. and other parts of Europe. So day one of Coachella was greeted with the news that we wouldn't be seeing Frightened Rabbit, Delphic, The Cribs (with Johnny Marr), or Gary Numan after all. And only a few days earlier Mew had already cancelled due to illness. So this year's festival was already starting with some losses, Mew and Delphic probably being the most unfortunate ones. But while there were few artists playing Coachella 2010 who I both hadn't seen before and was dying to see (Pavement being one of them), the lineup was still rigged with enough great artists so that I had little time to eat and take breaks between bands. Here's what I saw during day one. More