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We need more BRAIDS. Native Speaker was great, but there just needs to be a little more. Good thing the band will be joining Purity Ring to release a limited edition split 7″ via Fat Possum on October 10th. This limited edition can only be acquired through one of both bands on their North American [...]
SXSW 2011, Wednesday
by Brianne Turner
Photography by Nick Chaivarlis
Staying true to the etymology of “shoegaze,” dream-pop shoegazers, BRAIDS, saved the stage thrashing for the rock bands and maintained a primarily fixed position throughout their set at the Red 7 on Wednesday. The Canadian four-piece made up for their lack of movement by giving the crowd fantastic-sounding [...]
It felt like just a few months ago, if anyone uttered the word BRAIDS, it had something to do with little girls and pigtails. The band BRAIDS (not the pigtails) have recently changed all of that and made a pretty impressive imprint in the indie scene.
With SXSW approaching, the number of shows a band [...]
Proving to be one of the year’s most anticipated indie acts, BRAIDS have already made a name for themselves on the Billboard charts with their debut album Native Speaker. The hype quickly formed around their first single, “Lemonade,” and it hasn’t really slowed down since.
As mysterious as the lyrics throughout Native Speaker are, Blair [...]
BRAIDS will be releasing Native Speaker January 18th, 2011. In the meantime though, the band officially released the track, “Lemonade.” (The one you probably played out on the MySpace Music Player.) Now you can take that little gem with you wherever you go! The track. Not MySpace.
Preview: “Lemonade”
First Impression: Appropriate indie-pop without an obvious and [...]
Instead of moving to separate parts of the country, getting drunk and losing contact with one another, these four friends created their own university after high school in the form of the band BRAIDS.
As an emerging indie band, BRAIDS have a lot of competition in front of them but are already ahead of the game, [...]