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There are 2 bands with the name Cults:
1. Cults is an indie pop duo based in New York City, consisting of Madeline Follin (vocals) and Brian Oblivion (guitar and vocals). The film-students-turned-musicians from San Diego create a nostalgic buzz with their 1960s-sounding tunes about love and loneliness.
At the age of twelve, Madeline Follin was offered a record deal with Recess Records after hanging out in the studio with her stepfather, Paul Kostabi’s band Youth Gone Mad. However, her parents declined. Oblivion and Follin originally formed The Cults as an outlet for their music experiment and a fortnight after posting their electro-pop breakout tune, “Go Outside”, to their bandcamp.com site, the song landed on Pitchfork, and the duo received emails from interested record labels.
The band signed to ITNO/Columbia and Forest Family Records in 2010 and have been parlaying a momentum from successful appearances at South by Southwest and FYF Festivals 2010, in support of their self-titled debut album released in May 2011.
The duo are best known for their debut single “Go Outside”, which was named Best New Music by Pitchfork. According to Pitchfork, ” ‘Go Outside’ has the innocent and balmy feel that brings to mind Swedish indie pop, with a tinkling glockenspiel cutting through humidity, an appealingly lazy bass line, and joyous sing-along vocals.’ Released as a limited edition 7” on bright yellow vinyl, the single (b/w ‘Most Wanted’) sold out at the pre-order stage and re-pressing. It can be heard and downloaded for free at bandcamp.com.
1. Cults is an indie pop duo based in New York City, consisting of Madeline Follin (vocals) and Brian Oblivion (guitar and vocals). The film-students-turned-musicians from San Diego create a nostalgic buzz with their 1960s-sounding tunes about love and loneliness.
At the age of twelve, Madeline Follin was offered a record deal with Recess Records after hanging out in the studio with her stepfather, Paul Kostabi’s band Youth Gone Mad. However, her parents declined. Oblivion and Follin originally formed The Cults as an outlet for their music experiment and a fortnight after posting their electro-pop breakout tune, “
Go Outside”, to their bandcamp.com site, the song landed on Pitchfork, and the duo received emails from interested record labels.The band signed to ITNO/Columbia and Forest Family Records in 2010 and have been parlaying a momentum from successful appearances at South by Southwest and FYF Festivals 2010, in support of their self-titled debut album released in May 2011.
The duo are best known for their debut single “
Go Outside”, which was named Best New Music by Pitchfork. According to Pitchfork, ” ‘Go Outside’ has the innocent and balmy feel that brings to mind Swedish indie pop, with a tinkling glockenspiel cutting through humidity, an appealingly lazy bass line, and joyous sing-along vocals.’ Released as a limited edition 7” on bright yellow vinyl, the single (b/w ‘Most Wanted’) sold out at the pre-order stage and re-pressing. It can be heard and downloaded for free at bandcamp.com.
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JapaneseScream wrote:
Release the rap mixtape already
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caiocapela wrote:
https://vimeo.com/36398918 You Know What I Mean!!!! ****_____****
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ianrappp wrote:
come to Philippines
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KSaebin wrote:
@RushingFM Pretty damn good. Her voice is not so high-pitched live, to me.
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TheMukeyMu wrote:
cults is catchy
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RushingFM wrote:
How are these guys live?
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VietRebel wrote:
Why didn't I listen to them sooner.... and they were in my city 4 days ago FML. '._.
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heatherosie wrote:
I'm obsessed with the "Everybody Knows" Leonard Cohen cover! Over the past few weeks a lot of artists have been covering Leonard Cohen for a project called "Old Ideas With New Friends," and it's been wonderful. Check out this video! http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/01/new-music-cults-everybody-knows
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scottie0083 wrote:
"Contagious Spirits was released in 2008. This release is by the Atlanta band Cults, not the New York duo of the same name. The style is distinctly different, being experimental/grime rather than the New York duo’s indie pop." ---Don't worry all, those free tracks aren't Cults abandoning their sound in favor of something much more difficult to listen to.
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-Gingergirl- wrote:
Cult's album was featured in At the Sinema's Top 50 Albums of 2011, check it out here: http://atthesinema.co.uk/?p=5956
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cdax2307 wrote:
please dont say blogosphere.
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cdax2307 wrote:
fun
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chr504 wrote:
Cult's cover of Leonard Cohens' "Everybody Knows" is so cool! I can't stop replaying this video: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/01/new-music-cults-everybody-knows
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obedgloria wrote:
awesome playlist for the month of feb withthe track bumper wooo!: http://notesonfairlynewmusic.blogspot.com/2012/02/playlist-last-year-ever-list.html
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JoseMB13 wrote:
Go Outside ♥
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KeatonXZX wrote:
It's good to see they got so big
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pagodpaig wrote:
i don't think this is hipster. all their tracks are easily likeable. most especially Abducted, Oh My God, and You Know What I Mean. but let me quote some hipster shit: this debut is confident and self-assured. :D
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KarolFrankowski wrote:
this genre compilation: http://cowshedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dark-side-of-pop
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dangiox2 wrote:
hispter
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j_brodu wrote:
Meek really isn't the word to describe their songs, that's strange. I love them! Their replay value is astounding.
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Cults | Bandersnatch Music Series
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Syracuse, United States
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Ottobar, Baltimore MD, United States
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