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8 Artists You Need to Follow on Instagram
As Pitchfork recently pointed out, Instagram is a fascinating social platform because it offers streamlined, intimate snapshots into a person’s life – which can get especially juicy when the user is a famous musician. But not all gram games are created equal. Here are eight artists you should maybe, probably, definitely be following on the ‘Gram.
8. CHVRCHES (@CHVRCHES)
Coachella 2014. Photo by @rachaeltension.
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Most of their pictures are live shots copped from their professional photog, but if you’re a fan of live music pics, you’ll adore their posts.
7. Sylvan Esso (@sylvanesso)
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Sylvan Esso are known for their funky fashion choices, and there’s no better place to broadcast their outfits than Instagram.
6. Viet Cong (@vietcongband)
Sweet boat, Lyon. #weplayedabarge #gnarbounty
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This is a band that prefers industrial and landscape shots over selfies, and knows how to do it well.
5. Nightmare Air (@Nightmareair)
These guys are great at offering up humorous and epic snapshots of their busy touring life, so it’s ALMOST like being on tour with them…almost.
4. Kishi Bashi (@kishi_bashi)
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Kishi Bashi is like the quiet but brilliant friend you have – his posts are friendly but also smart.
3. HOLYCHILD (@holychild)
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These guys are absolute masters of perspective and use of natural lines – their grams are immensely aesthetically pleasing.
2. Bright Light Social Hour (@tblsh)
No pants til Brooklyn #hifashion #soldout
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These absurd Austinian jokesters like to post funny pictures, but are also masters of making bright colors brighter.
1. St. Vincent (@st_vincent)
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Sure, we’re not the first pub to remark upon her Gram game, but her dry wit and eye for finding unusual in the mundane make her account a must-follow.
St. Vincent shares “Teenage Talk” on latest ‘Girls’ episode
Girls has a reputation for being astute when it comes to the music that plays over final credits, and its 3/8/15 episode “Tad & Loreen & Avi & Shanaz” is no exception. After main character Hannah is given some bombshell news by her mom, her expression of confusion and fear cuts to an unreleased St. Vincent b-side called “Teenage Talk”. Annie Clark and Girls creator Lena Dunham are friends, and the show’s music supervisor reached out to Clark’s team, who had this unused demo lying around. Besides Clark’s pensive, honeyed voice, the 90s alt-synths and stuttering drums are immediate St. Vincent tip-offs. The song is way too short – as with most things surrounding this fabulously talented artist, we’ll never have enough.
In the track St. Vincent looks back on the past, specifically the generally overrated period of teenagerdom. Her sad and reflective lyrics (“I don’t think the past is better, better / Just cause it’s cased in glass / Protecting us from our now and later”) make the song sound like an update to Vanessa Carlton’s “White Houses”. Clark closes out “Teenage Talk” by wondering what her former beau thinks of her now. As is her wont, she uses esoteric imagery to get to the relatable heart of heartbreak.
An official version hasn’t yet been released, but fortunately a high-quality stream has been circulating around Tumblr. It’s that or deal with the monstrosity that is HBO Go, so choose wisely.