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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.
Sylvan Esso at Variety Playhouse on Jan. 15
Whoever decided opposites attract must have been talking about Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn combining EDM with indie folk vocals straight from the hills of Appalachia at a sold-out Variety Playhouse on Jan. 15.
The duo, based out of Durham, N.C., started the show off with a high-powered rendition of “Could I Be,” a track that perfectly showcases Sanborn’s ability to mirror and echo Meath’s poetic lyrics about making it big with hypnotic bass.
Meath hijacked the crowd’s attention with her expertly executed verses during “Dress” and ended the track by borrowing: I woke up like this, from Beyoncé’s “Flawless” – very much to the crowd’s delight.
“Coffee,” which is arguably Sylvan Esso’s most popular song, featured more subtle rhythmic bass lines from Sanborn and was beautifully delivered with a raw vocal authority and climax that really ignited the crowd’s excitement.
“Hey Mami” begins low and slow with Sanborn’s skillful looping of Meath’s voice, as the piece quickly morphs into an all-out dub pop free for all, followed in perfect succession by the enormously danceable “H.S.K.T.”
Ironically, “Play It Right,” which touted lyrics like; When the sounds come together so close to my face/ It’s no wonder we wonder, was a track by Meath’s earlier project, Mountain Men, that Sanborn remixed back in 2013, launching their creative endeavors.
In the end, the duo played all ten tracks from their self-titled (and only) album. Meath extended her gratitude to the crowd for embracing their sound and debut.
During the encore, the duo performed a new song for the first time with more of a math rock influence. Sanborn admitted to Vinyl after the show that the song was so new that it “doesn’t even have a title yet.”
Despite both Meath and Sanborn’s successes in their previous projects that highlight their own personal talents, they have managed to combine their contrasting musical perspectives into one cohesive and unexpectedly thrilling musical experience. Sanborn’s powerful beats breathe life into Meath’s eerie indie croons; both are incredibly proficient in their respective sounds, but the way they come together is truly magnetic.