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THE VACANT LOTS

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THE VACANT LOTS

General Info

  • Genre: Minimalist / Psychedelic / Trance

    Location Burlington, Vermont, Un

    Profile Views: 127493

    Last Login: 4/21/2013

    Member Since 6/25/2008

    Website www.thevacantlots.com

    Record Label Mexican Summer, Reverberation Appreciation Society, Sonic Cathedral

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    The Vacant Lots released their first 7" single 'Confusion / Cadillac' on Mexican Summer in 2011. Pitchfork commented on 'Confusion', "It's executed so efficiently, with just the right doses of studied apathy and simmering tension, that it's difficult not to return to it's ceaselessly repetitive groove again and again." Mexican Summer describes them as "musicians as well as scientists, having built a time machine that will transport your headspace directly to the Sunset Strip in 1967." "High & Low" b/w "Let Me Out" is the second official single by The Vacant Lots. Released by Austin Psych Fest's label, The Reverberation Appreciation Society on August 13th, 2012. Formed by Jared Artaud and Brian MacFadyen, the duo takes as much inspiration from Bo Diddley and The Stooges as it does from Andy Warhol and Arthur Rimbaud. They have developed their own sound, producing an immense, unrelenting, sonic assault with just two people, combining a minimalist aesthetic of rock n roll with hypnotic guitar riffs, Native American influenced drumming, electronic drones, poetry-driven lyrics and live visual projections. The Vacant Lots have previously toured with Sonic Boom's Spectrum, Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500, Wooden Shjips, two performances at Austin Psych Fest with The Black Angels and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and most recently toured the U.S. with The Growlers. In February 2013, The Vacant Lots next single, "6 AM" will be featured on UK record label, Sonic Cathedral's double vinyl Psych For Sore Eyes release, mastered by Sonic Boom. The Vacant Lots are currently mixing their debut album, expected for a 2013 release as well as a documentary on the band to follow.

  • Members

    Jared Artaud, Brian MacFadyen

  • Influences

    Bo Diddley, Native American Drumming, Indian Tanpura, The Gun Club, The Velvets, The Stooges, Suicide, Spacemen 3, Television, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Link Wray, Dean & Britta, The Black Angels, Spectrum, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Arthur Lee and Love, Albert Ayler, Kraftwerk, The Gories, The Cramps, Howlin' Wolf, Slim Harpo

  • Sounds Like

    http://youtu.be/IQIbXUnaSuw

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