stealing sheep

photos: Gorilla vs. Bear x Hype Machine SXSW 2016
photos: Gorilla vs. Bear x Hype Machine SXSW 2016
Our official Gorilla vs. Bear 2016 SXSW showcase at Mazda + Hype Machine's Hype Hotel offered a glimpse into the future of pop music on a beautiful Thursday night in east Austin, from Negative Gemini's frenetic, club-ready experimental electronic pop that began the evening (I heard at least a few people compare her vibe to an early Grimes set circa 2011) to headliner Charli XCX's first-ever, next-
premiere: Stealing Sheep – Murmur Earth
premiere: Stealing Sheep – Murmur Earth
Here's a brand new one from Liverpool group Stealing Sheep, recorded during the sessions for their excellent, delightfully off-kilter new LP Not Real, out this week on Heavenly. The band decided to leave this one off the record "after much painful deliberation", but the woozy, lurching incantation "Murmur Earth" can be found this weekend on the group's limited Record Store Day