SXSW: Bear Hands: Not A Drag
- Author: Rae Alexandra
- Posted on: Tuesday March 23, 2010 at 8:00 AM
- Filed under: music, bear hands, what a drag, new york, passion pit, as tall as lions, sxsw, cantora records, long nails
As the SXSW music festival and conference has come to a close, and attendees finally having a quiet night in to recover, we feel the need to give some love to another one of the new bands we've discovered this week.
Bear Hands have played three free parties since they got to town, and a very exclusive one in Maggie May's Gibson room on Friday Night, and we've fallen in love with their choppy but dreamy indie-rock stylings. We particularly like it when, mid-set, bassist Val Loper abandons his guitar to play drums with a maraca. Good work.
Check out "What A Drag", which was released last month through the very cool Cantora Records:
Now that South By is over, the quartet will be doing some dates in their native New York before hitting the road with the incredibly awesome Passion Pit for a full US Tour, most of which has already sold out. As if that wasn't enough, they keep going throughout April and early May with As Tall As Lions - so chances are, they'll be in your town soon enough.
We highly recommend you check out these charismatic fellas asap.

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