Recent Blog Posts
Houston Calling posts a recommendation for GN & ROHS
post a comment | posted Nov 1
If you're not going to Spoon this Thursday, instead go check out Great Northern and Robbers On High Street at The Mink's Backroom. Great Northern's debut, Trading Twilight for Daylight, has gotten the band a lot of attention this year and their live show is undoubtedly good. Check them out online here.
Robbers On High Street, who I haven't seen live since their show here a few years ago with Ambulance LTD at The Meridian, have a new album called Grand Animals. You can DL a track from it here. Visit the band online here.
Triangle Music live review
post a comment | posted Oct 25
Robbers On High Street and Great Northern have hit the road for a month of shows together that kicked off Tuesday night at Chapel Hill's Local 506.
8/10 Los Angeles, CA
post a comment | posted Aug 13
...Of particular note was the chemistry between Solon Bixler and Rachel Stolte, Great Northern's dueling vocalists/songwriters, which comes across in more ways than songwriting alone. Watching them onstage nothing feels fake or forced, contrary to what often happens when a band contains two strong creative personages...
Not-So-Recent Blog Posts
8/9 San Diego, CA
post a comment | posted Aug 13
...By the time they played "Home" (which everyone in the crowd knew), they had hit their stride and finished their set strongly with "The Middle" and "Into The Sun". Andy and Nicole came out of "Into The Sun" and played percussion and sang much like Solon and Rachel did for them earlier...
8/6 Denver, CO
post a comment | posted Aug 13
...The small details are what really caught my attention. I love seeing bands play that have a glow that is evident to everybody standing around in the venue. They have an amazing repoire that I have never seen in any other group. Their sound is unique with their distorted percussion, whimsical vocals, and beyond amazing talent for musicianship...
8/4 Oklahoma City, OK
post a comment | posted Aug 13
...Rachel Stolte and Solon Bixler's vocal combination is even more beautiful in person and paired with the lights and dreamy haze of the keys creates a mood unparalleled by many bands (especially at a live show)...
8/2 Austin, TX
post a comment | posted Aug 6
...the band's vocals were as smooth and dreamy as ever. Their male/female vocal combination is one to be envied. Ambient feedback and heavy percussion saturated all of their performance, leaving raw nerves to be scintillated by the waves of keyboard and guitar...
Notes from Great Northern
1 comment | posted Aug 6
austin is really an amazing city..
the birds are very agressive. they will attack you for food..
we took off our shoes and had contests for who could slide accross the floor the farthest and the fastest..
davey and i put on our white robes and did a facial mask that was green..and ran up and down the halls..
7/30 Atlanta, GA
post a comment | posted Aug 1
"This band has two hot chicks that know exactly how to lull you into a Xanax-like state that commands attention and love. The crowd at tonight's show proved that when I looked around and noticed everyone just staring and listening as intently as a group of people being told the secret to prolonged life."
Road Photos
post a comment | posted Aug 1
http://blog.filter-mag.com/greatnorthern/2007/07/road-photos.html