princeton

PRINCETON, CASTLEDOOR @ SPACELAND

March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

photography by Benjamin Hoste
On Princeton’s final night of their Spaceland residency, Castledoor played their last show with their current line up. Their performance was noticeably emotional especially for singer Nate Cole who flung himself about at times while at times slightly shifting a song’s lyrics.

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PRINCETON: HARD TO KEEP LOVING SOMEONE

February 8th, 2010 · No Comments

The fact that Princeton made some songs about famous dead writers has only fueled more crazy assumptions that they’re both creative and smart. It can only help them get girls, which means heartache, which means more material to translate into their signature string-and-synth pop. This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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VOL. 4 ISSUE 12: THE SOFT PACK + THE MAGNETIC FIELDS + HARLEM + MAYO THOMPSON + PRINCETON + ANCESTORS + SAINT VITUS + PIT ER PAT + INFINITE BODY + MORE!

February 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Download: The Soft Pack “Answer To Yourself”

(from the self-titled LP out now on Kemado)
New issue! See you at the release party tomorrow at the Cha Cha Lounge! Find print issues here, buy back issues here and obtain a print subscription here. Please contact us if you’d like to advertise in the next one!
Inside you’ll find…
THE [...]

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SPACELAND RESIDENCIES IN FEBRUARY

January 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Spaceland has got three exciting residencies in February. Mia Doi Todd will take us swimming in the river of life while Imaad Wasif channels the void and Princeton reveals they don’t play tennis, they’re a rock and roll band.
Mia Doi Todd
Tuesday nights in February
with the Tapered Steel Band (Andres Renteria, Brian Akio-Martinez & Michel Gondry)
Feb [...]

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PRINCETON: COCOON OF LOVE

September 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I’m not sure whether to smile or vomit at how adorable this record is, but because I am reviewing this record and need to be honest with you, I have to drop my mask and say, “I like this record.” There—I said it. With a name like Princeton and the fact that the dudes in the band wear boat shoes, they seem to fit the term “prep rock”— invented solely to describe Vampire Weekend. But Princeton’s first full-length had me at the trumpets on opener “Sadie and Andy.” I even felt a bit sad when after 3 minutes and 36 seconds, Sadie still wasn’t havin’ it.

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