Courtesy of Hopscotch Music Festival Given the name one might assume that Sylvan Esso is some sort of mystical Eastern European troubadour, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. The side project of Mountain Man‘s Amelia Meath and Megafun‘s Nick Sanborn, the duo makes music wholly unlike either of their original bands. A combination … Read more
Photo | Agatha Donkar Well folks – another Hopscotch Music Festival has come and gone, and like always, it’s taken us a week to recover from the madness. In short – it was awesome. Unplanned day shows, followed by a meticulous schedule we derived after months of research for our evenings. Below, check out what … Read more
Sunday marked the close of yet another Hopscotch Music Festival for those of us in North Carolina. It’s normal day of reflection here in the south, being the Sabbath and all, but it’s a time for us music junkies to look back at the now-gone-weekend of booze and debauchery, instead of praying out those sins … Read more
I make no qualms about my adoration for Mountain Man and, in particular, the lovely Amelia Meath who sings with them. Their debut album, Made The Harbor, has been a constant fixture on my turntable for the last year or so, and it’s doubtful that will change until they release another album (God willing). Meath has been … Read more
Some would call it premature to claim that a band who has only officially released three songs is, in fact, the second coming of Christ in musical form. But those people have clearly never listened to Sylvan Esso. We at SiC are unabashed about our love of this holy union of Amelia Meath and Nick … Read more
Musical rabbit holes are either the shit — or terribly frustrating. This is especially true when recommendations come to you through a favorite band — especially one with which you share geographic proximity. This happened last week while listening to our homies Sylvan Esso talk about listening to music at their favorite bar in Durham (The … Read more