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Album Review: Bishop Allen – Grrr…

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Watch: Bishop Allen – “True or False”

By Joe Marvilli on November 10th, 2009

American indie rockers Bishop Allen have continued their string of creative music videos, in support of the recently released Grrr…, with a brand new one for the song, “True or False.”

Bishop Allen plans “surprises,” new songs on fall tour

By Alex Young on September 23rd, 2009

Brooklyn outfit announces new 15-date tour!

Album Review: Bishop Allen – Grrr…

By Luke Johnson on March 31st, 2009

Remember when you used to play pirates in grade school on the jungle gym? Your homemade eye patch drew “gyarrrr”s from all the other pirate wannabes, your best friend was your first mate, and you made that girl you tried to kiss walk the plank? She never forgave you, did she? For a bilge rat [...]

Watch: Bishop Allen – “Dimmer”

By Alex Young on March 10th, 2009

Bishop Allen describe its new video for “Dimmer” as the result of “homemade props, a jell-o mold, rear projection and some truly fancy scissor-work.” “We were hoping to make something that felt like videos from when we were kids, and we discovered MTV, and it blew our minds. This, of course, when MTV was a [...]

Bishop Allen Grrr…

By Alex Young on January 21st, 2009

You couldn’t tell based on the band’s performance at last week’s Tomorrow Never Knows, but Jonathon Rice and Christian Rudder, the two core members of New York’s Bishop Allen, are angry about something. Or at least that’s the sense one gets based on the title of the band’s forthcoming new studio album. Then again, a [...]

CoS at Tomorrow Never Knows: Night Five (1/18)

By Dan Caffrey on January 19th, 2009

It had been a tiresome weekend in the best way possible for CoS: a hectic, eclectic few days filled with crowded music halls, blazing DJ sets, and an all around positive community vibe. But the final night of Tomorrow Never Knows was all about laid back vintage rock and roll with modern production values, showcasing [...]

TNK Spotlight: Bishop Allen

By Michael Roffman on January 11th, 2009

In the days leading up to the CoS sponsored Tomorrow Never Knows Music Festival, we’ll be spotlighting some of the acts scheduled to bring the music and the fun to Schubas Tavern in Chicago between January 14-18… Brooklyn, New York is one hell of a place. If its history doesn’t ring in some credit, its [...]