Derek Miller

Sleigh Bells at First Avenue 11/02/12

Sleigh Bells With Araabmuzik First Avenue, Minneapolis Friday, November 2, 2012 On Friday night, to a teeming First Avenue mainroom, Sleigh Bells raised a proverbial toast: to Minneapolis, to the pride of a second album and -- most importantly -- to anyone anywhere who's irritatingly endured a subp ... More >>

Sleigh Bells' Alexis Krauss on the fans, pressure, and adding another guitar

If popular indie music were a respectable black-tie affair, then Sleigh Bells are the guests who start shattering glasses...on purpose. Since fate joined New Yorkers Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller together musically in 2008, they've developed a sound that's truly their own. It's angry, earsplitting ... More >>

Sleigh Bells/CSS at First Avenue, 5/19/11

​Hearing about what a band is like is never as good as seeing them live. The rest of this review could be filled with what CSS sounds like, looks like, etc. (and, of course, some of this review will be)...and it won't do justice to what the live show was like. Brazil's CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy--"go ... More >>

SXSW 2011: Five nights in Austin

Highlights from Gimme Noise's recent trek to the festival

MTVu Woodie Awards descend on Austin for SXSW

Photo by Andrea Swensson​There's nary a music-related (or even tangentially music industry-related) corporation who hasn't jumped on board this week's SXSW festival, so it's no surprise that MTV lept at the opportunity to smash their MTVu Woodie Awards in between all the other myriad events happen ... More >>

Sandbox Theatre's Heather Stone talks collaboration

Photo by Matthew GloverDerek Miller, Heather Stone, and Wade Vaughn at Sandbox rehearsal​This weekend Sandbox Theatre will open their latest collaborative production, unspeakable things: the Wandrei brothers project, about Donald and Howard Wandrei, two St. Paul brothers who wrote science fiction ... More >>

Sleigh Bells at the Triple Rock, 10/25/10

Photos by Erik Hess​Sleigh Bells, Pictureplane and SundellesOctober 25, 2010Triple Rock Social Club, MinneapolisNoise-pop duo Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller of Sleigh Bells have been the buzz of conversations ever since their demo EP was released in 2009. And if the sold-out show at Triple Rock wa ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem, Deerhunter, and more

Sleigh Bells

Sleigh Bells' Alexis Krauss talks origins and M.I.A.

Brooklyn buzz band's sultry singer previews tonight's show with Yeasayer at First Avenue

War with the Newts

The Show Must Go On... and On... and On

Not Reviewed Here: Another 140 Fringe Plays. Sorry.

Boys Will Be Boys

The worst birthday party ever—almost 40 years later

The Office

Uncovering the beastly side of the nine-to-five

Flapdoodle

Millie's imperfect perfection; Emma's windy speeches