The Bees

ICYMI: The Bees returned as 77:78 (listen to their debut LP)

UK band The Bees went into hibernation after 2010’s ’Every Step’s a Yes’ but main members Aaron Fletcher and Tim Parkin returned as 77:78 this year, with the same vintage pop, crate-digger style.

Bill's Indie Basement (3/23): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week in the basement: Wire reissues their first three albums; the return of UK band The Bees (but under a new name); Ohio indie rockers and soon-to-be Kurt Vile tourmates Connections; new Italians Do it Better artist Tess Roby; and more.

Chapel Club played CMJ w/ Everything Everything & Blood Red Shoes (pics), playing SXSW 2011 (intial lineup)

After Chris left the BV Loft Party all the way back on Friday, October 22nd, he headed over to Music Hall of Williamsburg for the Blue Flowers-presented CMJ showcase for a lineup of mostly UK bands including Chapel Club, Everything Everything, and Blood Red Shoes (who toured North America with Sky Larkin in October)…

The Silver Seas (formerly the Bees) in NYC, Tour Dates, MP3s

DOWNLOAD: The Silver Seas – Imaginary Girl (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Silver Seas – The Country Life (MP3) Just in time for the Spring temperatures we’re supposed to be getting this week, Nashville’s lush Silver Seas are returning to New York for the first time since changing their name from The Bees last summer…

The Bees - 2 NYC shows (1 FREE w/ Thile & Wainwright)

Tonight’s free “Living Room” concert at the World Financial Center in NYC is full of familiar names…Martha Wainwright, Chris Thile (from Nickel Creek), Jim Campilongo, Ari Hest and The Bees come together for this unique concert of alums from The Living Room’s venerable stage…