Lower Dens, Live In Concert: NPR Music at SXSW 2012

Lower Dens' music favors mood over stage-stalking showmanship: Singer Jana Hunter's icy-cool demeanor sets a hauntingly atmospheric tone that's all mystery, washes of guitar-saturated noise and the difficult emotions that lie, unexpressed, beneath the surface. Mixing songs from 2010's majestic Twin Hand Movement with material from the hotly anticipated Nootropics, Lower Dens seethed through a gorgeous, brooding set at NPR Music's SXSW day party, held Thursday at The Parish in Austin, Texas.

With roots in Baltimore and (appropriately enough) Texas, Lower Dens' members specialize in a fragile mix of warm and cool, with clear influences ranging from The Velvet Underground to '80s new wave. On stage at The Parish, Lower Dens found the sweet spot that lies between, locating a patch of real estate where shyness doesn't preclude soul.

Set List:
"Alphabet Song"
"Lions In Winter Pt. 2"
"Brains"
"Stem"
"Candy"
"Propagation"

Producers: Robin Hilton and Amy Schriefer
Video by: XI Media
Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait

[fyasko]

seeing Jana get into a song makes my brain go all tingly

[chrisshelley]

I hate being six years late to great music

[begily]

"What isn't nature". What a great track!.

[edisonoside]

I'm so wanting to see and catch them live HERE!

[panzercat]

2nd comment "brains" is one of the best tunes i have ever heard.

[panzercat]

only band that matters at all to me right now.

[edisonoside]

I would be dancin so psychedelic in the crowd ;-)