Great Show
by Chris on 3/26/19Irving Plaza presented by Cricket Wireless - New YorkSounds just like the recordings and has great energy live. Venue was very easy to navigate, drinks weren’t too expensive. Sound was still good on the barricade
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VHS Collection in Concert
True to their name, New York City synth-pop trio VHS Collection provide the sort of hazy 1980s flashback you get from a dusty, blurry video cassette of an MTV broadcast.
Friends since high school, singer James Bohannon, guitarist Conor Cook, and synth player Nils Vanderlip formed VHS Collection in 2014 as a bedroom recording project, releasing their earliest efforts on SoundCloud.
After transitioning into a live act and becoming regulars at legendary Lower East Side venue the Mercury Lounge, VHS Collection released their 2015 debut EP, which featured their calling-card single "Lean." An exuberant electro anthem in the vein of classic New Order and post-millennial successors like M83, the track would reach the Top 10 on Spotify's Viral chart, a feat repeated by the 2016 single "Waiting on the Summer," a delectable dose of slinky, spidery indie-pop that went on to rack up more than 20 million Spotify streams.
That viral success would turn VHS Collection into fixtures on the festival circuit, with the group's expanded five-piece lineup making appearances at Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, and Governor's Ball, among others. In 2017, the group embarked on its first national headlining tour, selling out club shows from coast to coast.
The group's wiry onstage energy can be felt throughout their 2018 full-length debut, the aptly titled ‘Retrofuturism.' Recorded with renowned producers Chris Zane (Passion Pit, Mumford & Sons) and Tony Hoffer (Belle and Sebastian, Beck), the album sees VHS Collection updating their synth-pop circuitry with smooth disco struts ("Take My Money"), psychedelic soul ("The Otherside"), and U2-scaled alt-rock ("Break"). But for all their festival-conquering success, Spotify hits, and epic ambitions, VHS Collection have remained a proudly DIY, self-managed entity, reinvesting all their revenues into the band's operations to ensure they keep hitting the next level on their own terms.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Rating: 4 out of 5 VHS Collection: Promising band!
by Raffish on 5/19/18The Parish at House of Blues Anaheim - AnaheimThese guys aren't exactly swimming in stage presence, and their set was a bit short with no encore (we suspect because the venue needed them done by 10), but then it was the first show of their first real tour. We've really been enjoying their brand of eighties-inspired pop.
Rating: 4 out of 5 The Shacks are up and coming!
by SugarMagnolia20 on 4/7/15Mercury Lounge - New YorkI went to The Mercury Lounge to hear a young band that I had heard a lot about called The Shacks. They definitely impressed!! Their lead singer has a wispy, sensual and soulful sound and their mix of folk, fusion, indie rock has a psychedelic and rhythmic sound. I learned that they write their own music and are working on an album -- which I hope will come out soon. Can't wait to see them again!