Here We Go Magic

...we came across Brooklyn's Here We Go Magic a while back, only finally digging in deep last week. The brainchild of one Luke Temple, HWGM's self-titled debut (out on Western Vinyl) proves yet again the merits of the lo-fi aesthtetic. Temple worked out of his Brooklyn apartment on 4-track cassette and coming up with a hauntingly beautiful assemblage of tunes filled with the exploratory range that lo-fi embraces. Cloudy, ethereal vocals float over spacious percussion and snaking guitar lines. Adding a handful of friends to compliment the live version of Here We Go Magic, Temple & co. will be hitting SXSW this week and later this spring will be out on the road with Grizzly Bear. Here's some tunes and tour dates:

MP3: Here We Go Magic "Tunnelvision"
MP3: Here We Go Magic "Fangela"

03/17 Dallas, TX Mountain House*
03/17 Dallas, TX 6 PM INSTORE AT GOOD RECORDS
03/18 Austin, TX Austinist/Gothamist SXSW party @ Mohawk--- 3 PM
03/18 Austin, TX NY Noise SXSW Party @ TODD P's FREE OUTDOOR PATIO PARTIES @ Ms. Beas-- 8:30 PM
03/19 Austin, TX Gorilla vs. Bear day party @ The Peacock-- 1:45 PM slot
03/19 Austin, TX Western Vinyl Official Showcase @ Club 115-- 1AM slot
03/20 Austin, TX Other Music show @ French Legation Museum-- 1 PM slot
03/20 Austin, TX Park The Van Records/Partisan Records/indie outlaw/The Knitting Factory Day Party @ Side Bar-- 3:00 PM slot
03/22 New Orleans, LA Marigny Theatre*
03/23 Atlanta, GA 529 Club**
03/24 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506**
03/25 Baltimore, MD Ottobar**
05/28 New York, NY Town Hall***
05/29 New York, NY Town Hall***
06/01 Washington, DC 9:30 Club***
06/02 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theatre***
06/03 Boston, MA Berklee Performance Center***
06/04 Montreal, QC Le National***
06/05 Toronto, ON Phoenix***
06/07 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center***
06/08 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theatre***
06/09 Bloomington, IN Buskirk - Chumley Theater***
06/11 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle***
06/15 Dallas, TX Granada Theater***
06/16 Austin, TX The Parish***
06/19 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern***
06/21 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore***

* w/ Callers
** w/ Titus Andronicus
*** w/ Grizzly Bear