In Derek Miller’s apartment in Williamsburg, there is a poster on the refrigerator door of Larry Bird, the Boston Celtics legend. Bird’s mouth is agape, his right arm fully extended, his body nearly ...

Sleigh Bells‘ show at Webster Hall tonight with Yeasayer, their brief tourmates, is sold out. But there are more chances to see the highly buzzed band soon. One of those, originally scheduled to take ...

Sleigh Bells played to a packed house at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa Tuesday, Oct. 19. After three opening acts and nearly four hours after the doors had opened, Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller, ...

When singer Alexis Krauss and guitarist Derek Miller started making music together seven years ago as the indie noise pop band Sleigh Bells, the two were basically strangers. They’d met briefly in a ...

Opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers isn’t an easy gig for Sleigh Bells. The quirky, young noise-pop duo doesn’t quite jibe with the long of tooth punk-funkateer’s audience. ‘Some of the Chili Pepper ...

When Sleigh Bells released their debut record, Treats, in 2010, they did so to the sound of near-universal acclaim. The album boasted a sound that other artists of the time just didn’t have. Namely, ...

Despite an arduous genesis Sleigh Bells' fourth album, Jessica Rabbit, is more conventional than you might expect. The Noise Pop pioneers seem to have settled on a sound that leans heavily on the ...

While one stream of popular music has been maturing over the past couple millennia, another has been immaturing. The first reached puberty with—what? Monteverdi?—and the second may have finally ...

On its latest release, Bitter Rivals, Sleigh Bells reminds every teenage boy with a drum machine of what it really is to create a mashup. The noise pop duo—made up of vocalist Alexis Krauss and ...

Sleigh Bells return with their fifth album titled Kid Kruschev, yet seven years after their debut the band sticks with a similar sound to Treats without the punch. At only 21 minutes long, Kid ...

Since forming in 2008, Sleigh Bells (due tomorrow night at the Ogden Theatre) have issued three records, a debut EP on M.I.A.’s N.E.E.T. Recordings in 2009 ...

The juxtaposition of Alexis Krauss’ sweet vocals against harsh, gritty beats, synths and guitar from Derek Miller has been Sleigh Bells’ signature since the band’s debut album eight years ago. The duo ...