When we spoke to Darren Jessee last week he indicated that Hotel Lights will be adding some live dates in the near future. Today it was announced that Hotel Lights will play at the Gramercy Theatre on October 6. Darren has also added a Philadelphia date on October 13. We recorded the CD release [...]~~
Hotel Lights. Okay, okay, I might be biased. If you are on the unawares, Hotel Lights is fronted and well, IS basically, Darren Jessee. If you're not familiar with that, you may or may not recognize a little chorus he wrote in the mid 90s that went something like this- "she's a brick and I'm drowning slowly" Yeah. Darren Jessee was the drummer for Ben Folds Five. And Hotel Lights is the best th...
The downer vocals, the whispers of regret, it's all hitting me as I listen to the opening strains of "Dream State Flying", one of the tracks on Firecracker People, by Hotel Lights, a project helmed by Ex Ben Folds Five Darren Jesse. In this song I can see clear through the Summer to the Winter, with me standing outside that old brick building I used to work in. Decked out in a sweater and blue ...
Hotel Lights. Okay, okay, I might be biased. If you are on the unawares, Hotel Lights is fronted and well, IS basically, Darren Jessee. If you're not familiar with that, you may or may not recognize a little chorus he wrote in the mid 90s that went something like this- "she's a brick and I'm drowning slowly" Yeah. Darren Jessee was the drummer for Ben Folds Five. And Hotel Lights is the best th...
The Hotel Lights show at the Flying Anvil (Greensboro, NC) was truly fantastic...I'm a bit ticked that I didn't have my indie radar better in tune to realize that Hotel Lights isn't just Darren Jesse from BFF, but also members of Sparklehorse, Fountains of Wayne, and Archers of Loaf. But Hotel Lights were awesome. Darren is so reserved as a front-man, but the songs were so well orchestrated fo...
Booya... Gonna make my first trip to the Flying Anvil (http://www.theflyinganvil.com) next Saturday to catch Hotel Lights, Pleasant and Jennifer O'Conner. And for a FIVE BUCK SHOW-- seriously, how great is that? Reminds me of the old Boathouse days.
HOTEL LIGHTS on MySPACE.From the LP FIRECRACKER PEOPLE, 2008 >>>[MP3] "Norina"[MP3] "Down"From the LP HOTEL LIGHTS, 2006 >>>[MP3] "I Am a Train"[MP3] "What You Meant"
Now this is a really excellent triple bill that we're excited about. We received an invitation from Bar/None founder-president Glenn Morrow to attend this gig at Mercury Lounge on Tuesday August 19. Hotel Lights is Darren Jessie's band, who was the drummer of the Ben Folds Five. Darren's underrated vocal chops and songwriting talents [...]~~
When we spoke to Darren Jessee last week he indicated that Hotel Lights will be adding some live dates in the near future. Today it was announced that Hotel Lights will play at the Gramercy Theatre on October 6. Darren has also added a Philadelphia date on October 13. We recorded the CD release [...]~~
up all night: a mistress to insomnia mix cobrastyle ~ teddybears walk real slow ~ lady + bird what's the matter with you ~ the awful sparks follow through ~ hotel lights fix you ~ coldplay neighborhood #1 (tunnels) ~ the arcade fire velvet sugar ~ go-home productions intermission ~ nine black alps crane wife 1 + 2 ~ the decemberists portland, oregon ~ loretta lynn + jack white for you i will (c...