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L'Altra
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Out of 15 votes - Similar Artists: My Bloody Valentine, Telefon Tel Aviv, Mogwai
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Out of 15 votes
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Genre: Alternative/Punk » Indie Rock
Editor's review
Technically they're a duo, but Lindsay Anderson and Joe Costa get by with more than a little help from their friends. Support from Telefon Tel Aviv-er (and Hefty Records labelmate) Joshua Eustis, Nate Walcott (Rilo Kiley, Bright Eyes), and others helps L'Altra propel a striking blend of Mogwai-style guitars, refreshingly lucid lyrics, and drums that feel like heartbeats.
Biography
At L'Altra's captivating core are Lindsay Anderson and Joseph Costa. Binaries abound in supple, seductive unions: the Joe and Lindsay symbiosis, the digital & analog sway, the double helix of masculine and feminine back-and-forth (according to a number of Romance languages, L'Altra translates as "the feminine other"). Now Different Days, L'Altra's third full-length release, marks a band renaissance.
Besides finding a new and welcome home with Chicago's Hefty Records, Lindsay and Joe have transformed what was once a revolving-door collective into a "duo and friends" by employing the production prowess of labelmate Joshua Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv. Nate Walcott (Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley) contributed horn arrangements, top avant-garde cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm laid down extraordinary strings, and pulseprogramming's Marc Heller is credited with additional programming. Lindsay has performed on tour with Will Oldham as a vocalist and keyboardist, and L'Altra has played with Tortoise, Smog, Rebecca Gates and Solex.
