Cults at The Music Box Mar 22, 2012

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Cults’ twinkling experimental pop arrived in a shroud of mystery early in 2010, when the group posted three songs on their Bandcamp page. One of those songs was “Go Outside,” which mixed dream pop haze with girl group harmonies (and, fittingly, samples of Jonestown leader Jim Jones) and earned the band acclaim from publications including Pitchfork and NME. Eventually, Cults’ core duo was revealed as guitarist Brian Oblivion and vocalist Madeline Follin. Later in 2010, Cults released Go Outside as a single on Forest Family Records and performed shows with bands including Best Coast. Early in 2011, the group made its U.K. debut and signed to Columbia Records; Cults’ self-titled album, which featured production by Shane Stoneback, arrived in the middle of that year. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi

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Cults – Go Outside (Menahan Street Band Remix)

Cults nail a sound that goes back to the ’60s — an era of musical optimism, yes, but also one of bubblegum. What better way to honor and boost that eternally-hummable sound than with a remix of “Go Outside” by the soulful, Daptone Records-affiliated Menahan Street Band? The group, whose era-exact p

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