Show: With Doldrums on Tuesday at the 9:30 Club. Doors open at 7 p.m. 202-265-0930. www.930.com. Show is sold out. Love it or hate it, Sleigh Bells’ sound is nothing if not recognizable. After ...

Hear songs from the duo’s latest album, “Bunky Becky Birthday Boy,” plus predecessors and protégés. By Jon Pareles Jon Pareles here, sitting in while Lindsay is on book leave. This week cranks The ...

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 ...

Dialing in from Kingston, New York, Derek Miller has happily replanted himself somewhere new. Removed from Brooklyn, New York—his home of 11-plus years and where he and Alexis Krauss, his other half ...

When Sleigh Bells released their debut album, Treats, in 2010, even their most ardent fans might have had a hard time imagining a future beyond the distortion-drenched riffs of “Infinity Guitars.” The ...

The overdriven crackle of Metallica's "Death Magnetic" was a sonic mistake, and a controversial one. But the over-the-top in-the-redness of Sleigh Bells' "Reign of Terror" is an artistic choice, a ...

How does a band go from owner of a MySpace page to Internet obsession? A look back at the rise of everyone’s new favorite band Sleigh Bells — whose debut album, Treats, is out today — explains a lot.

With at least an interim “save” in Europe, will sleigh bells ring and Santa now come to town? Last week was a nail biter as Europe dithered to the last moment and then came away with at least an ...