“Aren’t you a little too old for rock and roll?” Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells asks at the end of their latest album opener, “SWEET75.” The answer is undoubtedly “no”—Krauss is only 35, after all—but ...

Sleigh Bells have announced a 30-date run of North American headline shows, which the noise-pop duo have dubbed an Unannounced Album Tour’. The tour is being split in two legs, with the first ...

What is it? Bells are among the oldest and simplest musical instruments in the world, capable of making some of the grandest music ever (church bells, the carillon), or some of the daintiest ...

Let’s start with one the most obvious aspects of Christmas music: bells. Bells of all kinds—sleigh, tubular, and glockenspiel—chime in countless Christmas tunes. Although strongly associated with the ...

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 ...