Tagged Sylvan Esso

Sylvan Esso goes back to the beginning with surprise, sold-out show at Cactus Club

September 14, 2022

On Sunday, critically acclaimed and fan-beloved electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso—a.k.a. Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn—threw out a dual first pitch before the Brewers-Reds game at American Family Field.On Monday,...

Surprise! Sylvan Esso is playing a show at Cactus Club tomorrow night

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2022

While Sylvan Esso calls Durham, North Carolina home, the world-renowned, Grammy-nominated electro-pop duo's story actually starts right here in Milwaukee. Vocalist Amelia Meath and producer (and then-Milwaukee ...

My First Band: Nick Sanborn (Sylvan Esso, Decibully, Made Of Oak)

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 9, 2019

You might know Nick Sanborn as one half of Sylvan Esso, from his time in Milwaukee's own Decibully, or from his work in side projects like Made Of Oak and Rosenau & Sanborn. Long before any of that, however...

We took Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn on a Rush-Mor Records shopping spree

Tyler Maas

July 25, 2018

Last weekend, electro-pop superstars Sylvan Esso came to town to play a pair of sold-out shows at the Pabst Theater. Not only was the two-night, two-show residency chance for the project to return to where it a...

Sylvan Esso closes out Pabst Theater weekend in grand fashion

Tyler Maas

July 23, 2018

A lot has changed since the last time Sylvan Esso performed in Milwaukee. Between the electro-pop duo's 2015 outing at Summerfest and last weekend's two-night, two-show Pabst Theater residency, the group—which,...

Sylvan Esso will play two shows at Pabst Theater in July

Matt Wild

December 5, 2017

Can Milwaukee claim Sylvan Esso? If you're a weary internet commenter who gets bent out of shape every time we write about an artist who grew up outside the city limits ("Actually, Juiceboxxx is from Mequon,") ...

Watch Sylvan Esso and Big Freedia perform “Pony” on ‘The Gorburger Show’

Tyler Maas

May 8, 2017

Durham, North Carolina indie pop duo Sylvan Esso—which formed after Mountain Man singer Amelia Meath and Decibully/Made Of Oak member Nick Sanborn met in Milwaukee—released its downright delightful sophomore re...

Watch Sylvan Esso play “Radio” on ‘The Tonight Show’

Tyler Maas

December 21, 2016

Compared to the band's breakout 2014 and a 2015 that found the duo touring and playing major music festivals with regularity, this year has been a fairly quiet one for Sylvan Esso. Though the Durham, North Ca...

Listen to the new Sylvan Esso single, “Radio”

Matt Wild

September 1, 2016

Sylvan Esso may hail from Durham, North Carolina, but the hot-as-shit two-piece electro act has some serious Milwaukee connections. Nick Sanborn, of course, is a former Milwaukeean and former member of the ...

WMSE will release a live Sylvan Esso 7-inch for Record Store Day 2016

Matt Wild

March 22, 2016

//Last year saw beloved Milwaukee indie radio station WMSE throw its hat in the Record Store Day ring with a live Field Report 7-inch—the station's first foray into vinyl. Now, WMSE is gearing up for Recor...

On The Record Episode 26: Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 8, 2015

If you read Milwaukee Record with any regularity, you’ve no doubt seen ample mention of Sylvan Esso—almost exclusively flanked by glowing and well-deserved praise. Though the synth-pop duo is based in Durham, N...

Volcano Choir wraps up Repave tour at Turner Hall (with help from surprise guest Sylvan Esso)

Matt Wild

December 1, 2014

On paper, last night should have been a terrible night for a show in Milwaukee. It was a Sunday—the last Sunday of a long Thanksgiving weekend—and the Packers had played earlier in the afternoon. (What was that...

Eric & Magill announce album, release remixes by Nick Sanborn and Rupees

Tyler Maas

October 10, 2014

Though stationed in two separate continents for almost the entirety of its existence to this point, longtime Kenya/Brooklyn-based dream-pop duo Eric & Magill managed to get more accomplished with an ocean b...

Listen to the Sylvan Esso remix of Phox’s “Slow Motion”

Matt Wild

October 2, 2014

Brooklyn-based label Partisan Records is home to some top-tier national talent (Eagulls, John Grant) as well as some top-tier local (or local-ish) talent, including Field Report, Sylvan Esso, and Phox. Those la...

Watch Sylvan Esso’s Milwaukee-made video for “Dreamy Bruises”

Tyler Maas

September 8, 2014

If you thought Friday’s Pabst Theater show was the conclusion of the Great Sylvan Esso-Milwaukee Courtship of 2014, think again. The Durham, NC duo solidified its local connection with a new video for “Dreamy B...

Sylvan Esso plays it right at Pabst Theater

Tyler Maas

September 6, 2014

On the wings of its outstanding self-titled debut album, Durham dream-pop duo Sylvan Esso has enjoyed a swift and well-deserved rise to prominence that’s included ample NPR attention, an unforgettable performan...

NPR posts version of Sylvan Esso’s “Wolf” from Alverno Presents “Lend Me Your Voice”

Tyler Maas

July 30, 2014

At the risk of Milwaukee Record becoming a full-on Sylvan Esso fan site, we've stumbled on a new version of the North Carolina band's song "Wolf" on NPR. This version is of particular local relevance, as the vi...

September Sylvan Esso show at Cactus Club moved to Pabst Theater

Matt Wild

July 21, 2014

Durham-by-way-of-Milwaukee electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso have been having what music industry insiders call “a really, really, really big year.” Amelia Meath and former Milwaukeean Nick Sanborn met at a Cactus Cl...

Sylvan Esso to perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon July 9

Matt Wild

July 7, 2014

Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn talks breakout year, coming full circle

Matt Wild

June 26, 2014

Nick Sanborn and Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso have just landed at Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport. “A preemptive apology: We might have to stop and restart this interview,” Sanborn says. “We’r...