Night Beds live in concert.
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Night Beds

9
critic concert reviews
rock

How good are they LIVE?

Live Rating  

76
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Critics Consensus

Based on 9 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Night Beds is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths. Night Beds concert reviews describe live shows and performances as morose and poetic.

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Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Bio
Night Beds is a U.S. band. Currently based in Nashville, Tennessee, the band was formed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, by Matthew Wilcox and Winston Yellen; they have released three EPs and an album, Country Sleep. The current members are Winston Yellen, Ben Kaufman, Aly Holland, Ryan Ellis, Joe Hutchinson, and Taylor Zachry.
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Critic Concert Reviews

musicOMH (UK)

December 4, 2013
80
%
A nervous almost painfully shy young man he none the less made small talk as he knocked back a few drinks and strummed his way through songs as though we were gathered in his living room.

musicOMH (UK)

April 17, 2013
80
%
Just a couple of months ago on his first trip to the UK Winston Yellen – aka Night Beds – drew just 20 people to his headline show at the Slaughtered Lamb.

Thank Folk for That (USA)

December 11, 2013
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The band were greeted by a venue filled with seats and a rather slim crowd of notably avid gig-goers waiting, single eyebrow raised, to be impressed.

The 405 (UK)

April 25, 2013
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Walking into The Borderline, just mere feet from Denmark Street (London's Tin-Pan Alley as the signs would have you believe), you get the feeling that music is absolutely soaked into every dark and dingy corner of this historic venue.

Thank Folk for That (USA)

April 18, 2013
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Since recently releasing his debut album, Country Sleep, Winston Yellen, aka Night Beds, has been reaping the rewards of his highly-praised record. Though this was his first time in Manchester, he had announced a huge December show at Gorilla just days before – his management clearly recognising that Yellen i

Shout 4 Music (UK)

April 17, 2013
70
%
Intimate, sound acoustics, and many a packed crowd have stood in awe months, even years, before bands have hit the bigger venues.

Bearded Magazine (UK)

April 15, 2013
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Sounding like a more morose Bright Eyes, Farewell JR's lengthy numbers interspersed poetic verses with pretty, drifting instrumental passages that worked well at first then tended to blur into each other.

Past critic reviews published in

LA Record (USA), The Wild Honey Pie (USA)

Image Credit

Anna Hanks [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons

Latest Release

Mountain Radio (17 May 2024)