In his New York apartment, guitarist Derek Miller found curious objects to photograph for the CD booklet of “Reign of Terror,” the new sophomore salvo from his dissonant duo Sleigh Bells — items such as his paratrooper grandfather’s Purple Heart and bullet-holed World War II canteen.
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We’ve been banging this you’ve-gotta-hear-them drum for a full year now — New York noise-punk duo Sleigh Bells, and its 2010 “Treats” debut, are just great. When sugary vocalist Alexis Krauss and ex-Poison The Well guitarist Derek Miller get together, it feels something akin to being offered a lavish, whip-creamed dessert at the same time a cauldron of scalding medieval oil is turret-poured down onto your head.
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For her first year teaching bilingual fourth grade in the south Bronx, Alexis Krauss’ students had no clue about her secret identity. But by year two of her Teach for America program, they’d seen her elaborate punk sleeve tattoo of the Virgin of Guadalupe and begun to catch on.
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