Today, on St. Patrick’s Day, New World Brewery and New Granada present The Veldt, a noted 1990’s band that was originally based out of Chapel Hill, N.C., but now founding members (and identical twin brothers) Daniel and Danny Chavis reside in New York City. The Veldt made their mark touring with likes of The Cocteau Twins and Oasis after their Stardog/Mercury release Marigolds in 1992. They didn’t really get lumped in with Brit pop, but weren’t solidly considered a shoegaze band, either, which helped in some ways and hindered in others, though they put out two subsequent well-regarded recordings before dissolving in the late '90s.
This article appears in Mar 14-20, 2013.
