Hard to say whether or not Beach House's Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally are what's commonly called "a couple." In fact, after meeting the two last week at The Fillmore Miami Beach, I doubt seriously they could be commonly called anything. Same goes for School of Seven Bells' Alejandra Deheza and Benjamin Curtis, who I met at Grand Central on Saturday night. They, too, could be "an item." But frankly, I don't much care. To me it's enough to know that both pairs have some kinda special bond between them, and that together they make some of the most compellingly beautiful music on the planet. Would any of it be possible without that girl/guy give and take? Unlikely. But that doesn't mean I've gotta peak into their respective bedrooms to find out what really goes on.

School of Seven Bells’ performance at the Bowery Ballroom on Friday night struck gold. I knew it’d be awesome, yet the band took their music to another plateau of sonic appreciation. The powerful threesome -- Ben Curtis, Claudia Deheza, and her twin sister Alejandra Deheza -- just finished up a monthlong US tour stretching far across to California. The Bowery show was a “coming home” of sorts for the New York-based band.

School of Seven Bells have Interpol to thank for their togetherness. Alejandra Deheza laughs when I suggest this, but really, it’s sort of true. The New York trio made up of Benjamin Curtis, Alejandra, and her twin sister Claudia, met while supporting Interpol on tour -- Ben with the band Secret Machines and the Deheza twins with On! Air! Library!. As Alley tells it, she was enamored with the way Ben played guitar, watching him every night, and amazed that no two nights were ever the same. And though they didn’t leave their respective bands to start School of Seven Bells until a couple years later, the rest, as they say, is history. And so I stand by my suggestion of sending the boys in Interpol some flowers.