Artist: St. Vincent

The National have been making music since 1999, and for over a decade they’ve been consistently getting better at it. It’s hard to imagine that given the already grandiose nature of their style – a high-class blend of driving rock beats and chamber-pop instrumentation – but they’ve been refining that blend ever since their self-titled debut. In 2005, they completely nailed it with Alligator , and they've built upon it with each subsequent release of theirs: Boxer , the glorious High Violet [...]

En esta era moderna de la comunicación musical, en la cual podemos ver o escuchar actuaciones de nuestros artistas favoritos en todos lados, es muy difícil destacar cuando intentas hacer una plataforma para lograrlo. En la redacción de RockandRadio se le tiene un cierto aprecio al Late Night de Jimmy Fallon, mismo que, nos gustaría [...]

En esta era moderna de la comunicación musical, en la cual podemos ver o escuchar actuaciones de nuestros artistas favoritos en todos lados, es muy difícil destacar cuando intentas hacer una plataforma para lograrlo. En la redacción de RockandRadio se le tiene un cierto aprecio al Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, mismo que, nos gustaría [...]

Una semana antes de su lanzamiento,  la banda estadounidense publicó su flamante álbum, Trouble Will Find Me , en iTunes . Trouble Will Find Me llegará a las tiendas el próximo 21 de mayo a través del sello 4AD y será el sucesor de High Violet , editado en 2010. Este material fue grabado en Nueva York, lo produjo la propia banda y las mezclas estuvieron a cargo de Craig Silvey [...]

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: St. Vincent, Feist, Billie Holiday Song: Foxtails Brigade - Little Person [download here ] What's so good? I cannot [...]

• Foxtails Brigade - Little Person

Hiro Murai is a Tokyo-born filmmaker based ouf of Los Angeles. He has directed a bunch of music videos and commercials. He is also the co-founder of Bonnie Brae, a post house and all purpose hub for filmmakers. On his free time, he likes to start paintings and not finish them. He also has a  doodle blog  he never updates. 1. Earl Sweatshirt - Chum (See Above) 2. Soulsavers - Unbalanced Piece  [...]

Ahead of this afternoon's announcement I make a point of the pointless... It's nearly May and there is still no announcement from the organisers of Electric Picnic , until later this afternoon of course. With Longitude ( Kraftwerk , Phoenix , Foals , Vampire Weekend ), Forbidden Fruit ( Chic , Four Tet , James Blake , Austra , Daughter ), Iveagh Gardens ( Tallest Man On Earth , Grizzly Bear , Beach [...]

El festival 80/35 revela su cartel: Wu-Tang Clan, David Byrne & St. Vincent, Deerhunter El festival 80/35 ha revelado su cartel para la edición 2013 que tendrá lugar el 5 y 6 de julio en Western Gateway Park en Des Moines, Iowa. La alineación cuenta con más de 40 actos, destacados por Wu-Tang Clan, David Byrne & St. Vincent, Deerhunter, Yeasayer, Wavves, Umphrey's McGee, Kitty, y Roster McCabe, entre otros. Los pases para ambos días ($39 dólares) y los VIP están disponibles aquí . [...]

St Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, y Sufjan Stevens están entre los invitados que aparecerán en el sexto álbum de The National, próximo a aparecer.

Stream the newest material from The National’s forthcoming Trouble Will Find Me album, where today the newly released single is “Demons," which includes of a [...]

L'atteso tour italiano di David Byrne e St. Vincent aggiunge una nuova data a Firenze, presso teatro Verdi, il prossimo 12 settembre 2013; la tappa del duo si aggiunge a quelle del 9 settembre presso Anfiteatro Vittoriale Gardone Riviera Brescia, 10 settembre Teatro Geox, Padova, 11 settembre Auditorium Parco della Musica Roma. Prezzi da 70 euro in giù con un sesto settore (ovvero con la necessità di mettere un binocolo nella borsetta) a 25 euro. Di seguito tutti i dettagli, data per data. 9 settembre Anfiteatro Vittoriale Gardone Riviera,  Brescia poltronissime [...]

Os Dark Dark Dark são um quinteto que fala ao coração, juntando o clássico do acordeão com toques modernos, o que os encaixa no chamber-pop.  Como sucessor de  Who Needs Who  (2012), os americanos voltam agora aos EPs, com  What I Needed,  a editar dia 23 de Abril. Este EP terá quatro músicas: "What I Needed", "Love Lies", "I Collect Things" e "How It Went Down (Remix)". A primeira, que dá o mote ao álbum, pode ser ouvida abaixo. A vocalista dos Dark Dark Dark, Nona Marie Invie, irá também [...]

• Dark Dark Dark - What I Needed

A pocos días de confirmarse la salida del sexto disco de estudio de The National para el 20 de mayo en el Reino Unido y el 21 en Estados Unidos vía 4AD , el baterista Bryan Devendorf reveló durante una entrevista que Trouble Will Find Me contará con las colaboraciones de St. Vincent , Sharon Van Etten , Sufjan Stevens y Richard Reed Parry ( Arcade Fire [...]

The National's sixth full-length album, Trouble Will Find Me , is due out on May 21st via 4AD. It's their first album since 20102s High Violet . Drummer Bryan Devendorf recently spoke to Gothamist about the new album, revealing that it will feature contributions from Sufjan Stevens, St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, and others. "There are some drum machines provided by Sufjan Stevens," Devendorf said. "He did some other things too, but he had this drum machine and he did some cool little parts on that." He continued: "I know [Arcade Fire's] Richard Reed Parry did [...]

St. Vincent, Sufjan Stevens, en el nuevo disco de The National, Trouble Will Find Me The National reunió a una buena cantidad de músicos invitados para su nuevo disco, Trouble Will Find Me , que saldrá el 21 de mayo a través de 4AD . En una entrevista con The Gothamist , Bryan Devendorf reveló que Sufjan Stevens colaboró con una caja de ritmos y algunos sintetizadores, mientras que Annie Clark ( St. Vincent ) y Sharon [...]

The National will release their new album, Trouble Will Find Me , in May and if that mere fact didn't excite you enough, some additional details on the record might. In an interview with Gothamist , drummer Bryan Devendorf shared that the LP will feature some instrumental assistance from Sufjan Stevens, stating "there are some drum machines provided by Sufjan Stevens—he did some other things too, but he had this drum machine and he did some cool little parts on that. It's on a bunch [of songs]." When asked if anyone else would [...]

The National recruited quite a collection of guest musicians to appear on their new album, Trouble Will Find Me , due out May 21st via 4AD. In an interview with the Gothamist , The National's Bryan Devendorf revealed that Sufjan Stevens provided drum machine and synths and both St. Vincent's Annie Clark and Sharon Van Etten appear as guest vocalists. Other contributors include Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry, Doveman, and Nona Marie Invie from Dark Dark Dark. Devendorf also noted that three album [...]

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By Daniel Margolis Playing guitar in an indie rock band is a unique challenge. On the one hand, the principles that make for fundamentally sound, exciting guitar playing are basically set in stone – it’s a job role that rewards ego and skill. On the other hand, the entire sound of the genre dictates not audibly trying too hard – tapping is not going to work. Meanwhile, the contrarian nature of the entire enterprise demands some level of innovation, and detuning your guitar and strumming it on the headstock or behind the bridge isn’t enough. Furthermore, if you [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Pitchfork Music Festival made quite a few middle tier additions to their line-up last week including Joanna Newsom, Breeders (performing Last Splash ), ...And You Will Know Us As Trail of Dead, Swans, El-P and more . These acts join the previously announced headliners R. Kelly, Bjork and Belle & Sebastian. • Hurray! The 2013 [...]