
Though one could make a case that The National have been rolling ever since the release of their 2005 breakout Alligator , 2010 has been a particularly good year for the Brooklyn based outfit. They dropped the CoS Top Star-earning High Violet , delivered impressive sets at Sasquatch! and Lollapalooza , and even got to meet the President, which helped form the basis for a brand new music video . And if that weren't enough, they're currently amidst a sold-out world tour and also gearing up for an [...]

Hacia fines del año pasado, miembros de la banda The National realizaron un concierto multimedia en Brooklyn llamado "The Long Count" , en el que trabajaron con el artista visual Matthew Ritchie y otros artistas que realizaron su aporte musical sobre él (como Kim y Kelly Deal de The Breeders y Shara Worden de My Brightest Diamond). Ahora, no habiendo pasado mucho tiempo desde el lanzamiento de su último disco, High Violet , la banda ha anunciado que lanzará un álbum de éste show. Los hermanos [...]
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Άλλη μια ενδιαφέρουσα συνεργασία εικαστικών με μουσικούς. Αυτή τη φορά ο εικαστικός Matthew Ritchie συνεργάζεται με τους μουσικούς Bryce Dessner and Aaron Dessner για το project The Long Count . Εκτός από τη δωδεκαμελή ορχήστρα συμμετέχουν οι τραγουδιστές Matt Berninger (The National), Kim and Kelley Deal (The Breeders, The Pixies), Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond). Φυσικά οι της μουσικής μιλάνε για το νέο των National, οι των εικαστικών μιλάνε για το νέο Ritchie. Ωστόσο δεν είναι η πρώτη φορά που ο Ritchie συμπράτει με μουσικούς. Συνεργασία με τον Dessner υπήρχε και στο [...]

Imaginary City by So Percussion Subscription tickets for the 2009 BAM Next Wave Festival (which includes The Long Count and Imaginary City among other offerings) go on presale for Friends of BAM and subscribers (2008 Next Wave Festival and 2009 Spring Season) on Monday, June 15 (today). Public Next Wave Festival subscriptions go sale Monday, June 22 . Also, tickets for the BAM Special Winter Presentation of a A Streetcar Named [...]

• Two beer-related news stories in one day? It must be Memorial Day weekend! I can't wait to go to work for seven hours and watch people strolling through the door with that look of complete and utter relaxation spread across their ugly faces. I'm not bitter about having to work on major holidays, trust me. So, yeah. Article number one speaks to the fact that in this "economic downturn" the price of brewing beer has risen, but the actual cost of beer has not. I guess that makes booze just about the only thing in this world that is [...]