The National, whose music many have labeled as gloomy, dark, and writhing with insecurities, stays the course with their latest, Trouble Will Find Me . But the biggest difference between this album and any previous is the band members have settled into themselves (the members ages now range from late thirties to early forties) and this comfort has eased tensions that would surface during the quintet's creative bursts of writing and recording earlier records. While tension, anger, and testosterone, definitely birthed live stalwarts such as Alligator 's (2005) “Mr November”, this record sees the writing and recording process [...]
Here's a six year old video of Matt from The National singing a snippet of "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks" with his baby daughter, Isla, strapped to his chest.
The first video from Trouble Will Find Me which is out May 20(UK)/21(US). Video directed by Sophia Peer. PRE-ORDER via itunes.
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One of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year will be under more than a few Christmas trees next month and that record is The Black Keys El Camino . Here's another bite to get you drooling once again after "Lonely Boy" was launched as the first single. Stream "Run Right Back". » Launch/PopUp NPR Player
I won't be posting at Sixeyes any longer. All new posts will be at my new music blog, *hipstereo . Here are some recent posts at *hipstereo. Hipstereo's MP3 Player Mix Tegan and Sara: Newport Folk Festival Live 2011 Stream Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor: CANT "Answer" - Stream Neon Indian: "Fallout" MP3 + Stream Bon Iver Covers Björk - Stream + MP3 [...]
I won't be posting at Sixeyes any longer. All new posts will be at my new music blog, *hipstereo . Here are some recent posts at *hipstereo. Hipstereo's MP3 Player Mix Tegan and Sara: Newport Folk Festival Live 2011 Stream Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor: CANT "Answer" - Stream Neon Indian: "Fallout" MP3 + Stream Bon Iver Covers Björk - Stream + MP3 [...]
Just posted the first interview to appear at Hipstereo with Fiery Furnaces Eleanor Friedberger.
There may be a few thousand subscribers to Sixeyes, but my new blog has got a little less than one hundred. So, I'm hoping the great folk who subscribed to this blog will join me at *HIP/STER/EO (which is now my main blog). Please subscribe to Hipstereo's feed. Thanks
There may be a few thousand subscribers to Sixeyes, but my new blog has got a little less than one hundred. So, I'm hoping the great folk who subscribed to this blog will join me at *HIP/STER/EO (which is now my main blog). Please subscribe to Hipstereo's feed. Thanks
Head over to my new blog to see the new Spike Jonze directed short.
The new song can be heard at my new blog, Hipstereo .
There's a new post at *HIP/STER/EO.
I am now posting once again, but this time I'm starting fresh with a new blog called *HIP/STER/EO . I hope you'll check it out, follow me, etc. Thanks.
The more vocal half of sibling duo The Fiery Furnaces, Eleanor Friedberger , has her debut solo record set for release July 12th on Merge Records . Simply titled Last Summer the ten track album begins with mistakes ("My Mistakes") and ends with an earthquake ("Early Earthquake"), but it's whats in between these calamities, personal and natural, that intrigues me. Take the second track, "Inn of The Seventh Ray"... how did an L.A. restaurant end up on a record with NYC titles like "Roosevelt Island", "Scenes from Bensonhurst", and "Owl's Head Park"? But what really grabs [...]
Grammy winners, Arcade Fire, visited Sound Opinions last April and recorded two songs live in the Chicago radio programs studios and talked to Greg and Jim, the hosts. All eight band members were present and they don't disappoint, check out the link to their site above or itunes for podcasts of their program. Here's how good they sound:
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The Veils will release new music next month (January 24th) on their own label, Pitch Beast. The EP, titled T he Troubles of The Brain , gives waiting fans six new songs with a seventh as a bonus for pre-ordering the disc (do so through the band link above) . Three tracks have been streaming online for a couple of weeks now and here's how they stack up. "The Stars Came Out Once The Lights Went Out" - For a verse or two, sounds like it's about writer's block and [...]
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