On Tuesday, two of the most anticipated indie albums saw their official releases. The National dropped High Violet, an album that put Twitter users into a cumulative tizzy when The New York Times streamed the album in full a few weeks ago. The other album is Treats, the debut by Brooklyn “it&#[...]
Posts Tagged ‘The National’
April 6th, 2010 - 2:27 pm § in True/Slant
Lollapalooza and the Pitchfork Effect
The folks behind Lollapalooza officially unveiled the lineup for this year’s fest (that’s right - no more letter guessing) Tuesday morning. And it looks like someone’s been reading Pitchfork. The lineup is jam packed with indie bands. Many of those acts have received the greatest[...]
February 26th, 2010 - 2:51 pm § in True/Slant
Video Friday: The National and a bunny
Music videos rarely tell stories anymore. So it’s great to come across a director who can tap into the emotional vibrancy of a song and bring it out into their original narritive. Director and animator Tobias Gundorff Boesen gets it. He used The National‘s “Slow Show” for a b[...]
March 11th, 2009 - 12:27 am § in Perfect Lines
"Utah… I Didn't Know They Knew Music Out There…"
Breakfast at Sulimay’s is probably the greatest idea for an Internet-based TV program. Kudos to Philly’s Scrapple TV. Here’s what old people think of The Used (as well as KRS-One and The National): The video player provided on the Scrapple Website doesn’t work with WordPress.[...]