Tag Archives: The National

Thursday Music News

By Dillon Sturtevant | Published: March 21, 2013

While the official website remains mum about Lollapalooza 2013 lineup confirmations, rumors and confirmations as to who will play the Chicago music festival are popping up every day. But now the artists have started confirming appearances themselves, and it looks like the headliners this year will be The Postal Service, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend, and TheRead more...

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Friday Music News

By Jacob Webb | Published: March 1, 2013

David Bowie’s first album in a decade, The Next Day, is now streaming at iTunes two weeks ahead of its March 12th release date. The album, which was recorded and produced with longtime collaborator Tony Visconti across two years in 2013, was uploaded to the Apple music service last night without any fanfare, which seemsRead more...

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Tuesday Music News

By Dillon Sturtevant | Published: December 11, 2012

It’s here. Sufjan Stevens has one-upped himself this holiday season with today’s release of his Christmas-themed rap mixtape CHOPPED & SCROOGED. The songs feature Das Racist, Kitty Pryde, Busdriver, and Nicky Da B. You can download it here or stream it below. [Stereogum]

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Tuesday Music News

By Dillon Sturtevant | Published: November 20, 2012

McSweeney’s has commissioned fantasy writer Richard Parks to create an hour-long radio special starring Wayne Coyne and the Flaming Lips, which will be aired on Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m. Pacific time on KCRW (more info here). It’s an old-time radio special in the War of the Worlds tradition, and the main conflict hasRead more...

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Monday Music News

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: November 19, 2012

Electronic music making husband/wife duo Peaking Lights will be releasing a remake of their most recent album Lucifer, on which they make their already dub heavy tracks into dub dance solid beauties. Lucifer in Dub will be out on December 11th, but you can listen to their re-working of “Dream Beat,” which is now theRead more...

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Friday on My Mind: Election Day

By John Richards | Published: November 2, 2012

It’s time again for Friday on My Mind. Our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News. The 2012 Election is just around the corner, so this week we are looking at songs for Election Day. It’s everyone’s civicRead more...

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Wednesday Music News

By Jacob Webb | Published: October 10, 2012

Almost exactly two years after the release of his last LP, Toro Y Moi will release his third album, Anything In Return, on January 22nd. The 13-track release is Chaz Bundick’s take on making “sincere pop music that’s not all processed and bubblegum.” You can view the album’s very ’90s artwork and tracklisting over atRead more...

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Monday Music News

By Jacob Webb | Published: August 27, 2012

New Zealand’s fourth most popular comedy folk duo Flight of the Conchords hadn’t produced any new material (visual, musical, or otherwise) since their 2009 hiatus, but this weekend, Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie teamed up to release a video for Red Nose Day: Comedy for Cure Kids. In the video (which you can watch below),Read more...

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Friday on My Mind: Musical Twins!

By John Richards | Published: June 8, 2012

It’s time again for Friday on My Mind, the weekly collaboration between KEXP and King 5 News where we take a look at videos centered around one subject. Today we’re talking about Musical Twins. During the first half of June, all babies born at this time are in the sign of Gemini. Some of theRead more...

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Video Roundup: Lucky Thirteen!

By Jim Beckmann | Published: January 13, 2012

Today’s your lucky day! Although Friday the 13th is known to be a day of unfortunate accidents, faux pas, and all around unhappy occurrences that we chalk up to “bad luck,” as any gambler knows, luck can turn on a dime. Gathered here in this video roundup are songs that we hope will change yourRead more...

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