Archive | April, 2010

‘High Violet’ Streaming

The National’s new album just began streaming on the New York Times website a few minutes ago. Here’s the link. I’m about to listen to it for the first time, and am incredibly excited. A review will follow, probably tomorrow. Enjoy! Update: review here.

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Muse Australian Tour Leak

Very very unconfirmed, but also very very promising. These originate from a post on the official forums, and hopefully will be confirmed (or otherwise) sometime soon because these sound awesome and realistic. Would going to both Rod Laver shows be too much? Brisbane – Brisbane Entertainment Centre – November 20 Sydney – ACER Arena – […]

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Children Collide National Tour

Children Collide were supposedly taking a bit of a break from touring Australia after their show at the Corner Hotel earlier this year, but they’ve already announced that they are returning. The boys will be touring nationally while in the process of recording and mixing their sophomore album, and will play a selection of hits […]

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Modest Mouse With A Banjo

I saw Ross Noble’s comedy show a few nights ago, and they played some really interesting and fun music during the intermission and before and after the show. They were recognisable songs, but they were all being played masterfully by a bluegrass band. After some research I believe that the band in question is called […]

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Videos: Metric Live From The Juno Awards

Gimme Sympathy. Stunning. “Stay away from the hooks.”

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News: ‘High Violet’ Streaming This Friday

Apparently The National’s highly anticipated new album ‘High Violet’, of which we have already heard several track from, has leaked in low quality form. In response the band have made the wise decision that they will be streaming the album via the NY Times from this friday. Personally I’m resisting the low quality version in […]

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