Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:Sounds like she's big with freshmen at Smith.
Well I'm not always contrary. I did see this chick yesterday at Borders and thought she was good…
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1700688
The National in VT March 7 (?)
"Murder Me, Rachael" is SUCH AN EXCELLENT SONG!
I just hope they play that song over and over for 40 minutes… :D
I just hope they play that song over and over for 40 minutes… :D
I'm amused by the fact that she wanted to call her album either "Penis Envy" or "Black America", but her label wouldn't let it fly. Instead, she called it "Get Away From Me", and obvious play on Norah Jones' album.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:Sounds like she's big with freshmen at Smith.
Well I'm not always contrary. I did see this chick yesterday at Borders and thought she was good…
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1700688
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:She sounds more like Avril Lavigne:
I'm amused by the fact that she wanted to call her album either "Penis Envy" or "Black America", but her label wouldn't let it fly. Instead, she called it "Get Away From Me", and obvious play on Norah Jones' album.
"I'm bad with taking directions. I'm a nice girl on the outside, but I'm a complete punk on the inside. I just like to learn on my own."
"It took me two weeks to get sick of that place [Manhattan School of Music.] School is all about conformity and acquiescence, and those are two things I'm really bad at. I can't even pretend."
"I feel everything is political – love, sex, life. I don't see how people can be unaffected by politics or the current events of the world. I get impatient with love songs, especially when they are written in a more modern style."
"I think it's such a shame when people are taken surprise by fame. I think they should just quit then, and leave the playing field open for me. Because I really want it."
Musically, I don't hear the Avril Lavigne connection.
To me, more a combination of Randy Newman, Cole Porter, and Doris Day with some hip hop thrown in.
To me, more a combination of Randy Newman, Cole Porter, and Doris Day with some hip hop thrown in.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:How I have yearned to hear that sentence.
Because I really want it.
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:one of the sites I read, http://blog.largeheartedboy.com , called her Doris Day With An Edge today, which immediately made me think, "no thanks"
Doris Day
If I had read that, I would have thunk the same thing. Luckily, I trusted the recommendations of a couple of people on the Fulks chatboard, and was pleasantly surprised after actually listening.
Originally posted by pollard:
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:one of the sites I read, http://blog.largeheartedboy.com, called her Doris Day With An Edge today, which immediately made me think, "no thanks"
Doris Day
Originally posted by mankie:Just think..if they add Texas to the bill my head would explode!
Originally posted by Bags:So are they opening for Vermont in Alaska or Alaska in Vermont…this is doin me 'edd in Brian…
The National have themselves listed as playing in Vermont on March 7, although the Black Cat still has them opening for Alaska! on the same date.
???
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:HEY! I've heard of Bryan Adams. Who hasn't after the Robin Hood movie?
There goes Mankie again, picking on the one band that I like that he's actually heard of…
There was a Robin Hood movie?
So who stayed until the end of the Walkmen's set?
Did it get any better?
Is it just me, or are they starting to sound a little Strokes-y?
Did it get any better?
Is it just me, or are they starting to sound a little Strokes-y?
Well I resurfaced out of the backbar about a song and a half in. I thought it sounded really good. they played the hit off of the first album next. Sounded great much better then when I had seen them before. The next song made me yawn and we returned to the bar.
I really dont think the walkmen are my thing. The guy does look like Walkie though.
I really dont think the walkmen are my thing. The guy does look like Walkie though.
I know I'm posting this five days late, but loved The National. *Really* wish they were coming back.
When they were finished, I headed to DC9 for what was a WAY too great Thursday night of lots of free booze, a great DJ set with all kinds of stuff. And, oh my god, even a little dancing – to alternative music, in DC?!?
Because The National ended so late, I thought the whole show would be much later, so I did head back to the 9:30 Club at 11:45 hoping to catch a couple Walkmen songs, but instead hit the crowds streaming to U looking for cabs.
Any word on Weird War?
When they were finished, I headed to DC9 for what was a WAY too great Thursday night of lots of free booze, a great DJ set with all kinds of stuff. And, oh my god, even a little dancing – to alternative music, in DC?!?
Because The National ended so late, I thought the whole show would be much later, so I did head back to the 9:30 Club at 11:45 hoping to catch a couple Walkmen songs, but instead hit the crowds streaming to U looking for cabs.
Any word on Weird War?
Originally posted by mark e smith:which one's "the guy"…surely not "that guy"?
Well I resurfaced out of the backbar about a song and a half in. I thought it sounded really good. they played the hit off of the first album next. Sounded great much better then when I had seen them before. The next song made me yawn and we returned to the bar.
I really dont think the walkmen are my thing. The guy does look like Walkie though.
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Originally posted by mark e smith:which one? ;)
I really dont think the walkmen are my thing. The guy does look like Walkie though.
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Brooklyn-by way of-Cincinnati rock act the National has signed a worldwide deal with Beggars Banquet. The group's third studio album is expected in spring 2005. The National's two prior full-lengths, including 2003's acclaimed "Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers," were issued by New York independent label Brassland.
"We found out in May that Roger Trust, who runs Beggars Banquet, was a big fan of 'Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers' and he showed up at our show in London a month later," group member Aaron Dessner tells Billboard.com. "The next day we spent a few hours at the Beggars office in London, which was really impressive, and then Roger came over to see us play in Paris a few nights later. It just felt like a perfect match for us and them."
Dessner says the group is in the midst of recording new material, including tracks like "Mr. November," "Minor Stars of Rome," "Abel" and "The Thrilling of Claire." No shows are planned until an Oct. 3 appearance at New York's Bowery Ballroom, with fellow Ohio rock combo the Black Keys.
– Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Billboard Magazine
"We found out in May that Roger Trust, who runs Beggars Banquet, was a big fan of 'Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers' and he showed up at our show in London a month later," group member Aaron Dessner tells Billboard.com. "The next day we spent a few hours at the Beggars office in London, which was really impressive, and then Roger came over to see us play in Paris a few nights later. It just felt like a perfect match for us and them."
Dessner says the group is in the midst of recording new material, including tracks like "Mr. November," "Minor Stars of Rome," "Abel" and "The Thrilling of Claire." No shows are planned until an Oct. 3 appearance at New York's Bowery Ballroom, with fellow Ohio rock combo the Black Keys.
– Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Billboard Magazine
Originally posted by Bags:I'm really digging their new EP ~ Cherry Tree. Got it?
Brooklyn-by way of-Cincinnati rock act the National has signed a worldwide deal with Beggars Banquet. The group's third studio album is expected in spring 2005. The National's two prior full-lengths, including 2003's acclaimed "Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers," were issued by New York independent label Brassland.
"We found out in May that Roger Trust, who runs Beggars Banquet, was a big fan of 'Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers' and he showed up at our show in London a month later," group member Aaron Dessner tells Billboard.com. "The next day we spent a few hours at the Beggars office in London, which was really impressive, and then Roger came over to see us play in Paris a few nights later. It just felt like a perfect match for us and them."
Dessner says the group is in the midst of recording new material, including tracks like "Mr. November," "Minor Stars of Rome," "Abel" and "The Thrilling of Claire." No shows are planned until an Oct. 3 appearance at New York's Bowery Ballroom, with fellow Ohio rock combo the Black Keys.
– Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Billboard Magazine
That would be a muy cool show in NY.