Mountain Goats auteur John Darnielle continues to write songs that could inspire a season s worth of TV movie melodramas…the results can be extraordinary. Get the man an orchestra, now. – Entertainment Weekly.
It s rare to come across such specific and purposeful prose in modern pop. But, alongside Bright Eyes Conor Oberst and the Decemberists Colin Meloy, John Darnielle is helping bring fine lyric writing back to life – NY Daily News.
The Mountain Goats John Darnielle has been one of the best songwriters of the 00s: he turns out mostly acoustic, remarkably consistent albums full of engaging, heart-rendering songs about things like failed marriages and speed freaks and liquor store employees shooting burglars in the face – Rolling Stone.
The Movers were titans of South African soul who left a legacy of countless songs of pure groove. On The Movers 1970–76, Analog Africa presents 14 of the finest tracks from the band’s undisputed peak. “I first discovered The Movers on my very first “record safari” in 1996. Twenty-five years later I’m still grooving to…
First Two Pages of Frankenstein is The National’s ninth studio album. This 11-song collection signals a new chapter in the band’s discography. Anchored by evocative melodies and an enthralling lyrical narrative, First Two Pages of Frankenstein finds The National sounding more creatively energized than ever and poised to earn them even more fans. The album…
High Violet, the new full-length record by the National, is a nervy, melodic, explosive and beautiful set of songs that find the band at the height of their collaborative powers. The music is wide-ranging in its moods, by turns intimate and rough, expansive and spare, full of stark angles and atmosphere. Berninger s singing—wild, half-broken,…
I Am Easy To Find is The National’s eighth studio album and the follow-up to 2017’s GRAMMY®-award winning release Sleep Well Beast. A companion short film with the same name will also be released with music by The National and inspired by the album. The film was directed by Academy Award-nominated director Mike Mills (20th…
The surprise companion to The National’s April release First Two Pages of Frankenstein, Laugh Track is the band’s most freewheeling, all-hands-on-deck album in years. If Frankenstein represented a rebuilding of trust between group members after 20+ years together, the vibrant, exploratory Laugh Track is both the product of that faith and a new statement of intent. Reveling in the license to radically…
The surprise companion to The National’s April release First Two Pages of Frankenstein, Laugh Track is the band’s most freewheeling, all-hands-on-deck album in years. If Frankenstein represented a rebuilding of trust between group members after 20+ years together, the vibrant, exploratory Laugh Track is both the product of that faith and a new statement of intent. Reveling in the license to radically…
The National s elegant seventh full-length album Sleep Well Beast follows-up 2013 s Trouble Will Find Me and their 2015 Ragnar Kjartansson collaboration A Lot Of Sorrow. Produced by band member Aaron Dessner with co-production by Bryce Dessner and Matt Berninger, the 12-track collection was mixed by Peter Katis and recorded at Aaron s Hudson Valley, New York studio, Long Pond, with additional sessions having taken place in…
Trouble Will Find Me, The National s highly anticipated sixth album will be released on May 21 on 4AD. The band s previous 4AD release, High Violet (May 2010), was met with critical acclaim and impressive sales, debuting # 3 on the Billboard chart with 295k scanned to date. The National will be touring the…
I Love You is the debut studio album by alt-rock band The Neighbourhood, which was released worldwide on April 22, 2013. The tracks on this album expresses a series of angst-ridden themes based on both the vibe and lyrical content of the songs. Bryan Sammis explains: I think that at least in terms of the…
***Over the past 20 years, THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS have proven themselves one of the most excellent bands in indie rock. The group s ninth album and first for Merge establishes them alongside modern luminaries like Yo La Tengo and Superchunk when it comes to their ability to evolve while still retaining what made them so…
This fall, Matador Records will celebrate the 21st anniversary of The New Pornographers’ debut record and breakout, Mass Romantic (2000), with a limited-edition red vinyl LP reissue out Dec 10th. The album – clocking three singers and 12 effervescent and undeniable power-pop gems – will return to us on red vinyl and will include a…
The soundtrack to the holiday film, The Nightmare Before Christmas, features Danny Elfman, who has scored many of Tim Burton s imaginative films (Edward Scissorhands, his two Batman films, etc.), is a perfect musical partner for the somewhat macabre director, and never more so than here, where, in fact, Elfman gets not only to write…
Tim Burton s The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack features 10 ghoulishly delightful songs and score by renowned composer songwriter Danny Elfman, lead singer of the popular rock group Oingo Boingo. Embracing the traditional musical structure of 10 songs and underscore, Elfman creates a musical landscape in which the story narrative is wholly integrated into each musical number. Allowing…