I started off the week with pre-release streams of new albums from Broken Social Scene and Hold Steady, courtesy of NPR's Exclusive First Listen. And now, what better way to end the week than with another new stream of one of my favorite bands? The National's new album, "High Violet," is available to stream 'til 4/27 (official release date is 5/11), courtesy of the NYTimes. Get psyched, folks! (As an aside, The National has the distinction of being probably the only band John and I completely disagree on. It's fine. Some people just don't "get it.")
Also, if you really want to nerd out, the Times has also offered up a five-page article on the band, their new record, and probably more than you ever wanted or cared to know about them.
Enjoy the weekend, folks.
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zzzz sleeping at my desk. what a boring band.
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Hi Pouy,
On behalf of Beggars, 4AD and The National many thanks for plugging "High Violet" on your site (street date 11th May) ... .. thanks, also, on behalf of the label, management and artist for not posting any pirate links to unreleased (studio) material and, if you / your readers want good quality, non-pirated, preview tracks, then a full length, high quality version of "BloodBuzz Ohio" is available for fans and bloggers to link to / post / host etc from www.highviolet.com/thenational_bloodbuzzohio.mp3 and “Afraid of Everyone” is now also available from www.soundcloud.com/ninasles/afraid-of-everyone-the-national ... .. for further details of the new album, on-line promotions, videos and 2010 shows, check-out the official site, as well as the band's MySpace at www.myspace.com/thenational and YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/beggars ... .. and keep an eye on these official sources for details of further news, preview material and on-line promotions.
Also and as a goodwill gesture to fans and bloggers, an exclusive preview stream of the full album is currently available via the New York Times website at www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/magazine/25national-t.html ... .. this is for hyper-linking ONLY and for streaming by fans directly off the NY Times’ site, so please reciprocate this goodwill gesture by NOT ripping or embedding these files.
Thanks again for your plug.
Regards,
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Liking the Broken Social scene album. Thanks for the heads up!
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