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The National debut new tracks live at Big Ears Festival

After already hearing “Bloodbuzz Ohio” and “Terrible Love”, The National aren’t being shy about tracks from the upcoming High Violet album.  These videos, taken from the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN are a bit shaky but give us more insight into what will be an amazing album.  High Violet is due out May 11.

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She & Him dazzle Letterman

Zooey Deschanel and M Ward have been hitting the promotional circuit hard in support of Volume 2.  The duo played Letterman on Friday and put on a jazzed-up, cabaret-sounding rendition of “In The Sun” that is just so damn retro and funky that it’s beautiful.  Zooey looked a little stiff at first but then warmed into her role as the songstress with the limelight. Read more

Sights: Them Crooked Vultures on SNL

With a rather late showing of support for their self-titled, 2009 release, Them Crooked Vultures graced the SNL state this past Saturday.  Could a few lackluster performances pull their “aging supergroup” status out of the gutter (at least in my mind)?  We’ll see.

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Phoenix and Vincent Moon Take It To The Streets Of Paris

Equip with two acoustic guitars, a keyboard, and a voice, Phoenix went to Paris where they played and filmed four songs.  The idea to film on the streets of Paris was an idea thought of by filmmaker Vincent Moon and the band. Vincent Moon explains the idea, “And then we thought about this funny video the band posted on July 14th on their blog, where they play “1901″ with an awful iChat wallpaper as a background. Eh, why don’t we do it again, but for real this time ?”

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