Tag: The National
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High Violet by The National – Essentiality Review
With all that’s happening I feel like January was a long time ago. A month rendered in our minds as we looked forward to a new decade ignoring how our lives would change in the following months. And it was around that time I published my lists of favorite music from the past decade, and…
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My favorite albums of the decade.
I had a personal relationship with my iPod Classic. When listening to playlists at random, it always knew the one I wanted, or even ordered them in the best way possible. It fell from my bicycle once. A friend of mine listened music with it while playing football. It had at least 5 different cases.…
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My favorite songs of the decade.
You can fit 1,752,000 regular 3-minute songs in 10 years. And although that seems like a large amount, is likely that we’ve heard that much in the past decade, specially in Mexico. Of course, the length and nature of your favorite songs can vary greatly, and mine, as evidenced by the following list, does too.…
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The National/Mexico City/October 16th 2019
While I was waiting in line to see, arguably, my favorite band right now, one interesting thought came into my mind: Why is all this people coming to see The National? It’s not that they’re not popular enough for people in Mexico to be interested in them. Simply, how can a band that makes music…
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I Am Easy To Find by The National – Review
I just have to say it: right now, in this particular moment of my life, The National is my favorite band. Why? As I stated in my list of favorite albums of 2017, while talking of the band’s previous release, Sleep Well Beast, The National are experts at delivering a message through music, whatever that message…