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Weekend (American band)
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Weekend is an American lo-fi or shoegaze[1] trio from San Francisco, California. The band formed in 2009[3] and released two EPs, with the full-length debut album Sports coming on Slumberland Records in 2010.[4] The album received an 8.2 rating from Pitchfork Media.[5] It also received 4/5 stars on Tinymixtapes[1] and was also reviewed by National Public Radio,[6] the Portland Mercury,[7] Boston Phoenix,[8] NME,[9] Drowned in Sound,[10] Brooklyn Vegan,[11] The Onion's AV Club,[12] and PopMatters.[13]
Key Information
Sports was also mentioned in Sports Illustrated alongside the more commercially successful album with the same name by Huey Lewis and the News.[14]
Their song "End Times" was used in a commercial to promote Season 6 of Dexter.
The band released their second album, Jinx, on July 23, 2013, on Slumberland Records.[15]
In late 2018, Weekend toured with Nothing and Thursday.
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- Sports (2010, Slumberland)
- Jinx (2013, Slumberland)
EPs
[edit]- Red (2011, Slumberland)
10" Singles
[edit]- All-American (2010, Mexican Summer)
7" singles
[edit]- End Times (2011, Slumberland, Neon transparent yellow)
Split 7" singles
[edit]- Weekend's End Times b/w Young Prisms' I Don't Get Much (2010, Transparent)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Comentale, Ed. "Weekend - Sports | Music Review". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ Comentale, Ed (August 4, 2015). "Weekend brings post-punk sound back to town". San Francisco Examiner.
- ^ Murphy, Tom (November 12, 2010). "Shaun Durkan of Weekend talks about Sports and the foibles of music journalism - Denver - Music - Backbeat". Blogs.westword.com. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ Hughes, Josiah (September 30, 2010). "Weekend Announce Slumberland Debut • News •". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ "Weekend: Sports | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. November 11, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ Myers, Erik (October 24, 2010). "First Listen: Weekend, 'Sports'". NPR. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ Milbauer, Rachel. "Unlimited Nights and Weekend | Music". Portland Mercury. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ [1] Archived October 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "NME Album Reviews - Album Review: Weekend - Sports (Slumberland)". Nme.Com. December 10, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ Gourlay, Dom (November 8, 2010). "Weekend - Sports / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ "Weekend released 'Sports', touring w/ Young Prisms (dates)". Brooklynvegan.com. November 11, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ Heller, Jason (November 9, 2010). "Weekend: Sports". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on November 12, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ "Weekend: Sports". PopMatters. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ Rebecca Shore (February 28, 2011). "Do two sporty CDs really have game? - 02.28.11 - SI Vault". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ "Weekend: "Mirror" | Tracks". Pitchfork. April 3, 2013. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
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