Tag Archive: the national

Our top ten tunes of the week – March 13

These are the songs that have been getting us going over the past seven days. Check them out and find your new favourite.

Optimus Primavera Sound – our top acts

Primavera’s little-sister festival is in its third year, and we’re excited about the healthy sprinkling of Australian acts within the outstanding line-up: It’s shaping up to be an exciting year for European summer… Read More

Primavera Sound Barcelona

Primavera Sound. Coachella’s way cooler older cousin or the party with the ‘cool kids’. Kaya Strehler can’t decide which metaphor she likes better for the great Summer festival in Barcelona. So picture this.… Read More

Mistaken for Strangers Movie Review

Highly-acclaimed indie band The National are currently touring Australia. Preview screenings of Mistaken for Strangers, a documentary shining a light on the band, are coinciding nicely with the tour. We sent Heather Vousden… Read More

Something You Said’s best albums of 2013

What a fantastic year it’s been for music. So many quality longplayers have visited our ears! Here’s Somethingyousaid.com’s Top 20, as voted for by our team of contributors (and stay tuned over the… Read More

Music: a game of Truth or Dare

Ever found yourself reluctantly admitting to loving a band you just didn’t? Or praising the incredibly unique composition of your then-boyfriend’s all time favorite song? Or how’s about going so far as to… Read More

Top Picks of Sydney Film Festival

Here at Somethingyousaid.com we love films, love them, can’t get enough of them. Long ones, short ones, foreign ones, ones with swears, ones with bears, we love them all. So you can imagine how excited… Read More

The National overflow with heavy emotion

Somethingyousaid.com’s Jack Colwell gives the sixth studio release from American art-rock band, The National a spin. Taking its cue’s where 2010’s LP High Violet left off, their latest release feels like an extension… Read More

The National have their Demons

In the second most exciting piece of news you’ll hear today (after New Zealand passing the gay marriage bill), Brooklyn legends The National have returned with ‘Demons’, the first track lifted from their… Read More