Pages tagged “annuals”

Live at Paste - Annuals

By Culture Clubbers on 7:00 AM on May 7, 2009

Click above to watch Annuals perform an acoustic version of "Down The Mountain," from their album Such Fun.... read more

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Minus the Bear and Annuals - Houston, TX - House of Blues - 11/8/08

By Austin L. Ray on 3:00 PM on December 4, 2008

[Above: Annuals]Photos taken at the House of Blues by Jason McElweenie... read more

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Staff Picks - Nate Douglas (music sales director)

By Nate Douglas on 9:00 PM on November 23, 2008

Yay! Best of 2008 Lists! Ok, so I found out Hail Mega Boys was released in '07, but I'm leaving it on the list anyway.1. Annuals - Such Fun (Red Ink)2. Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) (Earthology / Rebel Group)3. J. Roddy Walston & The Business - Hail Mega Boys (Morphius)4. M83 - Saturdays = Youth (Mute)5. Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (New West)6. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (Side One Dummy)7. Slow Runner - SHIV! 8. The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale (Chocolate Industries)9. Spiritualized - Songs in A &... read more

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Annuals announce 2009 tour dates

By Mary Kate Varnau on 10:37 AM on November 13, 2008

Annuals have been touring since the Oct. 7 release of their sophomore album, Such Fun, which featured cover art courtesy our favorite '80s TV-art instructor, Bob Ross. The band has just announced that the fun will continue in 2009, with a handful of concert dates confirmed (below) and more to come. The Raleigh-based sextet will be joined on tour by Jessica Lea Mayfield and What Laura Says (also on the Terpsikhore label). Keep an eye on Annuals' MySpace for tour updates; also, click here to see the music video of "Confessor," from Such Fun.... read more

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Annuals: Such Fun

By Jesse Jarnow on 4:00 PM on October 8, 2008

Entry from Paste’s Guide to Music, 2050 edition...Annuals (2005-2014, Raleigh, N.C.) embodied the reclamation of engorged stadium epics by bands of the so-called “independent rock and roll” movement. Their second LP, Such Fun, released in 2008, captured the full range of their work, which followed a public appreciation of bands like Arcade Fire (2003-present, Montreal), whose over-saturated drums and anthemic choruses liberated a generation from the tyranny of staring at their own shoes during independent-rock-and-roll performances. On Such Fun, Annuals—led by songwriter Adam Baker—employed sensitive elements of country and western (see: “Down the Mountain”), balladry (“Springtime”) and chamber music (“Blue... read more

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Annuals and Bob Ross: The Joy of Making a Record

By Mary Kate Varnau on 7:00 AM on September 10, 2008

Next month, Canvasback releases Such Fun, the much-anticipated sophomore album of Raleigh-based indie-pop sextet Annuals... read more

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Annuals tour, prep split EP with alter-ego Sunfold

By Liz Lawson on 8:13 AM on May 19, 2008

Annuals perhaps should consider changing their name to the Perennials. Lucky for its fans (and its members), the group has outlived the strict definition of its name, as it is currently entering its third year of existence.... read more

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