Weekend (American band)

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Weekend
Origin San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres Shoegazing, [1] lo-fi
Years active2009–present
Labels Slumberland Records
Website www.myspace.com/weekendmusic

Weekend is an American lo-fi or shoegaze [1] trio from San Francisco, California. The band formed in 2009 [2] and released two EPs, with the full-length debut album Sports coming on Slumberland Records in 2010. [3] The album received an 8.2 rating from Pitchfork Media. [4] It also received 4/5 stars on Tinymixtapes [1] and was also reviewed by National Public Radio, [5] the Portland Mercury , [6] Boston Phoenix , [7] NME , [8] Drowned in Sound, [9] Brooklyn Vegan, [10] The Onion's AV Club, [11] and PopMatters. [12]

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Sports was also mentioned in Sports Illustrated alongside the more commercially-successful album with the same name by Huey Lewis and the News. [13]

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. [14]

In late 2018, Weekend toured with Nothing and Thursday.

Discography

Albums

EPs

10" Singles

7" singles

Split 7" singles

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Comentale, Ed. "Weekend - Sports | Music Review". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  2. ↑ Murphy, Tom (2010-11-12). "Shaun Durkan of Weekend talks about Sports and the foibles of music journalism - Denver - Music - Backbeat". Blogs.westword.com. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  3. ↑ Hughes, Josiah (2010-09-30). "Weekend Announce Slumberland Debut • News •". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  4. ↑ "Weekend: Sports | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  5. ↑ Myers, Erik (2010-10-24). "First Listen: Weekend, 'Sports'". NPR. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  6. ↑ Milbauer, Rachel. "Unlimited Nights and Weekend | Music". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  7. ↑ Archived October 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "NME Album Reviews - Album Review: Weekend - Sports (Slumberland)". Nme.Com. 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  9. ↑ Gourlay, Dom (2010-11-08). "Weekend - Sports / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  10. ↑ "Weekend released 'Sports', touring w/ Young Prisms (dates)". Brooklynvegan.com. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  11. ↑ Heller, Jason (2010-11-09). "Weekend: Sports | Music | MusicalWork Review". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  12. ↑ "Weekend: Sports". PopMatters. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  13. ↑ Rebecca Shore (2011-02-28). "Do two sporty CDs really have game? - 02.28.11 - SI Vault". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  14. ↑ "Weekend: "Mirror" | Tracks". Pitchfork. 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-04-13.


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