Nada Surf

Nada Surf Evoke Indie Rock Nostalgia

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By Evan Dickson (CHARTattack) April 8, 2008 3:30 pm
"Are you grading papers?" I asked the bartender. "Yes," she told me. Clearly, this was going to be a concert for thinking adults. (Incidentally, if your T.A. works at the Opera House and there are beer stains on your essay, consider disputing that C-.) The Opera House was the perfect venue for Nada Surf's fans. Since...
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Nada Surf — The Weight Is A Gift

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By David McDougall (CHARTattack) September 13, 2005 4:21 pm
Nada Surf shrug off any residual '90s post-grunge sound with this disc, the follow-up to their 2003 comeback Let Go. Distorted guitar riffs are few and far between and the band take fewer forays into down-tempo melancholy, instead leaning towards a Matthew Sweet/Cali-pop summer sheen. Glistening production by Chris Walla (his gloomier Death...
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Ten Great Songs About Mom

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By Michelle McGlynn (CHARTattack) May 6, 2011 2:51 pm
Love her or hate her, see her once a year or unfortunately still dwell in her wood-paneled basement, Mother's Day, that one day a year where you salute your Mama for giving birth to you has come around once again.If you want to give your matriarch the gift that keeps on giving (and keep it cheap and cheerful) make her a CHARTattack endorsed mix CD...
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I Read The News Today... For July 13, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 13, 2010 1:32 pm
Women have made "Eyesore," the first single from their upcoming Public Strain sophomore album, available for free download. Morrissey's Bona Drag singles compilation will be reissued on Sept. 27. —NME Here's quite possibly the nerdiest collaboration we've heard of in a while: Ben Folds and High Fidelity author Nick...
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Nada Surf's Covers Album Is Spontaneous, Unpretentious

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By Brian Pascual (CHARTattack) April 9, 2010 4:28 pm
Depending on your own personal degree of music snobbery, a band recording an album of covers is either really fun and cool, or totally cliche and lazy. But for every Duran Duran Thank You (if you haven't heard this hot mess before, immediately put it at the top of your things-to-do list for today), you get a band like Nada Surf who seem to grasp...
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Nada Surf Provide Safe, Cheery Entertainment

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) March 30, 2010 2:42 pm
Nada Surf did an admirable job enticing people out of their homes because it takes at least a mid-level American band — or a top tier Canadian one — to fill Lee’s Palace on a Monday night. It’s likely only a small percentage of the attendees made the trek specifically to catch opener Dawn Landes & The Hounds, but Landes definitely expanded...
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Nada Surf Covers Album, Tour Coming

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 5, 2010 4:23 pm
Kate Bush, Depeche Mode, The Go-Betweens and The Soft Pack are among the artists whose songs appear on Nada Surf's upcoming first covers album, If I Had A Hi-Fi. The disc, which was recorded in September 2009 at Austin, Texas' Resonate Studios, will be out this spring. A definite release date hasn't been set, but Nada Surf will tour North America...
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Pavement, Spoon Contribute Songs To Guitar Hero

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By Mark Teo (CHARTattack) November 30, 2009 12:50 pm
Sure, we already knew that Guitar Hero and Rock Band appealed to college slackers. It was only a matter of time before Activision caught on, too. Their latest batch of downloadable tracks for Guitar Hero V and Band Hero include newly reunited campus rock favourites Pavement. Gamers will now be able to jam along with "Cut Your Hair," the...
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Nada Surf Are Two-And-A-Half-Hit Wonders

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By Natalia Manzocco (CHARTattack) February 25, 2008 5:00 pm
There's a certain special sense of embarrassment that comes with unearthing things you created years ago, and it's a feeling that Nada Surf understand all too well. Mind you, it's not what you're thinking. Singer/guitarist Matthew Caws swears the trio have come to terms with the omnipresent ghost of their lone radio hit, 1996's "Popular...
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Nada Surf Get Lucky

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By Michelle Singerman (CHARTattack) December 12, 2007 5:30 pm
Brooklyn, New York indie rock band Nada Surf got lucky with their choice of studio and the guests they roped in to help them on their fifth album, appropriately titled Lucky. The follow-up to 2005's The Weight Is A Gift, and the group's third release for Barsuk Records, will hit stores on Feb. 5. Band members Matthew Caws (vocals, guitars),...
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