Explosions in the Sky news

Instrumental rock group Encounters With a Yeti takes us on an emotional roller-coaster ride through dreamy and ambient music, and cans after cans of cold beer.

Alabama Shakes and Skrillex are among the newer acts joining familiar groups like the Red Hot Chili Peppers at summer pop festivals.

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Austin-based band Explosions In The Sky have released a dreamy new short film/music video inspired by found family snapshots from the 50s and co-directed by local filmmakers Peter Simonite and Annie Gunn. [ more › ]

Dave Aju Heirlooms Damon Albarn Dr. Dee LISTEN Recording of opera composed by the Blur/Gorillaz leader and performed in part by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra ALO Sounds Like This David Arnold and Michael Price Sherlock Series 2 OST Philip Bader Wishful Thinking Solo debut for house producer Barenaked Ladies Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before!

Booking Ahead: New concerts announced Nicki Minaj, My Morning Jacket, Rufus Wainwright and Explosions in the Sky announce concert dates 

Full disclosure: We're big fans of Austin-based Explosions in the Sky, a band whose soundtracks have been featured in films like "Friday Night Lights," "The Diving Bell and Butterfly" and "All the Real Girls." So we're premiering this trailer for the video for their song "Postcard From 1952" (from their 2011 album "Take Care, Take Care, Take Care"), as co-directed by Peter Simonite (a 2nd unit ...

The name Yann Tiersen may have become household material, not for music fans, but for film buffs, as the guy who composed the soundtrack to French indie favorite Amelie. His work in classical composition is indeed beautiful; wistful piano riffs perfectly accentuate the camera’s sweeping views of Montmatre and shuddering violins only heighten the beauty [...]

There was mood-rock and muffuletta. Electro and gazpacho. Power-pop and pickled peppers. The summer concert season kicked off at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Saturday in a synaesthetic swirl during the third annual Sweetlife Food and Music Festival, an 11-hour affair featuring a fleet of food trucks and 20 musical acts, including Swedish house hero Avicii, rock vets the Shins, rapper-crooner ...

The massive Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival came to a close in California on Sunday after two weekends worth of sold-out shows by over 150 artists. One of those acts was the Austin, Texas, band Explosions in the Sky , which first played Coachella back in 2007 and has seen its profile grow since then.

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