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Weekend (American band)

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Not to be confused with The Weeknd.
This article is about the U.S. band. For other bands, see Weekend (disambiguation).
Weekend
OriginSan Francisco, California, U.S.
GenresShoegaze,[1] lo-fi, post-punk[2]
Years active2009–present
LabelsSlumberland Records
Members
  • Shaun Durkan
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Abe Pedroza
Past membersTaylor Valentino
Websiteweekendtheband.bandcamp.com

Weekend is an American lo-fi or shoegaze[1] trio from San Francisco, California. The band formed in 2009[3] and released two EPs, with the full-length debut album Sports coming on Slumberland Records in 2010.[4] The album received an 8.2 rating from Pitchfork Media.[5] It also received 4/5 stars on Tinymixtapes[1] and was also reviewed by National Public Radio,[6] the Portland Mercury,[7] Boston Phoenix,[8] NME,[9] Drowned in Sound,[10] Brooklyn Vegan,[11] The Onion's AV Club,[12] and PopMatters.[13]

Sports was also mentioned in Sports Illustrated alongside the more commercially successful album with the same name by Huey Lewis and the News.[14]

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.[15]

In late 2018, Weekend toured with Nothing and Thursday.

Discography

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Albums

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  • Sports (2010, Slumberland)
  • Jinx (2013, Slumberland)

EPs

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  • Red (2011, Slumberland)

10" Singles

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7" singles

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  • End Times (2011, Slumberland, Neon transparent yellow)

Split 7" singles

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  • Weekend's End Times b/w Young Prisms' I Don't Get Much (2010, Transparent)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Comentale, Ed. "Weekend - Sports | Music Review". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  2. ^ Comentale, Ed (2015-08-04). "Weekend brings post-punk sound back to town". San Francisco Examiner.
  3. ^ Murphy, Tom (2010-11-12). "Shaun Durkan of Weekend talks about Sports and the foibles of music journalism - Denver - Music - Backbeat". Blogs.westword.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  4. ^ Hughes, Josiah (2010-09-30). "Weekend Announce Slumberland Debut • News •". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  5. ^ "Weekend: Sports | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  6. ^ Myers, Erik (2010-10-24). "First Listen: Weekend, 'Sports'". NPR. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  7. ^ Milbauer, Rachel. "Unlimited Nights and Weekend | Music". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  8. ^ [1] Archived October 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "NME Album Reviews - Album Review: Weekend - Sports (Slumberland)". Nme.Com. 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Weekend released 'Sports', touring w/ Young Prisms (dates)". Brooklynvegan.com. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  12. ^ Heller, Jason (2010-11-09). "Weekend: Sports". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on November 12, 2010. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  13. ^ "Weekend: Sports". PopMatters. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  14. ^ Rebecca Shore (2011-02-28). "Do two sporty CDs really have game? - 02.28.11 - SI Vault". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  15. ^ "Weekend: "Mirror" | Tracks". Pitchfork. 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
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