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66-872: Boston's Calling's line-up is co-curated by Aaron Dessner of The National and is produced by Crash Line Productions, a Boston-based entertainment production company which also produces Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin . Performers of past Boston Callings have included Sia , The National , Beck , My Morning Jacket , Brandi Carlile , Of Monsters and Men , Fun. , Kendrick Lamar , Passion Pit , Vampire Weekend , Modest Mouse , Airborne Toxic Event , Disclosure , Clairo , Eminem , Twenty One Pilots , Travis Scott , Tame Impala , Nine Inch Nails and Metallica . The city of Boston spent $ 650,000 to test IBM software that monitored concertgoers from existing security cameras in May and September 2013. Videos from

132-461: A 1959 Fender Champ , a 1960s Fender Princeton , a 1970s Music Man , an Ampeg Gemini, and a Fender Bassman . Dessner married Stine Wengler around 2016. They have three children, one of whom is named Robin. Taylor Swift's song of the same name is speculated to be about him. Dessner is a keen soccer fan and an avid supporter of Liverpool F.C. Walk Off the Earth Walk off

198-691: A Panic Attack , released in 2016 via Atlantic Records , was also produced by Dessner. Dessner produced the Lone Bellow's 2020 album Half Moon Light and co-wrote several tracks on it. He also co-wrote and produced the acclaimed debut of UK songwriter Eve Owen, Don't Let the Ink Dry , released in 2020. In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic , Dessner was approached by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift to collaborate on music, and he subsequently produced and co-wrote her eighth studio album, Folklore . It

264-557: A concert celebrating the newest Red Hot album. The show took place at Radio City Music Hall and featured several of the artists that contributed to the compilation. Dessner is a frequent collaborator with a wide range of musicians, including his brother and bandmate Bryce Dessner . In August 2008, Aaron and Bryce performed a collaborative concert with David Cossin, and Luca Tarantino as a part of Soundres, an international residency program for contemporary music and art in Salento, Italy and at

330-700: A couple of tracks on the album, including "Peggy-O," "Morning Dew" and "I Know You Rider". A Day of the Dead live performance took place in August 2016 at the second annual Eaux Claires Festival (August 12–13) featuring Jenny Lewis, Matthew Houck, Lucius , Will Oldham , Sam Amidon , Richard Reed Parry , Justin Vernon, Bruce Hornsby , Ruban Nielson and The National. Forever Love is a collaboration between Aaron and Bryce Dessner, renowned Icelandic performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson and Gyða and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, formerly of

396-614: A live performance reunion for the Dessner twins and Kjartansson, as both artists had previously collaborated on a six-hour video work, A Lot of Sorrow, which documents the National performing their three-song "Sorrow" for six hours in front of a live audience at MoMA PS1 . The Long Count was a large commission for the BAM Next Wave Festival in 2009. Dessner and his brother, Bryce, worked alongside visual artist Matthew Ritchie , creating

462-541: A live webcast, which featured two musical sets and a political discussion. The event was produced by Head Count, a non-partisan organization that uses live music events to promote voter registration and awareness. In May 2012, the National's performance of "Rains of Castamere" played during the closing credits of season two episode nine. In December 2012, Dessner curated a day of Other Voices, an Irish music festival that aired live on RTÉ Two in Ireland. The performances took place in

528-598: A not-for-profit gathering of artists in Berlin for a weekend-long festival of music curated and produced by Aaron Dessner along with his brother Bryce Dessner, Bon Iver , Berlin's Michelberger Hotel and others. The first festival took place October 1–2, 2016, under the name "Michelberger Music" in the Funkhaus, the historical radio recording studios of the former GDR. Boston Calling is a music festival co-curated by Dessner. Debuting in May 2013, Boston Calling previously took place twice

594-557: A part of its one-guitar acoustic version of " Gangnam Style ". In February 2012, the band signed a recording contract with Columbia Records . The members appeared in the Season 4 premiere of CTV's The Listener , performing two songs and socializing with the main characters in the bar. They also covered " Rude " by Magic! , " Hello " by Adele , " Party Rock Anthem " by LMFAO , " Payphone " by Maroon 5 , and " Roll Up " by Wiz Khalifa . At this time, singer Sarah Blackwood, who had joined

660-418: A second studio album How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? on August 27, 2021. The album was produced by Dessner and featured many guests and many of his previous collaborators, including Ben Howard , Sharon Van Etten , and Taylor Swift . Dessner worked with singer Sharon Van Etten on her album, Tramp (2012). Van Etten and Dessner spent over fourteen months working in his studio, finally releasing

726-653: A song called "Big Red Machine" for the compilation album Dark Was the Night . Vernon wrote a song to it, interpreting the Big Red Machine title as a heart. After 10 years, the pair formed a band called Big Red Machine , and on August 31, 2018, released a self-titled album . The record was produced by Vernon and Dessner with longtime collaborator Brad Cook and engineered by Jonathan Low primarily at Dessner's studio Long Pond in Upper Hudson Valley, New York. The duo released

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792-833: A work loosely based on the Mayan creation story Popol Vuh . The work included a 12-piece orchestra and a number of guest singers, including Kim and Kelley Deal ( the Breeders , the Pixies ), Matt Berninger (the National), Shara Worden ( My Brightest Diamond ), and Tunde Adebimpe ( TV on the Radio ). The work had its world premiere at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in September 2009 as part of

858-527: A year, May and September, at City Hall Plaza . Boston Calling moved to the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston in May 2017 and transitioned to one festival per year. Dessner co-founded the record label 37d03d (read: PEOPLE upside down) with Justin Vernon and Bryce Dessner . Alongside Alec Hanley Bemis and Bryce Dessner, Dessner founded Brassland Records , a label that has released albums from

924-458: Is an American musician. He is best known as a founding member of the rock band The National , with whom he has recorded nine studio albums; a co-founder of the indie rock duo Big Red Machine , teaming with Bon Iver 's Justin Vernon ; and a collaborator on Taylor Swift 's critically acclaimed studio albums Folklore and Evermore , both of which contended for the Grammy Award for Album of

990-459: The COVID-19 pandemic . The organizers offered refunds for tickets, as well as the option to roll tickets over to the 2021 festival. When the 2021 festival was also cancelled, the same options were available. The eleventh edition of the festival. Boston Calling was held on May 27, 28 and 29, 2022 at the Harvard Athletic Complex . The headliners this year were Metallica and Nine Inch Nails (replacing both The Foo Fighters and The Strokes after

1056-649: The Red Hot Organization . That same year, they recorded a song for the album Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy , to help support Polaris frontman Mark Mulcahy who had recently lost his wife. In 2010, the band released High Violet , their fifth full-length album. The album saw both critical and commercial success, debuting at No. 3 on US charts, and going on to sell over 850,000 copies worldwide. The band followed up High Violet by releasing their sixth album, Trouble Will Find Me , on May 21, 2013, via 4AD. Like their previous two efforts, Trouble

1122-509: The 2016 South by Southwest . They also worked together on the score for 2013 film Big Sur , an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by Jack Kerouac . The film debuted on January 23, 2013, at the Sundance Film Festival , where it received positive reviews. In 2021, together with his brother, Dessner scored two films – Mike Mills ' C'mon C'mon and Cyrano . On March 17, 2016, Aaron and Bryce Dessner announced Day of

1188-560: The Arts , for "his eagerness to seek out opportunities, to really be a thoughtful collaborator, and someone who would encourage every single student at UArts to explore with their peers across disciplines, new opportunities, and new ideas." Dessner, along with his twin brother Bryce , was named the 243rd greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone in 2023. Dessner grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio with his twin brother, Bryce Dessner . Dessner

1254-546: The Church of St James in Dingle, County Kerry. Eaux Claires is a music festival founded and curated by Dessner and Justin Vernon. The inaugural festival took place in July 2015 in Vernon's hometown of Eau Claire, Wisconsin . Speaking about the festival, Dessner and Vernon said they were driven by the idea that this festival would "encourage music-genre-walls to melt away." PEOPLE Festival is

1320-520: The Dead , a charity tribute album to the Grateful Dead released by 4AD on May 20, 2016. Day of the Dead was created, curated and produced by both Dessner brothers. The compilation is a wide-ranging tribute to the songwriting and experimentalism of the Dead which took four years to record, features over 60 artists from varied musical backgrounds, 59 tracks and is almost 6 hours long. All profits will help fight for AIDS/ HIV and related health issues around

1386-471: The Earth is a Canadian indie pop band from Burlington , Ontario. The group is known for its music videos of covers and originals. The band is well known for covering pop-genre music on YouTube , making use of instruments such as the ukulele and the theremin , as well as looping samples. The band's recorded music and videos are produced by member and multi-instrumentalist Gianni "Luminati" Nicassio. Walk off

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1452-407: The Earth partnered with Amazon Music for a performance from atop Toronto’s CN Tower to be live-streamed on Amazon’s Twitch channel. The live stream event was the first performance of the bands newly released sixth studio album. On September 24, 2021 the band released their first original 7-track children’s album, Romeo Eats Vol. 1 via Golden Carrot Records/The Orchard. The album arrived alongside

1518-477: The Earth released "Love You Right" as the lead single from their upcoming sixth studio album. "Love You Right" would mark their first collaboration with Grammy nominated Danish group Lukas Graham . The single received over a million streams in less than a week. The accompanying music video was directed by Chris Di Staulo . The band released their sixth studio album, "Meet You There", across all digital music platforms on July 22, 2021. On August 9, 2021, Walk Off

1584-789: The Earth sang " O Canada " at game 4 of the 2019 NBA Finals in Oakland, where the Toronto Raptors played the Golden State Warriors . In December 2019, Ryan Marshall announced that he was going to be leaving the band on Twitter and Instagram . In April 2020, Deadline announced that the band wrote and performed the theme song, "The Journey Starts Today", for the English dub of Pokémon Journeys: The Series . In November 2020, they collaborated with Canadian country singer Brett Kissel on " A Few Good Stories ". On June 9, 2021 Walk Off

1650-456: The Earth was formed in 2006 in Burlington, Ontario , Canada. The band began releasing music independently and created a variety of cover versions of songs including The Gregory Brothers . In early 2012, the band's live cover of Gotye 's " Somebody That I Used to Know " on YouTube gathered over 175 million views in a mere four months, receiving positive reviews from both Gotye and his co-singer on

1716-575: The Ellnora Festival. In 2009, Aaron and Bryce Dessner produced an extensive AIDS charity compilation, Dark Was the Night , for the Red Hot Organization. Dark Was the Night has raised over 2 million dollars for AIDS charities as of January 2012. In 2009, Dessner contributed a track to the Dark Was the Night compilation. On May 3, 2009, 4AD and Red Hot produced Dark Was the Night – Live,

1782-880: The Guitare Au Palais Festival Perpignan France. They also performed at Matthew Ritchie's Ghost Operator opening at the White Cube Gallery in London. Aaron and Bryce have also collaborated with many world-renowned orchestras. Most recently the brothers played with the Copenhagen Philharmonic in a concert billed as "Sixty Minutes of the Dessners." The program included "St. Carolyn by the Sea," "Lachrimae" and "Raphael," all of which were composed by Bryce Dessner. Bryce and Aaron have also performed "St. Carolyn by

1848-465: The Icelandic band múm . The project is a blending of visual and performance art with live music, all centered around a song cycle written and performed by Aaron and Bryce alongside Gyða and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir. It was commissioned by Eaux Claires Festival and made its world premiere in 2015 where it served as the official starting point of the festival on both Friday and Saturday. Forever Love marked

1914-666: The Innocent Criminals , Tenacious D , Tame Impala , St. Vincent , TV on the Radio , Marina and the Diamonds , Jason Isbell , Gerard Way , Tove Lo , Chet Faker , Run the Jewels , The Lone Bellow , Sharon Van Etten , Jungle , MØ , ILoveMakonnen , DMA's , The Ballroom Thieves , and Krill. The sixth Boston Calling, held September 25, 26 and 27, 2015 featured: The Avett Brothers , Alt-J , Alabama Shakes , Hozier , Of Monsters and Men , Chvrches , Ben Howard , Chromeo , Walk

1980-593: The Lone Bellow 's Then Came the Morning, which was recorded in Dessner's garage as well as in a 19th-century church in upstate New York. The album was released in January 2015 on Descendent Records. That same year, he worked with This Is the Kit for their album Bashed Out , which was released through Dessner's Brassland Records. In 2016, Dessner produced Lisa Hannigan 's album At Swim . The album reached No. 1 in Ireland, No. 7 on

2046-1118: The Magnetic Zeros , Brand New , The Head and the Heart , Tegan and Sara , Bastille , Jenny Lewis , Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls , The Neighbourhood , Phosphorescent , Built to Spill , Kurt Vile and the Violators , Walk Off the Earth , Warpaint , Cass McCombs , Maxïmo Park , The Districts , Tigerman WOAH!, and Magic Man . The fourth Boston Calling, held September 5, 6 and 7, 2014 featured: The National , Lorde , The Replacements , Nas x The Roots , Neutral Milk Hotel , Childish Gambino , Spoon , Girl Talk , The 1975 , Volcano Choir , Twenty One Pilots , The War on Drugs , The Hold Steady , Lake Street Dive , Bleachers , White Denim , Sky Ferreira , Future Islands , San Fermin , S. Carey , CliffLight, and Gentlemen Hall. The fifth Boston Calling, held May 22, 23 and 24, 2015 featured: Beck , Pixies , My Morning Jacket , Ben Harper and

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2112-843: The Moon , Nate Ruess , Father John Misty , Sturgill Simpson , MisterWives , Gerard Way and the Hormones , Daughter , Twin Shadow , Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks , Fidlar , Doomtree , Gregory Alan Isakov , Grizfolk , Bully , Dirty Bangs, and Grey Season. The seventh Boston Calling, held May 27, 28 and 29, 2016 featured: Sia , Disclosure , Robyn , ODESZA , Sufjan Stevens , Haim , Miike Snow , Janelle Monáe , City and Colour , Courtney Barnett , Elle King , The Front Bottoms , BØRNS , Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires, The Vaccines , Vince Staples , Battles , Unknown Mortal Orchestra , Christine and

2178-522: The National, This Is the Kit , Clogs , Doveman and Nico Muhly . Dessner often plays a 1965 Gibson Firebird purchased on eBay and refurbished. During the Sleep Well Beast recording sessions, he used the Firebird as well as a 1972 Fender Telecaster . During live shows, Dessner usually plays the Firebird and a 1963 Fender Jazzmaster . For the Sleep Well Beast sessions, amplifiers used include

2244-513: The National. "Win Win" directed by Thomas McCarthy closes with "Think You Can Wait," a track written by Dessner and Matt Berninger, recorded by the National with additional vocals from Sharon Van Etten. Dessner also played an important role in the National's contribution to the HBO show Game of Thrones . In March 2012, Dessner, Scott Devendorf and Bryan Devendorf teamed up with Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir for

2310-696: The Niagara Falls New Year's Eve Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television special, a performance that was to open their 2019 world tour. On January 7, 2019 the group announced a free memorial and tribute concert for Taylor. Presented by the city of Burlington and the Sound of Music Festival, family, friends and fans came together to celebrate Taylor's life and legacy on January 13 at Civic Square in Downtown Burlington. Special guests such as Scott Helman , members of Barenaked Ladies and more performed at

2376-668: The Night Sweats , Tegan and Sara , Brandi Carlile , Majid Jordan , Oh Wonder , Danny Brown , Cousin Stizz , Russ , Strand of Oaks , Moses Sumney , Kevin Morby , Tkay Maidza , Alexandra Savior , Tool , Major Lazer , Weezer , Cage the Elephant , Run the Jewels , Flatbush Zombies , Converge , Piebald , Wolf Parade , Frightened Rabbit , Buffalo Tom , PUP , Hiss Golden Messenger , The Hotelier , and Mondo Cozmo . The ninth Boston Calling

2442-504: The Poet , Brian Eno and Lone Bellow , among others. Dessner co-founded and curates three music festivals: Eaux Claires in Eau Claire, Wisconsin , alongside his Big Red Machine partner Vernon; HAVEN in Copenhagen with his brother Bryce, and Boston Calling Music Festival . On May 19, 2022, alongside Questlove , Dessner was awarded a Doctor of Fine Arts honoris causa from The University of

2508-632: The Queens , Lisa Hannigan and Aaron Dessner , Lizzo , Palehound , and Michael Christmas. The eighth Boston Calling, held May 26, 27 and 28, 2017 for the first time at the Harvard Athletic Complex , featured: Chance the Rapper , Bon Iver , Sigur Ros , Migos , Mac Demarco , Sylvan Esso , Car Seat Headrest , Francis and the Lights , Deerhoof , Whitney , Lucy Dacus , Vundabar , Xylouris White , Mumford and Sons , The xx , The 1975 , Nathaniel Rateliff and

2574-826: The Sea" and "Raphael" with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta during the Holland Festival . These performances took place at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam and Muziekgebouw Frits Philips in Eindhoven. In October 2011, Dessner joined his brother to perform "St. Carolyn by the Sea" with the American Composers Orchestra at The World Financial Center in New York City. Marshall Curry's award-winning documentary Racing Dreams includes music contributed by both Dessner and

2640-590: The US Top Heatseekers Albums chart and No. 24 in the UK, and received widespread critical acclaim. The Guardian , which awarded it four out of five stars, commented on the album's "stunningly pretty songs with quietly powerful undertones" and the Evening Standard , which also awarded it four out of five stars, praised the "new-found accessibility" of the album. Frightened Rabbit 's fifth album Painting of

2706-523: The Whiteout , alongside Howard himself, which was released on March 26, 2021. Additionally, Dessner produced Day of the Dead , which was released in 2016, and Dark Was the Night , both of which are AIDS charity compilations for the Red Hot Organization; and Doveman 's 2009 release The Conformist . Dessner and his brother Bryce co-composed the score for Transpecos , which won the Audience Award at

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2772-515: The Year in 2021 and 2022 , respectively, with the former winning the accolade; as well as The Tortured Poets Department (2024). Dessner has co-written, produced or co-produced songs by Taylor Swift , Ed Sheeran , Michael Stipe , Gracie Abrams , Frightened Rabbit , Ben Howard , Sharon Van Etten , Local Natives , This Is the Kit , Adia Victoria , Lisa Hannigan , Fred Again , Girl in Red , Mustafa

2838-437: The album to widespread critical success. Dessner produced Local Natives ' second full-length album Hummingbird , in 2013. Dessner was first introduced to the band while on tour with the National. Hummingbird received positive reviews, and Pitchfork praised Dessner's production work especially, saying that he "knows how to make things sound good , and there's plenty of richness and depth to these songs." Dessner produced

2904-547: The album, " The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness ", became the band's first song to reach No. 1 on a Billboards chart after topping the Adult Alternative Songs list in August that same year. The band released their eighth studio album I Am Easy to Find in 2019 alongside a short film by Mike Mills . In 2023, the band released two studio albums, First Two Pages of Frankenstein and Laugh Track , with

2970-413: The band in late 2011, was also the singer and guitarist for fellow Ontario based band The Creepshow . The Creepshow had announced a tour of Europe and North America for the late summer - including dates in the United Kingdom in August. However, Walk Off The Earth soon announced a tour of their own with conflicting dates, and on July 16, Blackwood uploaded a farewell video to her YouTube page, announcing she

3036-411: The band signed with Beggars Banquet Records . With the new label, they released their third studio album, Alligator , in 2005. The album received a positive response from critics, which exposed the band to a larger audience. In 2007, the band released their fourth album, Boxer , also through Beggars Banquet. Upon release, the album received widespread critical acclaim, and was named to "album of

3102-411: The band's single "Fire in My Soul" was certified gold. Walk off the Earth performed during the half-time show of the NFL playoff game, January 14, 2018, Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints . On December 30, 2018, it was announced that band member Mike "Beard Guy" Taylor had died from natural causes. He was 51 years old. Walk Off the Earth subsequently cancelled their scheduled performance at

3168-458: The brothers to join his band the National . With Devendorf and the Dessner brothers were Scott Devendorf , Bryan's older brother, and Matt Berninger . The band's self-titled first album was released in 2001 on Brassland Records, a label Dessner co-founded along with his brother Bryce and Alec Hanley Bemis . The band's second album, Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers , was released in 2003, also on Brassland. After some critical success with Sad Songs ,

3234-474: The event, which was live-streamed by CBC Music . On January 16, 2019, the band announced it would be continuing on its 2019 tour. In a video posted to their social media pages, the four members thanked their family, friends, and fans, stating that their tour would be devoted to honoring Taylor's memory. At the same time Marshall has written the theme song to the animated comedy series Corn & Peg for Chris Hamilton, Nelvana and Corus Entertainment . Walk off

3300-426: The group's children’s companion web series, "Romeo Eats," a food discovery show hosted by Walk Off the Earth lead singer Gianni Luminati and his 3-year-old son Romeo. Each "Romeo Eats" episode shows Romeo trying new foods, and includes an original song produced by Walk Off the Earth that features the explored food in question. The songs were subsequently released on album as Walk Off the Earth & Romeo Eats, Vol. 1 ;

3366-451: The latter being a surprise album . Dessner has production credits on all of the band's albums since Alligator . The majority of both High Violet and Trouble Will Find Me were recorded in his garage studio behind his house in Brooklyn, and Alligator and Boxer were partially recorded in his attic and in his sister's attic, which is on the same street in Brooklyn. In 2008, Dessner sent Justin Vernon an instrumental sketch of

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3432-481: The latter cancelled due to COVID-19 ). The festival was evacuated for approximately two hours on Saturday due to nearby lightning in accord with Live Nation's weather policies. Friday Line-up Saturday Line-up Sunday Line-up The twelfth edition of the festival. Boston Calling was held on May 26, 27 and 28, 2023 at the Harvard Athletic Complex . The main headliners this year were Foo Fighters (in their first major concert since drummer Taylor Hawkins ' death

3498-616: The previous year), The Lumineers and Paramore , with co-headlining slots taken by Alanis Morissette and Queens of the Stone Age . Friday Line-up Saturday Line-up Sunday Line-up The thirteenth edition of the festival. Boston Calling was held on May 24, 25 and 26, 2024 at the Harvard Athletic Complex . The main headliners were Ed Sheeran , Tyler Childers , and The Killers , with co-headlining slots taken by Leon Bridges , Trey Anastasio , and Hozier . Friday Line-up Saturday Line-up Sunday Line-up Aaron Dessner Aaron Brooking Dessner (born April 23, 1976)

3564-596: The release of Folklore , the documentary film Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions and Evermore , artists such as Maya Hawke , Gracie Abrams , Ed Sheeran , King Princess , and Girl in Red expressed interest in collaborating with Dessner and recording songs at his Long Pond Studio. Dessner stated, "After Taylor, it was a bit crazy how many people reached out. And getting to meet and write songs with people you wouldn't have had access to… I'm so grateful for it." Dessner also co-produced British singer-songwriter Ben Howard 's fourth studio album, Collections from

3630-402: The song, Kimbra . The band released an accompanying video in which all five members are shown playing on the same guitar simultaneously. The production was taken from the 26th cut of a 14-hour session. Ellen DeGeneres featured the band on her January 23, 2012, show where they played live, again on one guitar; the group was also included in YouTube Rewind 2012 "Rewind YouTube Style 2012", doing

3696-434: The test were later found online by DigBoston , which reported on it in August 2014. Though the city decided not to buy the software, it was criticized for not notifying concertgoers. Participants in the test were reportedly able to search for people by head color, skin tone, clothing texture, and baldness. The program could monitor the number of persons at the event and whether anyone was in a restricted area. Boston Calling

3762-488: The world through the Red Hot Organization. Day of the Dead is the follow-up to 2009's Dark Was the Night (4AD), a 32-track, multi-artist compilation also produced by the Dessner brothers for Red Hot. Of the 59 tracks on the compilation, many feature a house band made up of Aaron, Bryce, fellow the National bandmates and brothers Scott and Bryan Devendorf , Josh Kaufman (who co-produced the project), and Conrad Doucette along with Sam Cohen and Walter Martin. The National have

3828-416: The year" lists. Several songs from the album appeared in TV shows and movies. In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama used an instrumental version of the song "Fake Empire" in a presidential campaign video. Following the success of Boxer , the band began collaborating with other artists on various songs and compilation albums. In 2009, the band participated in Dark Was the Night , a charity album to benefit

3894-473: Was a surprise release that debuted to critical acclaim on July 24, 2020, and won Album of the Year at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2021. Dessner continued his collaboration with Swift on her subsequent albums Evermore (2020), Midnights (2022), and The Tortured Poets Department (2024), as well as her re-recorded albums Fearless (Taylor's Version) (2021), Red (Taylor's Version) (2021), and Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (2023). After

3960-431: Was chosen as the theme song for the Catalan TV show El Foraster . The group was also featured on the soundtrack of the 2015 animated film Snowtime! , performing the song "You're My Sweater". Walk off the Earth won a 2016 Juno award for Group of the Year. The band's video of " Issues " was filmed with The Next Step dancers Briar Nolet and Myles Erlick , and was featured in Dance Spirit magazine. In August 2017,

4026-456: Was held on May 25, 26 and 27, 2018 at the Harvard Athletic Complex . The headliners were Eminem , The Killers and Jack White . The tenth edition of the festival. Boston Calling was held on May 24, 25 and 26, 2019 at the Harvard Athletic Complex . The headliners this year were Twenty One Pilots , Travis Scott , and Tame Impala . Line-up On March 31, 2020, it was announced that the 2020 Boston Calling Festival would be cancelled due to

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4092-559: Was leaving The Creepshow. Blackwood went on to join Walk Off The Earth on a permanent basis, starting with their Autumn tour and EP, R.E.V.O. . In December 2012, Walk off the Earth released an original single titled "Gang of Rhythm". The group uploaded a cover of Taylor Swift 's " I Knew You Were Trouble " to YouTube in January 2013, with four of the five band members and guest beatboxer KRNFX using only vocals. On March 11, 2013, Rolling Stone streamed their unreleased R.E.V.O. album in its entirety. The full-length R.E.V.O. album

4158-427: Was named to several year-end best-of lists. The album was nominated for Best Alternative Album at the 56th Grammy Awards . Later that year, Dessner and the rest of the band were featured in the documentary Mistaken for Strangers , which followed the band's tour for High Violet and early recording of Trouble . In 2017, the band released Sleep Well Beast , their seventh full-length album. The lead single from

4224-1054: Was previously held twice a year in May and September. The festival's first two editions were two-day events. In its second year, Boston Calling expanded to three days. The first Boston Calling, held May 25 and 26, 2013 featured: Fun. , The National , The Shins , Of Monsters and Men , Young the Giant , Marina and the Diamonds , Andrew Bird , Matt & Kim , Portugal. The Man , Dirty Projectors , Ra Ra Riot , Cults , The Walkmen , Youth Lagoon , MS MR , St. Lucia , Caspian , and Bad Rabbits . The second Boston Calling, held September 7 and 8, 2013 featured: Vampire Weekend , Passion Pit , Kendrick Lamar , Local Natives , Major Lazer , The Gaslight Anthem , The Airborne Toxic Event , Wolfgang Gartner , Solange , Bat for Lashes , Flosstradamus , Deer Tick , Okkervil River , Flume , Lucius , Big Black Delta , You Won't, and Bearstronaut. The third Boston Calling, held May 23, 24 and 25, 2014 featured: Jack Johnson , Death Cab for Cutie , Modest Mouse , The Decemberists , Edward Sharpe and

4290-694: Was raised as Jewish and has Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish ancestry. Dessner has said that his Jewish background influences his music: "My brother and I have always been fascinated by liturgical religious melodies in Judaism ... I don't like major chords. I like the meditative patterns in certain prayers, and I like music that repeats itself." Dessner attended high school at Cincinnati Country Day School and graduated in 1994. Dessner went on to study Modern European History at Columbia University . Aaron Dessner and his twin brother Bryce were childhood friends with Bryan Devendorf . In 1998, after Dessner's earlier band, Project Nim, broke up, Devendorf invited

4356-411: Was released on March 19, 2013, after which they commenced in the R.E.V.O. Tour through the US and Europe. They began another US and Europe tour, Gang of Rhythm, in 2014. The most recent tour was the Sing It All Away tour through Europe and North America, which began in 2015. The band's YouTube video of Lorde 's " Royals " was featured in the 2014 Grammy Awards . The band's original single "Gang of Rhythm"

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