The National

The National, Jonsi, She & Him Shortlisted for Oscars

This awards season, Hollywood bigwigs are shining some light on indie music – first Bon Iver’s Bon Iver received a Grammy nomination or two, now the shortlist for the Oscar…

New: The National – “Rylan” & “I Need My Girl”

Everyone and their dad’s favorite contemplative sad-rock Brooklyn band, the National, took to Q’s Toronto studios and delivered recordings of two brand new songs. The band are in top form…

New: The National – “Twenty Miles to NH Part 2″

You might not have heard of producer Peter Katis, but he’s manned the tables for such bands as the National, Fanfarlo, Interpol, and countless others, and now some of those…

REC’D MP3: Oh Land – “Bloodbuzz Ohio” (The National cover)

Everyone loves it when their favorite artists cover their favorite artists, so you can probably understand our being super excited about our favorite Brooklyn-via-Denmark electro-songstress covering our favorite Brooklyn-via-Ohio album-of-the-year-delivering…

The National: Announce Tour Dates

Illustrious indie rockers the National have announced a short string of shows kicking off at the end of November and wrapping up right before the Holidays ramp up. The short…

The National – “Exile, Vilify” Video

In case you’ve forgotten, The National — who gave us our favorite album of 2010 — have offered up plenty of new music in 2011 without ever committing to releasing…

Mumford & Sons – “England” (The National Cover)

Mumford & Sons have received much international success on account of their debut Sigh No More, earning them a trip to the Grammy Awards and constant radio airtime. Quite the…

REC’D: The National – “Exile Vilify”

The National have been keeping busy. One would think that the success of last year’s powerful High Violet (and PMA’s number one album of 2010) would let them relax a…

Grinderman x The National – “Evil” (Silver Alert Remix)

Things that are unsurprising: Grinderman have compiled some remixes and demos of a track from their second self-titled record on a special release for Record Store Day. Said song is…

Video: The National – “Think You Can Wait”

Last week, we heard the beautiful new National tune, “Think You Can Wait,” which would also be the theme song to Tom McCarthy’s new film, Win Win, starring Paul Giamatti.…

REC’D: The National – “Think You Can Wait”

Director Tom McCarthy’s new Paul Giamatti starring movie Win Win, about an attorney/wrestling coach who discovers a star athlete, must be inspirational and moving. We know this because Matt Berninger…

The National – “Conversation 16″ Video w/ a Mad Man

This explains all those ads on Pitchfork. For the last few days there’s been pics of Mad Men’s John Slattery accompanied by The National‘s Matt Berninger and Aaron and Bryce…

MP3: The Forms x The National – “Fire To The Ground”

It’s been well over three years since New York based indie rockers The Forms put out their self-titled sophomore LP, but that hasn’t dissuaded the band, now a duo, from…

Sufjan Stevens – “Silent Night” & “Barcarola (You Must Be A Christmas Tree)”

As we all know, Sufjan Stevens is an ardent Christmas enthusiast, having released a Christmas EP every year for the last five years (now available as a boxed set entitled…

The National – “Wake Up Your Saints”

New York rockers The National might have released their best record yet with this year’s triumphant High Violet; in an effort to promote what will assuredly go down as one…

The National – “Terrible Love” (Alternate Version) Music Video

This gorgeous alternate version of High Violet‘s opening track, “Terrible Love,”  will appear on reissue/extended edition of the album as well as on a single pressed on 7″ violet vinyl,…

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY

WATCH: Daft Punk Join Phoenix in NYC Last night, Daft Punk hit the stage at Phoenix‘s show in New York City’s iconic Madison Square Garden arena during their encore. With…

LISTEN: New The National – “You Were A Kindness”

The National stopped by Minnesota Public Radio’s The Current and performed a (quite gorgeous) four-song set that consisted of High Violet‘s “England”, “Terrible Love”, and “Bloodbuzz Ohio”, as well as…

ON DECK

LISTEN: New The National – “You Were A Kindness” The National stopped by Minnesota Public Radio’s The Current and performed a (quite gorgeous) four-song set that consisted of High Violet‘s…

SPIN25 WEBCAST: The National

2010 marks SPIN Magazine’s 25th Anniversary and to celebrate the momentous occasion, together with ZYNC from American Express, the magazine are putting on 5 huge shows in New York City…

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