The National
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Review by Ben Thompson, Daily Telegraph, 7 May 2005
AFTER A COUPLE of well-received but not exactly life-changing albums, this bookish Brooklyn-based quintet have achieved a kind of breakthrough with their third full-length release. ...
The National: Heaven Knows They're Miserablist Now
Interview by Chris Roberts, Uncut, January 2006
Brooklyn-based five-piece THE NATIONAL talk to Uncut about their fourth album, Alligator, a mesmerising blend of melancholy and mischief ...
Review by Adam Sweeting, Uncut, June 2007
TWELVE YEARS AGO, the five members of the National left their native Cincinnati and headed east for New York. As mid-westerners who can never think ...
The National: Gloomy … with a Hint of Sunshine
Report and Interview by Andrew Purcell, The Guardian, 22 April 2010
IT WAS PAST SIX in the morning, in the bar of Bono's hotel in Dublin. The members of the National and REM were seated around ...
Review by Pete Paphides, The Times, 7 May 2010
SPARE A THOUGHT for the hapless hack who had the temerity to ask the National: "How does a totally unknown band like you sell out ...
Review and Interview by Andrew Mueller, Uncut, June 2010
The Brooklynites set sail for the big time with their fifth LP. ...
The National: An Interview with Matt Berninger
Interview by Rob Hughes, The Word, June 2011
It's been a long, slow slog to the summit for The National — "You either plant your flag or you're forgotten" ...
The National: Trouble Will Find Me
Review by Ian Gittins, Virgin Media Music, 20 May 2013
IN THE EARLY '90s, Britain's hippest TV show was an imported American drama series named thirtysomething. The series told the stories of a group of ...
The National: Trouble Will Find Me
Review by Jamie Atkins, Record Collector, June 2013
THE SIXTH ALBUM from Brooklyn's The National sees them continue an impressive run of form which has left them seemingly on the verge of mainstream ...
The National: Roundhouse, London
Live Review by Ian Gittins, The Guardian, 27 June 2013
"WE PLAYED THE Barfly a few years ago," reminisces the National's singer Matt Berninger, making affectionate reference to the long-standing, archetypal indie sweatbox just down ...
4AD Records: Labelled with Love
Retrospective and Interview by Wyndham Wallace, Classic Pop, November 2013
A new book, Martin Aston's Facing The Other Way, tells the story of a label that scored just a single number one hit during the ...
Various Artists: Day Of The Dead (4AD)
Review by Jamie Atkins, Record Collector, June 2016
2009'S DARK WAS The Night benefit album for the HIV/AIDS charity Red Hot Organization was something of an anomaly among such compilations; whereas most collections ...
The National's Bryce Dessner: A man of many talents
Report by Geoffrey Himes, The Washington Post, 18 November 2016
Show: With the National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jacomo Bairos on Friday at the Kennedy Center. ...
All Points East: Victoria Park, London
Live Review by Tim Cooper, Louder Than War, 4 June 2018
Saturday 2nd June: The National, The War On Drugs, Future Islands, Warpaint, Cat Power Sunday 3rd June: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Patti Smith, St ...
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