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Live Gallery and Review: The National at the ICC, Sydney 1.03.2024
The National captivate Sydney audience with lead singer Matt Berninger engaging extensively with the crowd and creating an unforgettable, intimate experience.
News: The National announce huge open-air London show for summer 2024
The National have today announced a huge open-air show for next summer at Crystal Palace Park, taking place on Friday 5 July 2024. The much-loved five-piece will also be joined by special guests Unknown Mortal Orchestra as well as Kevin Morby and This Is The Kit. Tickets go on general sale for the event at …
Live Review: The National / Soccer Mommy, 3Arena Dublin, 21.09.2023, plus gallery
Following the release of two surprise albums this year, First Two Pages Of Frankenstien and Laugh Track, The National played the first show of their European tour in Dublin’s 3arena. They played a whopping 28 song set, comprising of never before played songs and of course some classics. Supporting them was Nashville native indie rock …
News: The National drop surprise album ‘Laugh Track’, unveil the single ‘Deep End (Paul’s In Pieces)’ and announce Australian tour.
It doesn’t seem that long ago that The National released ‘First Two Pages of Frankenstein’ through 4AD and Remote Control Records so it is quite a surprise to report they have just dropped a new album, ‘Laugh Track’, which is being described as a companion to ‘First Two Pages…’, having been recorded during the same …
News: The National announce ninth studio album ‘First Two Pages of Frankenstein’ and unveil the shimmering ‘Tropic Morning News’ as the first single.
The iconic purveyors of moody indie rock, The National, are back with news of their ninth studio album entitled ‘First Two Pages of Frankenstein’, out through 4AD and Remote Control Records. The eleven-song album was produced by The National at Long Pond Studios in upstate New York and features guest appearances by Taylor Swift, Phoebe …
Track: The National release gorgeous new track ‘Weird Goodbyes’ featuring Bon Iver.
Indie legends The National have just released a gorgeous new single ‘Weird Goodbyes’ through 4AD/Remote Control Records featuring the vocals of Bon Iver (Justin Vernon). With the stately grace that typify the band’s distinctive sound, “Weird Goodbyes’ is a delicate yearning track with Vernon’s contribution adding a different, softer texture and strings augmenting the ethereal …
News: The National’s Early Catalogue Remastered And Reissued due 26 February 2021
Twenty years on from the release of their self-titled debut album, The National are reissuing it along with 2003’s follow-up Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers and 2004’s Cherry Tree EP on 26 February 2021. With all three records having been remastered at Abbey Road Studios, the 2021 represses stay faithful to their original artwork while their stunning new masters …
Track: The Brave Faces – Lots of Nights Out
Brighton’s The Brave Faces follow up their impressive debut ‘In The Dark’ (premiered by me earlier this year) with ‘Lots of Nights Out’, another pure pop indie delight. The song captures the ennui of being out with people you don’t particularly like, with a sly sense of humour and a witty turn of phrase: Lots …
Track: Dip Road Dogs – Lazy
Country Victoria has produced the geographically dispersed but very much together Dip Road Dogs with their new single ‘Lazy’. ‘Lazy’ has a slow burning tone with sweeping strings and crisp jangly guitars that immediately recalls The National or Tindersticks with an inherent Australian laconic delivery. A reflective, self-deprecating sense of humour in the lyrics augments …
Track: The National – Never Tear Us Apart (INXS Cover)
A compilation album of songs to raise money for the impact of the recent cataclysmic fires in Australia – ‘Songs For Australia’ – will be released digitally in March and an undoubted highlight is The National‘s cover of prime Australian export INXS’s sublime ballad ‘Never Tear Us Apart’. It is a brilliant rendition of a …