The National Go Acoustic In Northern Ireland
While in Belfast this past July to play a show at Mandela Hall, Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner sat down and recorded acoustic takes of a couple beloved Boxer tracks. Our tipster, Comprachio, mentions that the "filming took place in a kitchen set from an upcoming Irish independent movie which was on a break from filming." We get "Apartment Story" minus the dance party and a "Slow Show" that goes sparer than Fair Game. It was captured on tape by Will McConnell from Bandwidth, an indie filming organization who're launching a series of live performances. This is the first. The angle's a bit odd, but it offers an interesting fly-on-the-wall vantage.
"Slow Show"
"Apartment Story"
The guys have some upcoming plugged-in performances:
10/10 - New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom %
10/16 - Cincinnati, OH @ Fountain Square #
10/24 - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil @ Tim Festival
10/25 - Sao Paulo, Brazil @ Tim Festival
10/27 - Vitoria, Brazil @ Ufes Theatre
11/08 - Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
% w/ Grizzly Bear
# w/ The Breeders
Posted at 12:49 PM by brandon in Tour Dates, Video
Tags: Aaron Dessner | Bryce Dessner | The National
No offense, Brandon, but Belfast is in Northern Ireland. There's a huge distinction between the two countries.
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No offense taken. I'm from Southern NJ so I know just what you mean...
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The 10/16 Vote Early Rock Late event for Obama is actually going on at "Fountain" Square
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Can't believe their show with grizzly bear is 21+.... gah!
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The Mandela show was awesome! Great venue. The Jane Bradfords put us on their guestlist so we got in for free:D
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SO GOOD!
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