A few weeks ago we posted an early take of "When You Were Born" (aka "When Yer Born") from The Long Count. At the time, Aaron Dessner told us the track would eventually include Kim Deal singing on it. Now... CONTINUE READING THE LONG COUNT (BRYCE & AARON DESSNER, KIM & KELLEY DEAL, MATT BERNINGER, SHARA WORDEN) @ BAM 10/28/09»
Posted on October 29, 2009 in , , (4 comments)
Tags: Aaron Dessner | Bryce Dessner | Kelley Deal | Kim Deal | Matt Berninger | Matthew Ritchie | My Brightest Diamond | The Breeders | The National | Treasure Island
If you're tired of practicing old folk tunes, Beatles songs, Mel Bay, or whatever, Q TV's new series "How To" With Q features various indie rock luminaries walking you through the guitar parts of some of their popular songs. A... CONTINUE READING GUITAR LESSONS FROM VAMPIRE WEEKEND, TEGAN & SARA, THE NATIONAL»
Posted on October 26, 2009 in (6 comments)
Tags: All The Saints | Sondre Lerche | Tegan And Sara | The National | Vampire Weekend
We've heard The Conformist's quietly exultant opener "Breathing Out." Those familiar with Thomas Bartlett's project know that as Doveman, Bartlett rarely raises his voice above a whisper, even when the atmospherically dense music -- often performed by members of the... CONTINUE READING NEW DOVEMAN - "ANGEL'S SHARE" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on October 15, 2009 in , , (5 comments)
Tags: Aaron Dessner | Doveman | Martha Wainwright | Matt Berninger | Sam Amidon | The National
Indeed, this year's Virgin Mobile Festival was totally free, and Richard Branson's attempt to "put a smile on people's faces" totally worked. Aside from those grumbling about the long lines for admission, because everybody loves complaining about something. The day... CONTINUE READING VIRGIN MOBILE FREEFEST 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on August 31, 2009 in , (4 comments)
Tags: Blink-182 | Girl Talk | Jet | Mates Of State | Public Enemy | St. Vincent | Taking Back Sunday | The Hold Steady | The National | Virgin Mobile Festival | Wavves | Weezer
This is the first available full piece of music from Bryce and Aaron Dessner and Matthew Ritchie's BAM-commissioned The Long Count, which runs 10/28-31 at the 2009 Next Wave Festival. As the breathless BAM copy tells us: In an inspired... The Long Count)'">CONTINUE READING NEW AARON DESSNER - "WHEN WE'RE BORN" (FROM THE LONG COUNT)»
Posted on August 13, 2009 in (5 comments)
Tags: Aaron Dessner | Bryce Dessner | Matthew Ritchie | The National | The Soft Pack
The compilation has an impressive lineup, but the circumstances around it are heartbreaking: Almost a year after his wife Melissa died suddenly, 21 artists have contributed exclusive tracks to Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy to help... CONTINUE READING THOM YORKE, MICHAEL STIPE, DINOSAUR CONTRIBUTE TO CIAO MY SHINING STAR: THE SONGS OF MARK MULCAHY»
Posted on June 25, 2009 (21 comments)
Tags: Dinosaur Jr. | Frank Black | Juliana Hatfield | Mark Mulcahy | Mercury Rev | Miracle Legion | R.E.M. | Radiohead | The National
For those excited to hear some post-Boxer songs, good news: The National are road-testing new material. They did the excellent Rust Belt-anthemic "Blood Buzz Ohio" -- it's more than the name that matters, really -- at Montreal's Metropolis on Friday... CONTINUE READING NEW NATIONAL - "BLOOD BUZZ OHIO" & "THE RUNAWAY"»
Posted on May 26, 2009 in , (19 comments)
Tags: Doveman | The National
Hey, it's a blog post relating to Dark Was The Night. Sunday night's live event around the indie-scene-portrait compilation was a certain success, and the National's final victory lap came last night with a performance of "So Far Around The... CONTINUE READING NEW NATIONAL TUNES, PEFORMANCE ON LATE WAS THE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON»
Posted on May 7, 2009 in , (14 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Dark Was The Night | Jimmy Fallon | Nico Muhly | The National
The fear with any supertalent variety show like last night's Dark Was The Night live event is that the appeal on paper will far outstrip the appeal of having your ass glued to a seat for four hours. And it... CONTINUE READING DARK WAS THE NIGHT LIVE @ RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, NYC 5/3/09»
Posted on May 4, 2009 in , , (22 comments)
Tags: Aaron Dessner | Bon Iver | Bryce Dessner | Dark Was The Night | Dave Sitek | David Byrne | Deradoorian | Dirty Projectors | Doveman | Feist | My Brightest Diamond | Pete Seeger | Sharon Jones | St. Vincent | The National | TV On The Radio
The jam-packed Red Hot compilation comes to life 5/3 at Radio City Music Hall with Dave Sitek, Dirty Projectors, Feist, My Brightest Diamond, the National, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, and more to be announced. Tickets go on sale... CONTINUE READING DARK WAS THE NIGHT - LIVE AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL»
Posted on March 9, 2009 in (13 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Dark Was The Night | The National
Well, that was wonderful. On Saturday night at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music, Final Fantasy and Grizzly Bear experimented with full sets of material accompanied by the Brooklyn Philharmonic. The results were masterful, obvs. Final Fantasy's material is inherently symphonic,... CONTINUE READING GRIZZLY BEAR/FINAL FANTASY WITH THE BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC @ BAM, BROOKLYN 2/28/09»
Posted on March 2, 2009 in , , , (47 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | Final Fantasy | Grizzly Bear | Nico Muhly | Rain Machine | The National
The brothers and Berninger of the National told Billboard that a new album's in the works, slated for a 2010 release date. They didn't mention what it would sound like, but that's what the internet and your aural analytic ability... CONTINUE READING THE NATIONAL UNVEIL NEW SONGS, LINE UP A TOUR »
Posted on February 13, 2009 in , (24 comments)
Tags: Siren Festival | The National
The last time we pleaded with you to get obsessed with pop savant Shugo Tokumaru came in relation to the fantastical, Beatles-indebted toy-factory waltz of "Green Rain." Like the best of Shug's material it features him on so many instruments... CONTINUE READING SHUGO TOKUMARU DOES "GREEN RAIN" ON IGGY, JOINED BY MEMBERS OF BEIRUT AND THE NATIONAL ONSTAGE»
Posted on January 26, 2009 in , (14 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Bumbershoot | Jason Mraz | Shugo Tokumaru | The National
The stream-a-day MySpace rollout of the Dessner brothers' Dark Was The Night charity compilation gets a bump today with a trio of tracks, courtesy of a cute little widget player and a smattering of heavy hitting contributors. There's the Decemberists'... CONTINUE READING TODAY'S DARK WAS THE NIGHT STREAMS FEATURE THE DECEMBERISTS, ANTONY, BON IVER & THE NATIONAL TWINS »
Posted on January 26, 2009 (6 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Bon Iver | Bumbershoot | Dark Was The Night | The Decemberists | The National | Wallpaper
So far Dark Was The Night's brought us David Byrne + Dirty Projector's "Knotty Pine" and Ben Gibbard + Feist making like Vashti Bunyan (+ Gibbard) for "Train Song." Fittingly, on Inauguration Day 2009, the guys who dressed you in... CONTINUE READING NEW NATIONAL - "SO FAR AROUND THE BEND"»
Posted on January 20, 2009 (10 comments)
Tags: Crocodiles | Dark Was The Night | No Age | The National
The National's Aaron and Bryce Dessner curated this one, and its contributor list reads like the contents of your iPod, including Arcade Fire, Beirut, Beach House, Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, Antony, MMJ, Feist, Ben Gibbard, Spoon, Sufjan, Yeasayer,... CONTINUE READING YOUR FAVORITE BANDS DO RED HOT COMP»
Posted on December 3, 2008 (21 comments)
Tags: Aaron Dessner | Bryce Dessner | Dark Was The Night | Holy Fuck | Lollapalooza | The National
The National did a full-on cover of "What Goes On" at New York Magazine's 40th Anniversary Party this past Friday night. Maybe they were inspired by the various forms of "Caroline Says, Pt. II" and other Berlin: Live at St.... CONTINUE READING THE NATIONAL COVER THE VELVET UNDERGROUND»
Posted on October 13, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: The National | The Velvet Underground
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... CONTINUE READING THE NATIONAL GO ACOUSTIC IN NORTHERN IRELAND»
Posted on September 29, 2008 in , (6 comments)
Tags: Aaron Dessner | Bryce Dessner | of Montreal | The National
The National's "Fake Empire" can be read as either political or romantic (or a Late Night stunner). It's mostly the former in an almost three-minute Obama spot titled "Signs Of Hope & Change" that aired in Denver before Barack's big... CONTINUE READING THE NATIONAL TEAM UP WITH OBAMA TO BRING "SIGNS OF HOPE & CHANGE"»
Posted on September 3, 2008 in (11 comments)
Tags: Barack Obama | The National
The National performed a new post-Boxer song called "A Thousand Black Cities" at Vega in Copenhagen last night. Ominous. The Danish crowd seems to dig it, especially the girl who's laughing near the camera for the duration. The sound on... CONTINUE READING NEW LIVE NATIONAL - "A THOUSAND BLACK CITIES"»
Posted on August 13, 2008 in , (10 comments)
Tags: The National
In this Amy Finkel-directed video for Takka Takka's "Silence," the Brooklyn quintet's dreamy little song (with guest instrumentation via the National's Bryan Devendorf and Lee Sargent of CYHSY) is transformed into the backdrop for a war between Lilliputian toy soldiers... CONTINUE READING NEW TAKKA TAKKA VIDEO - "SILENCE"»
Posted on August 13, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Grizzly Bear | Menomena | Takka Takka | The National
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy You know what sucked for every band following Les Savy Fav yesterday? The fact that they had to follow Les Savy Fav yesterday. Under intensely blazing Indio heat, Harrington and his hockey blogging... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: FRIDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on April 26, 2008 in (21 comments)
Tags: Aphex Twin | Black Kids | Black Lips | Coachella | Cut Copy | Diplo | Jack Johnson | Jens Lekman | Les Savy Fav | M.I.A. | Marla Hansen | Sharon Jones | Tegan And Sara | The Breeders | The Dap-Kings | The National | The Raconteurs | The Verve | Vampire Weekend
Now that the National are touring with R.E.M., Vincent Moon, indie rock's French auteur of choice, can totally multi-task (to take it further, he should start working with Modest Mouse). Anyhow, long before Moon became well-known for his Take-Away shows... CONTINUE READING THE NATIONAL MAKE A MOVIE, EP»
Posted on April 8, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: The National | Vincent Moon
