January 2010
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Jan 31st
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Jan 30th
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“There’s a lot of yelling on this record, but not quite the guttural,...”
– Matt Berninger, on a interview with Pitchfork about the new National album
Jan 29th
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Pitchfork: Does the new album have a title yet? MB: No, it doesn’t. We’ve been kicking around ideas. Every time we have an idea for a title, it lasts a few days and then we realize how bad it is. Not long ago, we were calling it SummerLovin’ Torture Party. Thankfully, we realized that’s just a stupid title. So right now, it’s still untitled.
Jan 29th
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Jan 28th
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New National Album in May 4!! →
Jan 27th
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ListenDoveman - The Best Thing featuring Matt Berninger
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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ListenThe National - So Far Around The Bend support...
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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ListenThe National & St. Vincent - Sleep All Summer
Jan 23rd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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A little, generic interview with Rhapsody.
Jan 20th
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BetterPropaganda: Back to songwriting, how does the band approach a song? Do you all pretty much build the song up from scratch together? Matt Berninger: We don’t have a process. The songs have come together in a lot of ways. Sometimes the seed is a guitar melody, other times they start from a drumbeat. We all work on little things at home and bring them to the practice space. Occasionally...
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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BetterPropaganda: Since we’re on the topic of your website… who takes all those great pictures on the site? Matt: Scott and I take most of them. There are about 500 pictures that come up randomly. Sometimes you need to click a while before you get the tasteful nudes.
Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 14th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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ListenAmerican Mary from the album The National
Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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Black Cab Session
Jan 9th
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Jan 8th
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“I fell in love with you, no matter what you say but you wrere right about the...”
Jan 7th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 4th
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“The National craft mood music. In the span of four albums and an EP they have...”
– Aquarium Drunkard (view full article.) (via presidents)
Jan 3rd
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 2nd
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Jan 1st
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