Watch: The National perform at Brooklyn Academy of Music

Monday, May 17th, 2010
If you're still not down with The National then you've got some learnin' to do, kid. Their new album, High Violet, is great and it even sounds good live.

On Saturday, May 15th, Brooklyn, N.Y's very own band played a hometown show at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and was kind enough to stream the entire event on YouTube. You can check out the concert right over here.
The National played… Read More

Watch: The National – “Bloodbuzz Ohio”

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

The National's new album, High Violet, is in stores today and is a definite must buy.
But don't take my word for it. I'll leave it to the music video for the band's single "Bloodbuzz Ohio" to convince you.
Frontman Matt Berninger shows up in this black and white clip that looks like it could be studied in film classes at colleges.
As he sings, he also sways and dances to the beat while shots of him standing in random locations in Brooklyn… Read More

Listen: The National – High Violet

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Now if you're a good person you haven't obtained a leaked copy of The National's new album High Violet. I am not a good person so I'm trying to make it up by directing you to this.
If you make your way to the New York Times website, they're currently streaming the new record in its entirety. You would do well to listen to this record as it is a fantastic listen. It's only… Read More

Listen: The National – “Afraid Of Everyone”

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

A new track from The National's highly anticipated album High Violet was just released and you can check it out down below.
It's the fifth track from the album called "Afraid Of Everyone". The album will be in record stores throughout the U.S. on May 11.
If you want to download the song, I recommend heading over to Pitchfork and grabbing it from there.… Read More

Listen: The National – “Bloodbuzz Ohio”

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

I know what you were thinking. You saw the headline of this post and were like "Why would he even write stuff? Just give us the song and the link to where we can download it!"
Calm down, skippy. I'm just trying to give you some info with your music.
Earlier today, radio rips of the the new National song "Bloodbuzz Ohio" made it's way onto the interwebs for all you guys to download. The band saw this and decided to let us download the full version of the song.… Read More