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  Splendour in the Grass 2013 Lineup: Frank Ocean, TV on the Radio, the National, Wavves

  April 24, 2013 – Frank Ocean, the National, Mumford & Sons, TV on the Radio, James Blake, Empire of the Sun, and Wavves are headed to the land down under for this year's Splendour in the Grass festival. …
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  Roskilde's Epic 2013 Lineup: Queens of the Stone Age, Rihanna, Sigur Ros, Kraftwerk

  April 19, 2013 – Denmark's epic Roskilde Festival will return later this year for nine days (June 29 to July 7) of musical performances from nearly 200 acts. …
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  Matt Berninger's Brother Thinks Indie Rock Is 'Pretentious Bullshit'

  April 15, 2013 – The National consists of five members: two pairs of brothers (Aaron and Bryce Dessner and Bryan and Scott Devendorf) and frontman Matt Berninger. …
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  Hear the National's Gently Pulsing 'Don't Swallow the Cap'

  April 11, 2013 – The National continue to combine their familiar seriousness of purpose with a welcome wryness. …
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  Hear the National's Wry, Gleaming 'Demons' via Time-Lapse Video

  April 8, 2013 – The National's new album ought to be a hoot. That's a somewhat-wild extrapolation based on an interview late last month with drummer Bryan Devendorf, who revealed, "The tone will sound super serious but what [frontman Matt Berninger is] singing is actually funny."The Brooklyn band has already been previewing songs from Trouble Will Find Me live in concert, including three tunes during a secret show last week in Berlin. …
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  Watch the National's Three New Songs From a Secret Show in Berlin

  April 5, 2013 – The National played an unannounced show last night at Berlin's Michelberger Hotel, and as Pitchfork and Consequence of Sound point out, videos of three new songs from the performance are now online. All told, the songs — "Heavenfaced," "Fireproof," and "Graceless" — confirm the Brooklyn rockers won't suddenly be going dubstep on new album Trouble Will Find Me, out May 21 on 4AD. …
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  The National's New Album to Feature St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, Sufjan, and Everyone Else

  March 22, 2013 – The National's new album Trouble Will Find Me will be jam-packed with guests, according to an interview with drummer Bryan Devendorf. In speaking to Gothamist, the Brookyln band's skinsman let slip that Sufjan Stevens, St. Vincent's Annie Clark, Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry, Sharon Van Etten, Doveman's Thomas Bartlett, and Dark Dark Dark singer Nona Marie Invie. …
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  Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, and Nico Muhly Light Up Their Proggy 'Planetarium' in Brooklyn

  March 22, 2013 – Lasers! Orchestral strings! Brass! A violin bow sawing an electric guitar! A giant, floating planet! Cloudy, trippy lights! Auto-Tuned space voice! …
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  The National Tout New Album 'Trouble Will Find Me' With Trompe L'oeil Cover Art

  March 21, 2013 – The National's previously announced May album now has a title, track list, and striking, black-and-white cover art. The Brooklyn brooders are set to release Trouble Will Find Me, the follow-up to 2010's High Violet, on May 21 in North America via 4AD. …
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  Lollapalooza 2013 Headliners to Include Vampire Weekend, the Killers, Phoenix, and Mumford

  March 19, 2013 – Phoenix, Vampire Weekend, Mumford and Sons, and the Killers will be among this year's headliners at Lollapalooza, reports the Chicago Tribune. Also confirmed for the Chicago festival, which runs August 2 - 4, are the Postal Service and the National. The full lineup will be officially announced next month, but early bird tickets are going on sale next week. …
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