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  The National Deliver Big at SPIN25 Live Concert!

  July 30, 2010 – If National frontman Matt Berninger ever decides to change careers, he could be a preacher or a shaman or the dictator of a small country. During the hour and a half or so that he and his four bandmates (plus assorted guest players) commanded New York City's Terminal Five stage Thursday night, as part of the week-long SPIN25-ZYNC concert series, the elegant, epically tall singer transformed three-thousand sticky, demanding, and somewha …
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  The National Wow a Hometown Crowd at Radio City

  June 17, 2010 – If a steady stream of adoring press coverage, including a critically acclaimed new album, High Violet, are any indication, the National's moment seems to have finally arrived. …
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  FREE ALBUM! SPIN's Picks for Bonnaroo 2010

  June 5, 2010 – June 10-13 brings us Bonnaroo, the annual celebration of music in the Tennessee countryside, attended by some 80,000 fans. …
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  Best of Sasquatch Fest: MGMT, Pavement, Vampire Weekend & 11 More!

  June 2, 2010 –  …
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  New Albums from the Dead Weather & more!

  May 11, 2010 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: The Dead Weather , Sea of CowardsGet a room: The Mr. and Mrs. Smith of garage rock steam it up.Read Review >> Keane, Night TrainU.K. soft rockers flex, spook Snow Patrol.Read Review >> The National, High VioletPessimist Manifesto: Weary desperation has never felt more liberating.Read Review >>  …
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• The National, 'High Violet' (4AD)

  May 11, 2010 – The vaguely optimistic slow dance "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks" closes the National's fifth album, and you can almost see crepe paper falling lazily off the gym wall as it fades, like a welcome exhale, after 45 minutes of gorgeously crafted tension. …
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  The National Add Summer Tour Dates

  April 30, 2010 – This summer, Brooklyn-based quintet the National are taking their anthemic indie rock around the globe -- and the band says the extensive, five-month itinerary is still growing. The international trek will support the National's first record in three years, High Violet (out May 11), and will kick off May 5 in London and land stateside May 21 in Los Angeles. …
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  9 Best Moments of the Big Ears Festival

  March 29, 2010 –  …
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  FREE MP3: New Song from the National

  March 25, 2010 – The release of the National's new album, High Violet, is still six weeks away, but the Brooklyn-via-Cincinnati quintet are offering up a free download "Bloodbuzz Ohio" as a preview to fans. Download the song here. The track features large, sweeping layers of piano, drums, and guitar laid beneath singer Matt Berninger's smooth, melancholy baritone. …
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  The National Unveil New Album Live

  March 12, 2010 – The National craft nuanced, studied, multi-textured rock anthems, and take their time to do so -- High Violetis their first release in three years. …
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