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The National Battle Sobriety

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By Josh Visser (CHARTattack) May 22, 2009 3:34 pm
To me, The National aren't a band that sell out the Kool Haus. They're the group you listen to while nursing a whiskey alone on a bar stool, thinking about friends you've loved and lost. But between 2007's very successful Boxer, the amount of airplay the Obama campaign gave their music and Interpol's sudden suckiness, The National have become...
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R.E.M. Have Setlist Issues

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) June 9, 2008 2:30 pm
I haven't seen R.E.M. since they played a free show in downtown Toronto seven years ago. That show was a promotion for their second post-Bill Berry album, Reveal, also known as the first confirmation that Up's myriad weaknesses were no fluke. But so powerful was the goodwill at the free concert that it was practically impossible to notice how...
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Toronto Really, Really Loves The National

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) June 8, 2007 9:30 am
Over the past three years, I've written a lot about Toronto crowds. I've talked about how they don't dance when they should, how some of them talk through entire shows and how others are so quiet you could hear a pin drop. But Tuesday night at the sold-out Opera House, I saw something I don't think I've ever witnessed: an entire crowd who wanted...
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The National — Boxer

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) May 22, 2007 10:26 am
I was going to write this whole thing about indie bands who make one great record and then a whole bunch of good ones, but the more I listen to Boxer, the more convinced I am that it's on par with or maybe even better than Alligator. On a production level, it's miles ahead of its predecessor. "Mistaken For Strangers" fills headphones...
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The National — Alligator

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) May 10, 2005 11:49 am
This is The National's third album, but it's probably the first time you'll hear them due to a new distribution deal with Beggars Banquet. They'll make an immediate impression on their newfound audience — "I wouldn't go out alone into America," Matt Berninger sings on "Karen." It's Berninger's dry, baritone vulnerability that...
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The National to curate All Tomorrow's Parties 2012; first wave of performers announced

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By Dan Busheikin (CHARTattack) January 18, 2012 9:37 am
For over a decade, three-day music festival All Tomorrow's Parties has been showcasing excellent alternative artists as selected by a guest curator -- normally another artist. Past ATP curators include My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur Jr., Mogwai, Belle and Sebastian, and even Simpsons creator Matt Groening.Joining that list is The National, who will...
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WATCH: Arcade Fire's Win Butler Joins The National in Montreal

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By Colton Eddy (CHARTattack) December 11, 2011 3:17 pm
The National has been in a festive spirit as of late, collaborating with some of indie-rock's finest as they blaze through tour dates in Canada.First there was their appearance at Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio for CBC Radio One's Q with Jian Ghomeshi, during which the Brooklyn-based band was joined on stage by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon for a...
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WATCH: Bon Iver joins The National to perform "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks" and two new songs

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By Jon Pappo (CHARTattack) December 9, 2011 1:29 pm
Yesterday, The National performed at Glenn Gould studio in Toronto for CBC Radio One’s Q with Jian Ghomeshi. Those in attendance were treated to a rousing rendition of “Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks”, the closing track off of last year’s fantastic High Violet.  Special guest Justin Vernon (who was interviewed by Ghomeshi earlier that day) joined...
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MP3 Roundup: The National cover Phillistines Jr., Korallreven ft. Julianna Barwick, Little Girls

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 31, 2011 10:26 am
1) The National - "Twenty Miles To NH Part 2" (The Philistines Jr. Cover) Connecticut indie-pop band Philistines Jr. have a lot of traction in the music industry thanks to frontman Peter Katis, who has produced some outstanding records for bands like Interpol and The National. For their companion piece to last year’s If a Band Plays in the...
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I Read The News Today... For June 21, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 21, 2011 12:23 pm
Cancer Bats are working on the follow-up to last year's Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones, which they say should feature plenty of Sabbath-esque riffs. And, y'know... screaming. That, too. Anet Mook, singer for '90s indie rockers Cay, died earlier this month after she was hit by a bus in Amsterdam. Her funeral was held last Thursday.Your mom...
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I Read The News Today... For April 20, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 20, 2011 3:00 pm
If you've been waiting over three years to hear some falsetto folk crooning, you won't have to much longer: Bon Iver's self-titled sophomore album is out June 21. First Rusty reunited... now SIANspheric have reunited. Or will reunite on May 14 to play a show with stoner rockers Quest For Fire in Hamilton, Ont. —Facebook Diamond Rings has signed...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 21, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 21, 2010 3:49 pm
It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's not even Superman! It's an actor in the Spider-Man musical falling 20 feet onto the stage and being taken to hospital! —CNN The soundtrack to Blue Valentine, the upcoming movie starring Ryan Gosling (Lars And The Real Girl, Half Nelson) and Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain, "Dawson's Creek") features tunes...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 28, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 28, 2010 11:47 am
Revealed (by The Onion): Justin Bieber is a "well concealed 51-year-old pedophile." —The OnionAnother day, another Pete Doherty drug arrest. This time it's for cocaine possession, and it's linked to a filmmaker's death. —NME Rufus Wainwright has announced some dates in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Europe to take place during October...
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I Read The News Today... For June 18, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff June 18, 2010 1:13 pm
AC/DC soundalikes Airbourne will tour Canada in July. —MySpace Matt & Kim have announced a North American tour for this summer. No, they won't run around naked, but you can watch them doing that here. —MySpace The National's Aaron and Bryce Dessner are turning their multimedia show into an album. —Pitchfork Everybody take off your shirt...
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Bonnaroo 2010 Day 2: Flaming Lips' Dark Side Of The Moon Is Must-See

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By Mike Bax (CHARTattack) June 14, 2010 1:26 pm
I'm typing the majority of this review back at my campsite — as Michael Franti & Spearhead play the last few songs of their set. There's a pocket of two-and-a-half hours between Franti and The Flaming Lips' midnight performance in which the only band playing is Kings Of Leon. And while I mean no disrespect to the Kings, after you've seen them...
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The National Bring Massey To Its Feet

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) June 9, 2010 3:49 pm
Four songs into the first of The National's two headlining gigs at Toronto's Massey Hall, lead singer Matt Berninger hopped off the venue's short stage, beckoning the people in the first couple of rows to stand up. By the time he'd clambered back upon stage and started singing the opening lines to "Bloodbuzz Ohio," the entire sold out...
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The National At Massey Hall

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Photographer: 
Graham Kennedy
Venue: 
Massey Hall
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
June 8, 2010
The National (Photo by Graham Kennedy)

The National At Massey Hall

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Photographer: 
Graham Kennedy
Venue: 
Massey Hall
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
June 8, 2010
The National (Photo by Graham Kennedy)

The National At Massey Hall

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Photographer: 
Graham Kennedy
Venue: 
Massey Hall
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
June 8, 2010
The National (Photo by Graham Kennedy)
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