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Matt Berninger announces new album, shares lead single “Bonnet of Pins”

Joshua Pickard·March 11, 2025

Matt Berninger, frontman and lyricist for The National, will release his sophomore solo album, Get Sunk, on May...

John Wohlmacher·September 24, 2024

Talking about the cultural impact of indie rock feels much stranger than retracing the musical heritage of prior...

John Amen·September 19, 2023

With 2010’s High Violet, The National reached a crescendo, striking a balance between panoramic rock and elegant sound-art....

Ah, 2013… to say it was a “simpler time” is, well, oversimplifying things. But in the music world...

Rob Hakimian·May 2, 2023

It’s been four years since The National last released a full-length, but they’ve hardly been absent in that...

Rob H·February 23, 2023

The National are releasing their new album First Two Pages of Frankenstein in April, and today they share...

Ray Finlayson·February 9, 2023

A year is a long time in the world, at least to us humans. To the earth itself...

Lucien Flores·April 13, 2021

THE LYRIC BOYS is a comedy podcast about music and lyrics that’s hosted by LUCIEN FLORES and ANDREW STIEGLITZ, two...

Ray Finlayson·December 15, 2020

On folklore: the long pond studio sessions, the Disney+ documentary film where Taylor Swift performs the songs from her...

Ray Finlayson·October 15, 2020

It’s normally a pretty big deal when the lead singer of one of most famous indie bands decides...