The National

[phillyfan26]

That new song is fantastic.

 

[redkat]

It's not a departure at all, but I'm glad for that. What a beautiful song

 

[Ronnie269]

Thanks for posting the new tune redkat!
I find this one kinda boring tho,
great singing by Matt all the same.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I saw the National play in Toronto a little over a week ago and they were amazing! I had no idea how crazy Matt Berninger gets on stage. By the end of the night he had broken his mic and his mic stand twice (he handed the parts to some audience members afterward) They played the new song Redkat posted as well as Vanderlylle Crybaby and one other that I cant remember the name of. But ya, awesome show

 

[u2popmofo]

Blank Slate was on the radio on the way to work this morning. That happified me.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I've never heard a National song on the radio before - that's one point for Utah...

 

[impy13]

Let alone a non-album track. What the hell is going on?

 

[u2popmofo]

We have a really good independent station:

KRCL 90.9 FM

Check out this morning's setlist:

KRCL Program Guide

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

this angers me

 

[u2popmofo]

You can listen to it streaming over the internet if you like.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

i don't have the internet in my car

 

[Elvis Presley]

I'm looking forward to seeing the boys again at Pitchfork Music Festival this summer....

 

[onebloodonelife]

New interview with Bryce Dessner, talking about some of his upcoming projects, as well as the new album scheduled for 2010 (he's thinking it'll come out earlier in the year...January-May or so): Pitchfork: Catching Up With the National's Bryce Dessner About His Million Projects


Annnnnd, I'm seeing them, well, I guess it'd be tonight! Pictures and a review will follow, I'm sure.

 

[impy13]

Early 2010? This news made my day.

 

[onebloodonelife]

Indeed. I didn't realize they were that close to having a finished album.

 

[Ronnie269]

Great News on the new album!!!!

Enjoy the show onebloodonelife!

 

[u2popmofo]

Early 2010? This news made my day.

Seeing as to what actually happened with Boxer, don't get your hopes up.

I've had a deep fear for a while that this Boxer follow up will be a massive clunker, and I'll end up hating the band after 2 disappointments. Hopefully that does not actually happen.

 

[Ronnie269]

2 disapointments! WHAAA!

Boxer was incredible!

So far this band have proved they can do no wrong!
I still got alotta faith in them, although they seem to be going for a more mellow sound,

Ah well time will tell I guess, either way I cant wait to see them live again!!! Prolly one of the best live bands in the world!!!

 

[impy13]

I've had a deep fear for a while that this Boxer follow up will be a massive clunker, and I'll end up hating the band after 2 disappointments. Hopefully that does not actually happen.

At this point, the likelihood of my not liking it is very, very slim. Boxer was that lousy in your eyes? I mean I know you were disappointed by it, but that seems a little extreme. It's in my all time top ten, so maybe I'm biased.

Be honest: do you think No Net is better?

 

[No spoken words]

You know, I guess I can understand people that perfer Alligator, but, to term Boxer as a disappointment makes me want to run you over with a Jeep.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

You know, I guess I can understand people that perfer Alligator, but, to term Boxer as a disappointment makes me want to run you over with a Jeep.

Shotgun!

 

[u2popmofo]

Boxer was probably one of the biggest disappointments I've had musically in the last 5 or 6 years. Everything I loved about the band from their past catalog, especially Alligator, was mostly gone on the album. After watching that terrible DVD that came with the EP, I at least understand they had massive writer's block, and could barely even figure out how to put any of the stuff they'd written together, so I've been able to cut it more slack, but I'm still not all that into it.

Had it been my introduction to the band, I'm sure I'd like it like everyone else. Alligator was one of my favorite albums of the decade at the point of Boxer's release, and I had purchased and listened to the crap out of their entire discography in the few years prior to Boxer. My expectations were sky high, and except for a handful of songs, Boxer as a whole didn't come close to meeting them.

 

[u2popmofo]

At this point, the likelihood of my not liking it is very, very slim.

I felt the same way before Boxer came out. Now I can't help but expect the worst but hope for the best from them.

 

[Dalton]

Scumbo is functionally retarded.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

where the fuck have you been?

 

[No spoken words]

where the fuck have you been?

He's been waiting for my return, Canadian Clown.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

have you been withholding his firewater again?

 

[No spoken words]

have you been withholding his firewater again?

Maybe the truth is that he was on a prolonged Vision Quest, in the wilds of Michigan, and he's now back....completely transformed altered completely unfuckingchanged by his journey.

 

[LMP]

Last I saw of Dalton, he was picking up trash near the highway with the saddest look on his face.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

yeah and I don't think going camping, getting drunk off your ass and getting lost in the wilds of Michigan can be qualified as a "Vision Quest"...