Matt Berninger, the frontman and lyricist for The National, has shared another pre-release track from his forthcoming album, the opener “Inland Ocean.” The song, featuring backing vocals from Ronboy (Julia Laws), matches propulsive, marching keys […]
Matt Berninger, the frontman and lyricist for The National, recently announced his second solo album, Get Sunk, out May 30th through Book/Concord Records. Today, he offers a second taste of the record with “Breaking Into […]
Matt Berninger, the frontman and lyricist for The National, will unveil his second solo album, Get Sunk, on May 30th through Book/Concord Records. Berninger worked on the project with Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer Sean […]
The National is often described as a band “you must see live.” Those who have not been fortunate enough to see them in the past can now experience the band’s performances through new enthralling live […]
The National has released a surprise second album of 2023, Laugh Track, which the band announced Friday night while performing at its Homecoming Festival in Cincinnati. The 12-song Laugh Track is a companion to and […]
‘Make Your Heart Beat’ is the second single from The Dying Seconds’ upcoming album, Full Of Ghosts. It is due for release on 4th August 2023. ‘Make Your Heart Beat’ explores a longing for a […]
The National has released its ninth studio album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, on 4AD (read the XS Noize review here). Also out today is a lyric video for the new album’s song “The Alcott,” […]
Aaron Dessner may have summed The National best when he said, “There’s a weird thing about The National; it’s just an evergreen, creative organism that won’t die. Eventually, no matter how far away we go […]
The National has released the fourth and final offering ahead of its upcoming album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein (out April 28th via 4AD), the idyllic “Your Mind Is Not Your Friend” featuring Phoebe Bridgers. […]
All Points East only started in 2018, and in less than five years, it has become a ten-day festival catering to 40,000 music lovers daily. The first-day headliner was Gorillaz, where Alina Salihbekova captured some […]
Today Taylor Swift releases her 9th studio album, evermore. “To put it plainly, we just couldn’t stop writing songs. To try and put it more poetically, it feels like we were standing on the edge […]
Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner (The National), Jack Antonoff (Bleachers) and Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) created an album that crossed genres — a musical journey that allows us to cry and laugh, and during these trying […]
Twenty years on from the release of their self-titled debut album, The National are reissuing it along with 2003’s follow-up Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers and 2004’s Cherry Tree EP for release on February 26th, […]
Today, Los Angeles experimental/electronic supergroup Ghost Liotta released their single “ object one,” taken from their forthcoming self-titled debut full-length. The project is a new collaboration between musicians and producers James McAlister (The National), Christopher […]
Last Monday, The National celebrated the announcement of the 10th Anniversary High Violet Triple LP release with a YouTube premiere of their D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus-directed film “The National – ‘High Violet’ Live From […]
The National have announced they will be releasing a 10-year anniversary expanded edition of their 2010 album High Violet, on 19th June 2020. Originally released May 11, 2010, the critically acclaimed fifth studio album features […]
Following their stunning headlining performance at this year’s All Together Now Festival in Waterford, indie-rock behemoths The National have announced a date in Belfast next June. Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Scott Devendorf and […]
The National announce the release of The National: I Am Easy To Find, Live From New York’s Beacon Theatre via Amazon Prime Video and The National: Live From New York’s Beacon Theatre EP via Amazon […]
The new monthly XS Noize playlists on Spotify bring together the most essential new music of the last month that has been featured on the site. The May 2019 edition features tracks from Noel Gallagher’s […]
2017’s ‘Sleep Well Beast’ was a huge moment for The National, winning them their first Grammy. The tense, dark record was so impressive it seemed hard to imagine a follow-up. However, ‘I Am Easy to […]