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Local Natives Preview 'Hummingbirds' at Private Show
December 17, 2012 6:50 PM EST Band talks "personal, direct album" at KCRW concert The Local Natives performed eight of the 11 songs from their upcoming second album "Hummingbirds" at a Dec. 13 private concert for Santa Monica radio station KCRW that will be b ...
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Backbeat: The Walkmen Preview Upcoming Album 'Heaven,' Sponsor Captain Morgan
April 13, 2012 5:28 PM EDT (Photo: Andrew Hampp) The Walkmen previewed tracks from upcoming album Heaven (out June 5 on Fat Possum/Bella Union ) at a private concert held Wednesday night at New York's 8 Bond Street. The appearance was the kick-off of a 10-city event se ...
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Sharon Van Etten Sings Her Sorrow With Help From The National on 'Tramp'
February 07, 2012 9:00 AM EST Before Sharon Van Etten became your favorite band's favorite singer, before she recorded three deeply personal, haunting albums and definitely before she played "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," her best reason for playing music was jus ...
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Billboard Bits: Alicia Keys to Honor George Harrison, Pitchfork Fest Comes to NYC
October 12, 2011 5:25 PM EDT Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip. Alicia Keys' Charity to Honor George Harrison Alicia Keys' charity will pay tribute to late Beatle guitarist George Harrison with a star-studded concert in New ...
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The National: Heads Of State
April 23, 2010 3:38 PM EDT For a band that's considered to be one of the leaders of Brooklyn's indie-rock enclave, the National has a fairly conflicted relationship with New York. "Go out at night with your headphones on, again/Walk through the Manhattan valley ...
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Roots, David Byrne Join Dirty Projectors In NYC
November 23, 2009 1:01 PM EST D avid Byrne and three members of the Roots made surprise appearances with Dirty Projectors on stage Sunday night (Nov. 22) at New York's Bowery Ballroom, capping a four-show local run by the Brooklyn-based critical darlings. For the evening� ...
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The National To Play AIDS Benefit Song On 'Fallon'
April 07, 2009 5:49 PM EDT The National will play "So Far Around the Bend" with an 8-piece string section when the group performs live on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on May 6. "So Far Around the Bend" is the National's contribution to the ...
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Red Hot Indie Rock Benefit Concert Coming To Radio City
March 09, 2009 4:51 PM EDT "Dark Was The Night," a 31-track compilation of indie bands and artists put together by the Red Hot Organization, a group dedicated to raising AIDS awareness through popular culture, is getting the full concert treatment at Radio City Musi ...
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The National Writing For New Album
December 16, 2008 10:59 AM EST The National is "pretty far into the process of writing" its next album, which the band will record starting in April in group member Aaron Dessner's new home studio in Brooklyn's Ditmas Park neighborhood. The new album will be t ...
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Indie Stars Unite For AIDS Benefit Album
December 15, 2008 12:01 PM EST Some of the biggest names in independent music have banded together to record exclusive songs for "Dark Was the Night," a double-disc album whose proceeds will benefit the Red Hot organization's work with AIDS research. In the works s ...
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Byrne, Feist, Sufjan Join 'Red Hot' Compilation
May 22, 2008 12:00 AM EDT David Byrne backed by the Dirty Projectors, Feist with Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard, Sufjan Stevens, the Decemberists, Grizzly Bear and Sharon Jones ... David Byrne backed by the Dirty Projectors, Feist with Death Cab For Cutie's Ben ...
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Feist Recording During Tour Lulls
December 19, 2007 12:00 AM EST Feist's Grammy-nominated "The Reminder" is only seven months old, but there's already new material brewing for the Canadian singer/songwriter. Feist's Grammy-nominated "The Reminder" is only seven months old, but t ...
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The National Unveiling New Album In May
March 01, 2007 12:00 AM EST New York indie rock act the National has set a May 22 release for its second Beggars Banquet album, "Boxer." The set is the follow-up to 2005's critically acclaimed "Alligator." New York indie rock act the National has set a ...
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The National Gets Strung Out On New Album
August 17, 2006 12:00 AM EDT The as-yet-untitled set will likely be finished in October or November and is due in the spring of 2007 via Beggars Banquet. Indie rock act the National is 16 tracks deep into its new album , which the Brooklyn-based group is recording in Bridgeport ...
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The National Hitting The Studio In June
April 26, 2006 12:00 AM EDT Indie rock act the National will return to the studio in June to record the follow-up to last year's "Alligator." Indie rock act the National will return to the studio in June to record the follow-up to last year's "Alligato ...
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The National Jams With The Boss
January 17, 2006 12:00 AM EST The National, Mark Eitzel, Vernon Reid and Martha Wainwright were among the acts on hand Saturday to perform Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" album in its entirety at New York's World Financial Center W The National, Mark Eitzel, V ...
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The National Fights To The Top On New Album
April 14, 2005 12:00 AM EDT The National guitarist Aaron Dessner will remember the era of "Alligator" fairly well in the future. As the band wrote, recorded and rehearsed its newest album (and debut for Beggars Banquet), Dessner The National guitarist Aaron Dessner w ...
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April 10, 2005 12:00 AM EDT The National Later, 'Gator' New York-by way-of Cincinnati rock outfit the National will release its next album, "Alligator," this week as part of a new deal with Beggars Banquet. The set was primarily recorded in band members ...
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The National Preps Beggars Debut
January 26, 2005 12:00 AM EST The set was primarily recorded in band members' home studios in Brooklyn and was engineered by Paul Mahajan, best known for his work with TV On The Radio and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. New York-by way-of Cincinnati rock outfit the National will relea ...
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The National Sings 'Sad Songs' On Second Set
December 23, 2003 12:00 AM EST Excerpted from "Hot Artists" for Artist of the Day feature. A mere 30 seconds into the National's "Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers" lead singer Matt Berninger already sounds spent. The Brooklyn, N.Y., quintet's second album ...
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November 03, 2003 12:00 AM EST A mere 30 seconds into the National's "Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers" lead singer Matt Berninger already sounds spent. A mere 30 seconds into the National's "Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers" lead singer Matt Berninger already s ...
