Wanna make someone really happy this Christmas You've come to the right place. This is the re-release of Brooklyn post-punk five-piece The National's...
Jamie O'Meara - 02/Dec/2010
Wanna make someone really happy this Christmas You've come to the right place. This is the re-release of Brooklyn post-punk five-piece The National's...
David Coleman - 30/Jul/2010
I didn’t connect with The National’s 2007 breakthrough Boxer at the first time of asking. It wasn’t until I revisited the album after its strong showi...
Matt Medlock - 15/Jul/2010
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Mike Greenhaus - 13/Jul/2010
If The National’s slow, steady rise through the indie underground doesn’t disprove Neil Young’s declaration that “it’s better to burn out than to fade...
DOUG FREEMAN - 01/Jul/2010
Marking its third stellar offering, following 2005 breakout Alligator and 2007's Boxer, the National's fifth album continues to perfect misery as an a...
John Paul Mason - 17/Jun/2010
To some, High Violet may be considered the “difficult second album” by US troubadours The National as the 2007 album Boxer was most people’s introduct...
Todd Totale - 09/Jun/2010
I didn?t think a band was supposed to work this way in these times: follow up the most successful album of your career with one that could potentially...
Adam Chapman - 08/Jun/2010
The National may well be the biggest small band in the world right now.Fewer acts can demand the adulation bestowed upon them after a decade of growin...
Jason Lipshutz - 01/Jun/2010
Brooding Brooklyn indie-rock band the National arrives at its fifth studio album, "High Violet," in a precarious position. Because 2007 breakthrough s...