The National are five displaced Ohioans living in New York: Scott and Bryan Devendorf (guitar & drums); Aaron and Bryce Dessner (guitar & bass); and Matt Berninger (vocals) - two sets of brothers and one best friend.

Upcoming events

• Tue 08 Jul at Belfast Mandela Hall at Belfast University
• T In The Park Sunday, Sun 13 Jul at Kinross T In The Park with Echo and the Bunnymen, Interpol, R.E.M., Primal Scream, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin

Releases

• A Skin, A Night (DVD & EP) - album, out 26/05/2008 on Beggars Banquet. (post review)
• Apartment Story - single, out 05/11/2007 on Beggars Banquet. 1 review (read/post)
• Boxer - album, out 21/05/2007 on Beggars Banquet. 1 review (read/post)
• Mistaken For Strangers - single, out 14/05/2007 on Beggars Banquet. (post review)
• Lit Up - single, out 14/11/2005 on Beggars Banquet. 1 review (read/post)
• Alligator - album, out 11/04/2005 on Beggars Banquet. (post review)
• Abel - single, out 14/03/2005 on Beggars Banquet. 1 review (read/post)
• Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers - album, out 03/11/2003 on Talitres. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Tue 01 Jul at Leeds Metropolitan University Union. (post review)
• Glastonbury Sunday, Sun 29 Jun at Glastonbury Festival. (post review)
• Fri 30 May at Birmingham Academy. (post review)
• Thu 15 May at Dublin Olympia. (post review)
• Wed 14 May at Dublin Olympia. (post review)
• Tue 13 May at Dublin Olympia. (post review)
• O2 Wireless Festival Friday, Wed 02 Apr at London Hyde Park. (post review)
• Thu 29 Nov at Amsterdam Melkweg. 1 review (read/post)
• Wed 14 Nov at Paris L' Elysée Montmartre. (post review)
• Sat 10 Nov at Portsmouth Pyramid Centre. (post review)
• Fri 09 Nov at Bristol Anson Rooms. (post review)
• Thu 08 Nov at London Shepherds Bush Empire. (post review)
• Wed 07 Nov at London Shepherds Bush Empire. 1 review (read/post)
• Tue 06 Nov at Birmingham Irish Centre. (post review)
• Sun 04 Nov at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH). (post review)
• Sat 03 Nov at Sheffield Leadmill. (post review)
• Fri 02 Nov at Glasgow ABC. (post review)
• Wed 31 Oct at Belfast Spring & Airbrake. (post review)
• Tue 30 Oct at Dublin Ambassador Theatre. (post review)
• Latitude Festival - Sunday, Sun 15 Jul at Southwold Henham Park. (post review)
• Wed 11 Jul at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. (post review)
• Tue 10 Jul at Stoke-on-Trent Sugarmill. (post review)
• Wed 23 May at Paris La Maroquinerie. (post review)
• Tue 22 May at London Astoria. 1 review (read/post)
• Mon 21 May at London FOPP Café/Bar Tottenham Court Road. (post review)
• Thu 10 May at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. (post review)
• Wed 31 May at London Koko. (post review)
• Tue 30 May at London Brixton Academy. (post review)
• Wed 16 Nov at Nottingham Bodega Social Club. (post review)
• Sun 18 Sep at Toronto Horseshoe Tavern. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 25/06/2008: Green Man 2008: full line-up and running order here
• 23/05/2008: PWEI: David Byrne and Dirty Projectors link on new Red Hot comp
• 29/04/2008: Too Pure and Beggars Banquet go the way of all things as 4AD expands
• 29/04/2008: The National to play Belfast show
• 23/04/2008: Grander National: band announce pair of new UK shows
• 18/04/2008: Jamie T, The Cribs, The National to headline Glastonbury's John Peel stage
• 11/04/2008: Nice little package: The National DVD on the way
• 25/03/2008: Morrissey to ‘take Hyde Park like a flea inhabits a dog’ at Wireless 2008
• 19/03/2008: Iron & Wine among dozens of new names for Green Man
• 24/05/2007: The National: November dates announced

Features

• 22/05/2008: Explosions' ATP: the DiS review
• 13/05/2008: Explosions In The Sky's guide to ATP
• 02/05/2008: DiS @ Coachella: Prince, Portishead and The Verve? Pigs might fly...
• 02/01/2008: Artist Mixtape #3: The Maccabees
• 23/12/2007: The votes are in: DiS readers' top 25 of 2007
• 23/12/2007: DiS's features of 2007
• 11/12/2007: The National: "We nearly lost our minds making Boxer"
• 05/12/2007: DiS's albums of 2007: 15-11
• 26/11/2007: DiS's albums of 2007: reader voting is now open!
• 02/08/2007: Dour Festival 2007: the DiS review

Links

• The National - official The National site

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