The National have announced a new album, I Am Easy to Find, which is available for preorder and will be released on May 17th via 4AD. The band has also unveiled the LP’s first single, “You Had Your ...

Over the course of seven albums and a career that’s lasted twenty years, the National have accrued their fair share of trademark habits. For one, there’s the unmistakable moodiness of the band’s songs ...

On Friday, The National will release their eighth album in 18 years, I Am Easy To Find. In some ways, it’s very much what you might expect — a moody, slow-burn set that cuts brawny indie rock with ...

Upon the announcement of The National's I Am Easy to Find — due out this Friday on 4AD — the band promised a short film that would accompany the record, starring Alicia Vikander and directed by Mike ...

What makes a band great and what keeps a band great over a period of time are two very different traits. A band can release one great album and have their moment in the spotlight. But to stay ...

There is one radiant voice that keeps the National’s more-subdued-than-usual new album buoyant, and it doesn’t belong to any of the band members. It’s the voice of Gail Ann Dorsey, longtime bassist ...

For years, the five members of The National were all living around Brooklyn as they developed and honed their sound—in recent years, however, they've been scattered across the country, with only ...

Necessity’s the mother of invention, and just as U.K. racism gave rise in the late 1970s to the activist, mixed-race Two Tone scene, so has #MeToo informed a new wave of indie-rock. For a culture that ...

I Am Easy to Find carries some of the emotional resonance of a Richard Linklater film — think Boyhood or the Before trilogy — condensed into a tight 24 minutes. It finds Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina, ...