ALBUM REVIEW: THE NATIONAL – I AM EASY TO FIND

The National have made a brave move. Letting go of the creative reins for their eighth album, they handed over creative control to film director Mike Mills after he initially approached them about making a film together, being invited to produce the new album was an unexpected turn of events. After all, why meddle with […]
The National release the video for ‘Dark Side Of The Gym’, directed, choreographed and starring NYC Ballet Resident Choreographer and soloist Justin Peck, with executive production by former Miami City Ballet dancer turned film-maker Ezra Hurwitz. Also featuring fellow former Miami City Ballet mentor and Principal dancer Patricia Delgado, the video finds the duo gracefully move around […]

THE NATIONAL WARN US OF THE ‘DARK SIDE OF THE GYM’ – WATCH NOW

LIVE: THE NATIONAL – 22/09/2017

-APOLLO, MANCHESTER- I first listened to The National’s music at my brother’s place in Leeds not long after the band’s third album Alligator had come out. Heading out afterwards into that Saturday afternoon’s bright sunlight I couldn’t stop singing the “sunglasses” line from the record’s opening track ‘Secret Meeting’. And that’s how it is with […]
Recent history tells us that if it’s a year ending in the number seven we’re in for some good music. In 1997 there was Radiohead’s OK Computer, Daft Punk’s debut and Blur’s self-titled album. 2007 only followed suit with releases such as Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem, In Rainbows by a returning to form […]

ALBUM HOPES FOR 2017

NEW ALBUM ‘MOONSHINE FREEZE’ DETAILS FROM THIS IS THE KIT ALONGSIDE ITS ROUGH TRADE SESSIONS VIDEO

Recent Rough Trade signings This Is The Kit will release their new album Moonshine Freeze on Friday 7th July 2017. This Is The Kit’s new album and Rough Trade debut, Moonshine Freeze, produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, M Ward, Perfume Genius), began in the immediate wake of its predecessor, Bashed Out, when days after coming off tour […]
Hannah Cohen will release her new album on March 30. The American singer will release Pleasure Boy through Bella Union, and in advance of its release, she has shared the album’s opening track, Keepsake. Her second album, which follows 2012’s debut Child Bride, is inspired by a painful break-up, and the anxietes which it can […]

HANNAH COHEN TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM IN MARCH

Album Review: The National – Trouble Will Find Me

Early reports of The National’s long-awaited follow-up to 2010’s acclaimed High Violet talk of new directions, fresh diversions. Indeed, singer Matt Berninger himself talks of these songs as more “immediate and visceral” than those of previous albums. I have to say, I don’t see it, nor I do it hear it. For me, the songs that start […]
Following the recent announcement of their new remix album (‘Grinderman 2 RMX’), Grinderman are currently giving away one of the album’s stand out tracks. The Silver Alert remix of ‘Evil’ which features guest vocals from Matt Berninger, from The National, is now available for free download below. ‘Grinderman 2 RMX’ is set for release on 26th March via Mute Records. The album […]

NEWS: GRINDERMAN – FREE DOWNLOAD OF ‘EVIL’ (SILVER ALERT REMIX)

ALBUM: The National – High Violet

There is a weight of expectation surrounding High Violet, the fifth album from Brooklyn based band The National.  After a couple of false starts, Alligator (2005) jolted the band out of obscurity, gaining them a cult following and critical adulation. Boxer (2007) was a much grander and better produced effort, which, whilst not quite hitting the same euphoric highs as Alligator, allowed the […]
‘Bloodbuzz Ohio’ is the first single to be taken from The National’s eagerly anticipated fifth album ‘High Violet’. The track begins with the stuttering drum patterns of Bryan Devendorf amongst a haze of atmospheric orchestration, of which fans of the bands previous album ‘Boxer’ will be familiar with. Before long the key ingredient to The […]

SINGLE: The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio