The recordings admirably highlight the power that the National have as a live band.
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Resequence: The National: I Am Easy to Find
I Am Easy to Find is a long ride with some questionable sequencing choices. A…
Concert Review: The National
It will be interesting to see how many I’m Easy to Find songs appear years…
The National: I Am Easy to Find
I Am Easy to Find is a much-needed rejoinder to the idea that the band…
The National: Boxer (Live in Brussels)
Boxer (Live in Brussels) will end up being little more than a curiosity.
Concert Review: The National
The National could have played it safe and concentrated on Boxer or even written the…
The National: Sleep Well Beast
A pretty, well-produced National album.
Five Years Later: The Best Albums of 2010!!
Five years is an eternity in the life of a record.
Mistaken for Strangers
Tom Berninger is an aspiring filmmaker who isn’t a very good filmmaker. He is also…
Top 20 Albums of 2013
20. Julianna Barwick Nepenthe [Dead Oceans] Julianna Barwick’s Nepenthe leaves me feeling like I’ve opened…