This is what The National would sound like with Win Butler on vocals.

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In the clip for an alternate version of “Terrible Love,” director Tom Berninger gives us a glimpse of the band fooling around, humping chairs, swimming, and sucking at bowling.

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Blessed with perfect 85 degree and cloudless weather, Austin, TX in mid-October was a welcome oasis from the rain, gloom, and strange hail in New York City. Add in a jam-packed weekend of great bands and musicians, along with a media wristband that provides delicious free food, booze, and a precious amount of shade, and you have yourself a rather perfect Columbus Day Weekend.

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After having one of their best years on record you would think that The National might lighten up on their standard brooding. But in a recent live performance on Minnesota Public Radio’s “The Current,” the group is just venturing into darker territory with their new material.

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Mondays are a drag, but we have some free tunes to brighten the commencement of your work week:
We’ve found the best streams, downloads, and videos kicking around the internet from The Arcade Fire, The National and Clogs.

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Taking a page from their impressive live concert streams and in-studio performances, NPR, the place where everything from things to songs are considered, announced that they will be streaming performances from this year’s Bonnaroo. Starting this weekend, NPR.org will feature over 25 shows from the prominent festival. In addition to the live streams, select concerts [...]

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In a world that has a shitload of free torrents, it’s only natural that this week was the worst week for cd sales since 1991 (New York Times). Justin Bieber came out with a strong 60,000 this week, barely beating out the Lowest Selling Soundscan Album in History, which was the Dreamgirls Soundtrack in 2007. [...]

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SXSW marks the start of the music season where up-and-coming acts schlep their way into Austin and take over downtown. ACL is when the established bands roll into town and get to have some fun. Today, the live music capital announced the lineup for the 2010 ACL Festival at Austin’s Zelker Park on October 8-10. [...]

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I love The National and I love Sufjan Stevens and the two together are just divine. Last night, the Brooklyn rockers killed yet another late night appearance with their performance of the beautifully desperate “Afraid of Everyone” on Letterman. Stevens, who supplied the track’s backing vocals on High Violet, came through to sing during the [...]

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Earlier today, BBC 6 Music premiered a version of The National’s “Bloodbuzz Ohio,” a song that they began playing live nearly a year ago. A rip of the radio debut was posted to the internet almost immediately, but the band is now streaming the official album version via their website here. The song will be [...]

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Jimmy Fallon seems to be a likeable guy. Sure, he laughs at his own jokes, he’s awkward when interviewing people and comes up with dumb half-thought out games. All of these things are fine, for your average drinking buddy. But for some reason Jimmy Fallon isn’t average. In fact he’s really fucking famous, so all [...]

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Last night The National debuted “Terrible Love,” the first track off their upcoming release High Violet due out May 11th. For a band that has been playing for over a decade, The National still bring it hard and this song is going to toss their newest album into some unknown outer space area where incredible [...]

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