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Fri 09 Sep 2010The National express
With Sufjan Stevens and Bon Iver popping in to their Brooklyn base for a chat while they were producing their latest album, it’s no wonder The National delivered another corker. The slow burn has suited them, Aaron Dessner tells KEVIN COURTNEYahead of their Electric Picnic performance
IF YOU’RE going to Electric Picnic this weekend, you’re bound to bump into a handful of bands from Brooklyn. Over the past few years, the New York borough has become a music mecca for many a young American alt-rocker, a place of pilgrimage for bands in search of a spiritual home – or just a good place to party.
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