Irish audiences lay themselves bare for visiting rock bands . . . and then there's The National.

This downbeat lot might not be typical stadium fillers, but frontman Matt Berninger’s near-mumble is well up to the emotional task of filling the venue

When the National’s frontman, Matt Berninger, asked his brother Tom to tour with the band, Tom saw it as an opportunity to make a movie about all the “crazy stuff” they got up to. But his film, Mistaken for Strangers, says more about brotherhood than hedonism

The least likely band to find on the fringes of the mainstream, The National have always been surprised by any commercial success, says their guitarist Aaron Dessner