The National at All Together Now: A sad-dad singalong to cherish
Replacing Róisín Murphy at the top of Saturday’s bill, the band put on a performance that is more than just a showcase for diehard fans
Matt Berninger
Bryce Dessner of The National on his NCH residency: ‘It’s special for me. Ireland is a place where we feel comfortable and inspired’
The guitarist and classically-trained composer has a number of orchestral projects planned for autumn at the historic Dublin venue
The National in Dublin: a night of gusto, gloom and heartfelt melancholia ends in a big, happy sing-along
Singer Matt Berninger plunges into the crowd for hugs and selfies like a Taylor Swift for crestfallen middle-aged people
The National have just released a surprise album. Here’s how we rate Laugh Track
Album will be thrill for fans whose tastes veer towards fervid dynamics of old
The National: First Two Pages of Frankenstein – thoughtful, evocative and a tad underwhelming
These slow-burning songs never quite ignite, despite the arguably incongruous presence of big-name guests
The National: I Am Easy to Find review – A bold ambitious collision of the past, present
Band’s eighth studio record interrogates and takes apart what brought them together
New artist of the week: R.Kitt
Plus songs you have to hear from Maria Somerville and Matt Berninger with Julien Baker
‘Music is made in communities’: Aaron and Bryce Dessner’s new vision
The National’s guitarists are part of People, a community of musicians creating new spaces and platforms
Chvrches: Love is Dead review – Pleasant but boring bubblegum pop for the masses
At its best, Love is Dead has an odd golden pop nugget, at it’s worst it’s plodding and formulaic
The National review: A little help from friends, a little majesty in Cork
The Brooklyn band open their European tour with a storming set at Sounds from a Safe Harbour
Booker T Jones: ‘Green Onions? I’m still learning about it’
Jones played a key role in Memphis’s 1960s soul scene, but his music looks forward, not back
The National live: red wine-fuelled agitation that speaks to every hard day
Irish audiences lay themselves bare for visiting rock bands . . . and then there's The National.
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
The rockstar and the slacker: how touring with the National created brothers-in-arms
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
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