Who knew indie rock band The National had juicy backstage material to be adapted for a play? Funny or Die reunites "Bored to Death" stars Zach Galiafianakis and Ted Danson for "Mistaken for Strangers: The Play." Read More »
The "Made in America Festival" has released it's line up today, and it looks ah-maze-ing. The Budweiser festival will be headlined this year by Kanye West and Kings of Leon. The festival, which was the creation of Jay Z will take place at Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia over Labor Day Weekend (August 30-31). Read More »
HBO Girls star and creator, Lena Dunham, will host March 8. The announcement comes after the setting of Dunham's debut book launch and the renewal of Girls for a fourth season. The musical guest for the night will be The National. Read More »
Salon probably has its thinkpieces on deck because Lena Dunham is set to host Saturday Night Live on March 8. Read More »
You see, this is exciting because people love the National and only kind of know who Frank Turner is, when truthfully it should be the other way around Read More »
Music from the new movie "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" just keeps rolling out. Tracks from Coldplay and Christina Aguilera have already gotten their debuts. Now, another new track from the highly anticipated film has been released: the somber "Lean" from indie rock band The National. Read More »
The last time the Foo Fighters performed was back in 2012, before the band went on an undefined hiatus. That hiatus is now officially over with the announcement of the band's Mexico City gig on December 11 and 13 at Foro Sol stadium with The National. In order to properly get back into the swing of thing, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and Nate Mendel have made a comical promotional commercial for the upcoming concerts. Read More »
The tracklist for the highly anticipated soundtrack to "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" was announced today (Sept. 26), and the movie franchise is bringing together big names and up-and-comers to create a diverse musical journey. Read More »
It looks like the soundtrack to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will feature some of the most anticipated songs of the year. According to a new interview with NME, Indie Rock group The National has written a new song entitled "Lean" for the upcoming Jennifer Lawrence film, but the song's original title ("Dying is Easy") almost got the band booted from the project. Read More »
Lollapolooza 2013 kicked off yesterday at Chicago's Grant Park with performances by Crystal Castles, Queens of the Stone Age, Lana Del Rey, The Killers and many more. So what does day two have in store for concertgoers? Wait, you're not in Chicago right now for this music festival? Well, lucky for you, we have provided Lollapalooza's webcast right here! Read More »