The National frontman Matt Berninger appeared on The Tonight Show to showcase his solo track “Bonnet of Pins.” The singer performed the layered indie rock tune alongside a live band, occasionally sharing vocals with his keyboardist. “Bonnet of Pins” comes off Berninger’s recent LP, Get Sunk, which arrived in May. …
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The National’s Matt Berninger is back with a new song, “Bonnet of Pins,” that will appear on his second solo album, Get Sunk, out May 30 via Book/Concord Records. “Bonnet of Pins” is a bit of stadium-sized indie rock with driving drums and live-wire guitars that steadily build with a …
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Bon Iver is back. The band, which started as a solo project for frontman Justin Vernon, will release their first full-length album since 2019’s I,I. Titled SABLE, fABLE, the new album is set for release on April 11. Last fall, Bon Iver previewed the full-length project with the Sable, EP, …
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Mumford & Sons, Gracie Abrams, and the National rallied behind Kamala Harris last night in Madison. The musicians, as well as Remi Wolf, performed for the crowd at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, with Abrams and Wolf also giving speeches in support of Harris. Mumford & Sons performed four songs, “The …
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Gracie Abrams, The National’s Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner, and Mumford & Sons are among the artists who will perform the Harris-Walz campaign’s When We Vote We Win rally next week in Madison, Wisconsin. Remi Wolf is also set to play at the University of Wisconsin-Madison event on Wednesday, which …
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There may not be a movie that has more BDE (Brooklyn Dad Energy) than Good One — you’d have to go to closing time at a Park Slope bar with nothing but The National on the jukebox to find a more concentrated dose of paternal moodiness than writer-director India Donaldson’s …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Indie rock titans The National have had a busy couple of years. They released two albums, First Two Pages of Frankenstein and Laugh Track in 2023, while guitarist …
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In barely five years, Zach Bryan has transformed from cult-roots road warrior (2020’sElisabeth)to fast-rising country-adjacent renegade (2022’sAmerican Heartbreak)to Number One hitmaker and voice-of-a-Gen-Z-generation storyteller (2023’s Zach Bryan). The men and women (mostly men) in his songs spend their twenties drinking their way through the alienating cities they’ve fled to from …
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Taylor Swift‘s collaborative partnership with Aaron Dessner has led some Swifties from the Eras tour straight to the National‘s concerts. The pair first began collaborating on 2020’s Folklore, which featured the band’s instrumentalist and producer on nearly a dozen songs. They most recently teamed up on selections from The Tortured …
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“Got a lot to be forgiven for, gave a lot of hell,” Bess Atwell sings on “Release Myself,” the second track of her upcoming album Light Sleeper. Her whimsical vocals float poised and steady atop a wall of rousing guitar riffs, as the Brighton, U.K.-based singer-songwriter reflects on the idea …
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