• The National announce 2014 North American tour dates [SCHEDULE]

    The National have announced a new string of North American tour dates in support of 2013's Trouble Will Find Me. Spanning most of April, the dates include shows in Toronto, Chicago and Austin as well as one-offs in Grand Rapids and Berkley. Sharing the stage with them are Daughter, Warpaint and Portugal. the Man.

  • Grammys 2014: Best Alternative Album, Who Will Win Vs. Who Should Win [POLL]

    Music Times assesses who should win and will win the Grammy for Best Alternative Album. NOMINEES: The Worse Things Get, The Harder I FIght, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You - Neko Case Trouble Will Find Me - The National Hesitation Marks - Nine Inch Nails Lonerism - Tame Impala Modern Vampires of the City - Vampire Weekend WHO SHOULD WIN: Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend Although it seems like every year since Vampire Weekend's 2008 debut album Vampire Weekend was this band's breakthrough, 2013 was really these guys' time to shine.

  • Carolyn Menyes' 2013 Playlist: Bear's Den, Lady Gaga, Janelle Monae and More

    Music Times, like so many other music publications, was looking to publish a "Best of 2013" playlist. We met to discuss what such a playlist should include, and that's where we ran into trouble. We couldn't agree. Sometimes two of us just couldn't agree on whether the performer was amazing or terrible, and even when we agreed they were amazing, we couldn't agree on what track was most representative of their work.

  • Caitlin Carter's Playlist of 2013: Eminem, Paul McCartney, and Rich Homie Quan

    Music Times, like so many other music publications, was looking to publish a "Best of 2013" playlist. We met to discuss what such a playlist should include, and that's where we ran into trouble. We couldn't agree. Sometimes two of us just couldn't agree on whether the performer was amazing or terrible, and even when we agreed they were amazing, we couldn't agree on what track was most representative of their work. Hence it was decided that rather than try to agree (a seemingly impossible endeavor), everyone would get their own "favorites of 2013" playlist. We won't argue that these are neccesarily the best tracks of the last year, but they're definitely songs that caught our respective attention and caused us to hit 'repeat" over and over and over again

  • The National and 'Bob's Burgers' team up again for a gravy-filled new video

    Brooklyn rockers The National have teamed up with Fox's comedy Bob's Burgers to create a video just in time for the gravy-filled holidays, "Sailors in Your Mouth." The Thanksgiving episode aired last week. Believe it or not the video isn't entirely funny. It has its moments, but it's actually just kind of trippy. It's bizarrely entrancing, as the band (in the form of gravy) spill out of the gravy boat, captained by frontman Matt Berninger.

  • The National premiere new song 'Lean' for 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack'

    The National have premiered their new song "Lean," made especially for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack. The track is a brooding but delicate folk song that fits in with the darker themes of Catching Fire. Matt Berninger sings, "Every body knows the world's about to end / Every body wants to know what the end will. Everybody wants to look before they leap... Dying is easy / I believe my love and my love relieves me."

  • 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Soundtrack Artists Revealed

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has been one of this year's most anticipated films, and its soundtrack is loaded with talent, too. According to Rolling Stone, Coldplay, Of Monsters and Men, The National, Christina Aguilera, The Weeknd, Lorde, Ellie Goulding, Patti Smith, and more will be featured on the film' series' second installment.

  • Music Times' Loufest 2013 Highlights

    Loufest 2013 has come to an end. In its fourth year, the festival certainly did not disappoint. The attendance was the biggest it has ever been with more than 15,000 concertgoers on Saturday alone, and the lineup featured a nice variety of up-and-comers and seasoned festival performers
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