Video: The National - "So Far Around The Bend" from Dark Was The Night (official video)

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Frazer Harrison, Getty Images Back in 2009, the National 's Bryce and Aaron Dessner curated 'Dark Was the Night,' a compilation that featured Bon Iver , Spoon , Feist , Dirty Projectors , David Byrne and Arcade Fire and benefited AIDS charity Red Hot . The album was so successful that the band will once again solicit their musical [...]

Pitchfork : Sufjan Stevens played on the last album. Do you have any guests on this one? The National's Matt Berninger : We have a bunch of people who have come in and out of the studio, which is behind Aaron's house. It was sort of an open door policy; friends come over and do stuff. So a lot of people did do things. I don't know exactly how much of everything we're going to keep. I will say that Sufjan did something that we are going to keep on [...]

Phoenix made good on the recent release of their criminally intriguing album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (don't let the poor title fool you) by performing their singles "1901" and "Lisztomania" on Saturday Night Live last weekend with host Seth Rogen, making Phoenix the least known band to ever make an SNL appearance, narrowly edging out Fleet Foxes . Phoenix - Lisztomania Phoenix - 1901 [...]

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caUSE co-MOTION! "Who's Gonna Care"; For a band that specializes in songs under 2-minutes in length this is pretty much the perfect video. Super sped up, jumpy, energetic vibes that go right along with their fast, funky song. Grade : B+ Dent May - "Howard"; Corny may just be the most appropriate way to describe Dent May, so it's pretty fitting that his latest video for "Howard" perfectly fits that style. With a cheesy video montage on the green [...]

Pour célébrer la sortie de la compilation 'Dark Was The Night' initiée par 4AD et l'organisation Red Hot, plusieurs groupes impliqués se sont donné rendez vous à Brooklyn pour une session spéciale filmée par l'inévitable Vincent Moon des Concerts à Emporter . L'occasion de signaler que ce dernier s'exprime désormais sur un nouveau blog : Fiumenights . Ci-dessous les new-yorkais de The National, également producteurs de la compilation, avec l'un des plus beau titre de celle-ci : So Far Around The Bend .

We first discussed Dark Was The Night back in January. The compilation album ( for a good cause ) features some of today's best indie artists. Here's a video for The National's contribution, "So Far Around The Bend". This special session was captured by Vincent Moon . In addition to a fantastic double album, Dark Was The Night will be performed by a bunch of the artists on the compilation live at Radio City Music Hall on May 3rd. Tickets are [...]