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NY based indie label, Brassland, reached its 10 year anniversary this month and they are celebrating by giving away music…including rare demos, unreleased tracks and live recordings. “High Beams,” which is an unreleased demo from The National, is now up for grabs. Makes sense since two of the label’s founders are members of The National (Aaron and Bryce Dessner).

To download the track you can either ‘like’ the label’s facebook page or send a tweet via their giveaway website.

High Beams from The National

Wake Up Your Saints from The National:

The track “Wake Up Your Saints” can be found on The National’s recently released extended version of ‘High Violet’.

What a nice surprise…new music from The National!  The band revealed the track, “You Were A Kindness”, during their performance at Minnesota’s radio station, The Current.  You can listen to the full session here.

Take A Listen: You Were A Kindness from The National

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Download: You Were A Kindness

This year has certainly seen its fair share of album releases already, so many in fact, I undoubtedly missed some good stuff, but, two recent LPs have been burning up my ipod battery; The National’s, ‘High Violet’, and The Radio Dept.’s, ‘Clinging To A Scheme’.  While I liked both albums right off the bat, time and attention was definitely needed to soak in the individual qualities of each compilation.  I was relieved by ‘High Violet’ (my fingers were crossed) and pleasantly surprised by ‘Clinging To A Scheme’.  If you haven’t already, I recommend checking them out.

The National’s latest album, ‘High Violet’, was released in the states today, along with their new music video for the track, “Bloodbuzz Ohio”.  In other Nacional news, the band’s performance @ Brooklyn Academy of Music on May 15th is being streamed live on YouTube in benefit of the Red Hot Organization.  Here is the link.

Video: Bloodbuzz Ohio from The National

You can listen to The National’s forthcoming album, ‘High Violet’, in its full glory right now over at the New York Times website.  But move quickly because it will only be available until April 27th.

Thankfully the release of ‘High Violet’ is right around the corner because I don’t know how much longer I could take the waiting!  Here’s another new track from The National’s forthcoming album, ‘High Violet‘, which is due out on May 10/11th.

Take A Listen: Afraid Of Everyone from The National feat. Sufjan Stevens

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Download: Afraid Of Everyone (Right click on link and select “Save Target As” in IE or “Save Link As” in Firefox)