The National Tour Nationally, Internationally
[Posted Wednesday, September 10th, 2003 03:30:00 Pitchfork Central Time]
Brooklyn, NY-based indie rock stars The National have just embarked upon a 17-date tour of the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. But since they've already "embarked" that means you've only got 10 chances left to catch them in the States this year. The National are touring in support of their new album, Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers, which was released September 2nd on Brassland. Sad Songs is the quintet's second full-length. The group, originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, consists of two sets of brothers-- Scott (guitar) and Bryan Devendorf (drums), Aaron (bass) and Bryce Dessner (guitar), and vocalist Matt Berninger-- but formed in the late '90s after they had relocated to New York. Tracklist:
01 Cardinal Song
02 Slipping Husband
03 90-Mile Water Wall
04 It Never Happened
05 Murder Me Rachael
06 Thirsty
07 Available
08 Sugar Wife
09 Trophy Wife
10 Fashion Coat
11 Patterns of Fairytales
12 Lucky You
13 Available [live bonus track]
If you are part of the European contingent of Pitchfork readers who juslooove the National, good news! The fellas have started to announce some tentative Ole Country dates for November and December. So mark your calendars early and often, and we'll try to keep you posted with any updates. Tour dates:
09-10 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
09-11 Kansas City, MO - The Hurricane
09-12 Bloomington, IN - Vertigo
09-13 Nashville, TN - 12th and Porter
09-15 Lexington, KY - The Dame
09-16 Newport, KY - Southgate House
09-17 Columbus, OH - Skully's Music Diner
09-18 Philadelphia, PA - Khyber Pass (w/ Lake Trout)
09-20 Brooklyn, NY - Luxx (w/ The Silent League)
10-24 Portland, OR - Holocene (w/ Menomena)
11-05 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie (w/ Calla)
11-06 Nancy/Lille, France - TBA
11-07 Bristol, England - Cube Cinema (w/ Fuck)
11-08 London, England - Buffalo Bar (w/ Fuck)
11-09 Brighton - Hanbury Ballroom (w/ Fuck)
11-10 Manchester, England - TBD (w/ Fuck)
11-11 Glasgow, Scotland - Nice and Sleazy (w/ Fuck)
11-12 Swindon, England - The Vic (w/ Fuck)
11-13 Rouen, France - Le Kalif (w/ Calla)
11-18 Hamburg, Germany - Kampnagel
11-19 Berlin, Germany - TBA
11-20 Stuggart, Germany - Traveller's Club
11-21 Munich, Germany - Atomic Cafe
11-22 Dresden, Germany - Scheune
12-02 Zurich, Switzerland - Ziegel Oh Lac
12-03 Winterthur, Switzerland - Gaswerk
12-05 Bordeaux, France - Le Cat
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