While promoting his new solo albumSerpentine Prison, Matt Berninger performed a rowdy cover of the Velvet Underground‘s “I’m Waiting for the Man” as part of his Tonight Showset. Now Berninger has released a studio version of the track, to appear on an upcoming Velvets covers compilation, I’ll Be Your Mirror: …
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The National‘s Matt Berninger made a special appearance on Apple TV+ series Helpsters to rap about long words alongside a group of puppets. The track, titled “The Long Words Song,” is all about Berninger’s love for lengthy words. “I like long words and I like to recite ’em,” Berninger raps. …
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The National‘s Matt Berninger has released a video of his new song “Walking on a String,” featuring indie-rock phenom Phoebe Bridgers. The duo recorded the track for the new Zach Galifianakis film Between Two Ferns: The Movie, released last month on Netflix. “It’s a song about how our problems and …
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PEOPLE is the name of an artist collective and web platform, co-founded by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and The National’s Aaron Dessner, that grew out of the 2016Michelberger Music series in Berlin. The idea,as explained on the site, is “to establish an independent and nurturing space in which to make …
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Neil Young, HitchhikerThis “buried-treasure mother lode” from Neil Young’s archives, writes David Browne, is “a journey through the past, but far darker.” Young recorded the album’s 10 tracks in a single session on August 10, 1976, and the acoustic tracks include the failed-relationship chronicle “Give Me Strength” as well as …
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