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The National

last updated 2026-09-11 11:26

The National

Plays on LTZ: 59 across 52 shows (2023-01-05, 2023-01-12, 2023-01-19, 2023-01-26, 2023-02-23, 2023-03-02, 2023-03-09, 2023-03-23, 2023-03-30, 2023-04-20, 2023-04-27, 2023-05-04…)

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The National — Never Tear Us Apart

Played: 2026-02-05

This is The National's cover of the INXS song.

The National — Murder Me Rachael

Played: 2026-06-11 (Segment 4 — Indie anthems)

An early National track from Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers (2003), later captured live on the Cherry Tree EP (2004). Matt Berninger wrote it about his older sister, Rachel; it's one of the earliest glimpses of the band's trademark — savage, twisted lyricism and Bryce Dessner's razor guitar — years before Alligator made them. The catalogue date here is a reissue; the song itself predates their breakthrough.

The National — The Geese of Beverly Road

Played: 2026-07-30

"The Geese of Beverly Road" is the seventh track on The National's breakthrough third album Alligator, released 12 April 2005 via Beggars Banquet. The band performed the track at the wedding of producer Peter Katis — a photo of the band playing while couples danced in the foreground became the cover art for their follow-up album Boxer (2007). The song's title references an actual street. Alligator was produced by Peter Katis and Paul Mahajan at Tarquin Studios, Drummerman Studios, and other locations, received a Metacritic score of 82/100, and was the album that transformed The National from a cult concern into a critically adored force.

The National — Fake Empire

Played: 2026-08-13

The National are a US band (Brooklyn, New York) formed 1999 in Cincinnati, Ohio. "Fake Empire" (3:27) is track 1 on Boxer, released 22 May 2007 on Beggars Banquet Records, produced by Peter Katis and The National at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut; written by Matt Berninger and Bryce Dessner. The song was released as a single 23 June 2008, the album's third and final single. Dessner built the track around a four-over-three polyrhythm in the piano; the horn fanfare was written by Padma Newsome. The National's network TV debut of the song came on The Late Show with David Letterman, 24 July 2007. An instrumental version featured in Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign video "Signs of Hope and Change" and the song was played at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. It also appeared in the Chuck episode "Chuck Versus the Break-up" (13 October 2008) and over the closing credits of the 2008 film Battle in Seattle.

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