Q: For a long time there was a sense of mystery around the National. Are you worried the documentary will strip that away, or are you hoping it will bring the fans closer to the band? A: We did a ...

HUDSON, N.Y. — It wasn’t a civil war, not this time. But it was almost the end of the National. It wouldn’t have been a bad run. After all, the band wasn’t the most likely pick from the ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to The National frontman Matt Berninger about the band's new album, "First Two Pages of Frankenstein," and about the band's embrace of "Sad Dad" moniker.

Indie rock band The National has built its career on big sounds, and 2013 is shaping up to be the Brooklyn-by-way-of-Cincinnati brooders biggest year yet. For the better part of the past decade ...

The National is a band of five men, but on a May afternoon, they were 13 men and women. Onstage at the Ed Sullivan Theater in midtown Manhattan, they rehearsed for “The Late Show With Stephen ...

The two sets of brothers in the National talk about how their family ties affect the band’s dynamic and ganging up on frontman Matt Berninger. By Sam Sodomsky September 21, 2017 ...

The best thing about “Mistaken for Strangers,” a new documentary about the band the National, is that you don’t have to be a fan to enjoy it. In fact, it helps if you’re not an admirer of ...