First off, nice job to all the folks at the ACL festival with this booking. The National's new album, The Boxer is another fantastic work by this posse of Cincinnati boys, now living in New York City.
I can't get enough of it and the bloggeratti are going nuts over these guys. Although they got the total shaft on scheduling (Sunday, the 16th @ 1:30pm, ATT stage), The National is a gem to see in an otherwise total lull period of the final day. It's difficult to describe their music-- gothy with a great power punch, layered with horns and strings. They just played Dave Letterman this week and even he was really impressed- calling it "beautiful." Watch for yourself as they perform "Fake Empire" live.
