Aaron Dessner

The National’s Aaron Dessner co-wrote or produced 11 of the 16 songs, Justin Vernon co-wrote and sings on one, and the album also features Doveman, Jack Antonoff, and members of Bonny Light Horseman, yMusic, and more…

In what has been a case of mistaken identity, a social media campaign was started to out The National’s Aaron Dessner as an “ANTIFA organizer” who was “paying people to riot,” just as Trump declared the US would be designating ANTIFA as a terrorist organization…

Aaron confirmed that the song Michael Stipe recently performed on Colbert is indeed intended for Big Red Machine, and that he has 20 new songs recorded for the project, some of which he previewed…

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Michael Stipe performed ”No Time For Love Like Now,” which was written with Aaron Dessner and which Colbert says is part of Dessner’s Big Red Machine project with Justin Vernon, for an at-home edition of ‘Colbert.’

”Michael Stipe has been a great hero and friend to me and I never in my wildest dreams imagined writing songs together,” Aaron Dessner said of the collaboration.

The National’s Bryce Dessner is throwing his annual MusicNOW festival after Homecoming on both nights, with a lineup including Moses Sumney, Aaron Dessner’s Big 37d03d Machine, Leslie Feist, Helado Negro, and more.

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Polica have shared lead single ”Driving” and its video, and the non-album B-side ”trash in bed,” which was co-produced by Boys Noize.

‘i, i’ covers some pretty interesting ground, but it’s the first time a Bon Iver album hasn’t been a huge leap from its predecessor.