Mina Tindle

”The video is a very simple portrait of the band (and the friends who helped make the song) and the song itself: You see all the instruments that make up the song in isolation, even hear them recorded live on set over the album version, kind of like showing you the tracks that make up the song,” director Mike Mills said.

The intimate ”Special Evening with The National” shows will feature guests from their upcoming album, a screening of the accompanying film, and a Q&A with the band.

The album comes with an accompanying film and features Sharon Van Etten, Lisa Hannigan, Mina Tindle, Kate Stables (This Is The Kit), and longtime Bowie collaborator Gail Ann Dorsey who is on the new single…

This week’s Notable Releases include Thou’s long-awaited new full-length, Bon Iver/The National offshoot Big Red Machine’s debut, Anna Calvi’s long-awaited third album, and more.

ANOHNI, Kurt Vile, Fucked Up, The Walkmen, The War on Drugs, Phosphorescent, Sharon Van Etten, Jenny Lewis, The National, Courtney Barnett, Real Estate, Lucinda Williams, The Flaming Lips and more contribute to this long-in-the-works project.

Twenty-year-old Memphis singer/songwriter Julien Baker fronts the band Forrister (fka The Star Killers), and as of last week she’s got a solo record out in the world called Sprai…