The National stopped by the 88.1 KDHX studio in Saint Louis on September 7,2013 for a live set. Audio by Dan Kinney. Discover more great media at http://kdhx.org

The National  "This Is The Last Time" Live at KDHX 9/7/13

Today's song is The National Sea of Love.

Sea Of Love - The National

Warpaint – Billie Holiday

Photo by Dusdin Condren

Sharon Van Etten, 'Are We There' out May 27th (May 26th in the UK) on Jagjaguwar. 

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Sharon Van Etten
Artist Page http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?name=vanettensharon
Website http://sharonvanetten.com/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SharonVanEttenMusic
Twitter https://twitter.com/sharonvanetten
Instagram http://instagram.com/sharonvanhalen

Sharon Van Etten - "Taking Chances" from 'Are We There' out May 27th (May 26th in the UK) on Jagjaguwar.

<strong>TOUR DATES:</strong>
[all tickets: <strong><a href="http://bit.ly/sve_tour">jagjaguwar.com/tour</a></strong>]

Thu. May 8 - Northampton, MA  @ Iron Horse Music Hall
Fri. May 9 - Hudson, NY @ Helsinki Hudson
Sat. May 10 - Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre
Sun. May 11 - Hamden, CT @ Ballroom at the Outer Space
Sun. May 25 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique Grand Salon (Nuits Botanique)
Wed. May 28 - Paris, FR @ Café de la Danse
Fri. May 30 - Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
Sun. June 1 - Koln, DE @ Studio 672
Mon. June 2 - Berlin, DE @ Privatclub
Tue. June 3 - Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet	
Thu. June 5 - London, UK @ KOKO
Wed. June 11 - Boston, MA @ Sinclair
Thu. June 12 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall at Williamsburg (Northside Festival)
Fri. June 13 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Sat. June 14 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Tue. June 17 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Wed. June 18 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Thu. June 19 - Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small's
Fri. June 20 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
Sat. June 21 - Nashville, TN @ Exit In
Tue. June 24 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
Wed. June 25 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Sat. June 28 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
Sun. June 29 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Mon. June 30 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Wed. July 2 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
Thu. July 3 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
Sat. July 5 - George, WA @ Sasquatch Festival
Sun. July 6 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
Tue. July 8 - Calgary, AB @ Republik
Wed. July 9 - Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room
Mon. July 14 - Fargo, ND @ Aquarium
Wed. July 16 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Thu. July 17 - Madison, WI @ University of Wisconsin
Fri. July 18 - Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
Sat. July 19-Sun. July 20 - Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Festival
Thu. Aug. 7 – Sun. Aug. 9 – Goteborg, SE @ Way Out West
Sat. Aug. 9 – Olso, NO @ Øyafestivalen
Tue. Aug. 12 – Bezirk-Landstrasse, AU @ Arena Wien Open Air
Fri. Aug. 15 – Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop
Sat. Aug. 16 – Crickhowell, UK @ Glanusk Park – Green Man Festival
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Are We There

Every Time the Sun Comes Up

Pre-order on iTunes

Sharon Van Etten - "Every Time The Sun Comes Up"

Original song by Alt-J.
All tracks performed, recorded, and mixed by A Slight Breeze.

Nara (Alt-J cover)

Alt-J - Choice Kingdom (Yvan Remix)

where we began, where we end is an album about a love that was real, consuming, and never meant to survive the world it existed in.

This record tells the story of a relationship that lived outside the lines. Not reckless. Not casual. But something that formed quietly in stolen time, shared routines, and a depth of connection that felt stronger because it had nowhere safe to exist. A bond built in the margins. In parking lots, late nights, borrowed hours. In spaces where everything feels more intense because it has to remain hidden.

The songs trace the arc from ignition to erosion. The rush of being seen in a way you hadn’t been before. The intimacy that grows when two people choose each other privately, even as the outside world insists they shouldn’t. What begins as warmth and certainty slowly bends under pressure, unspoken rules, looming consequences, the constant awareness of expectations that never needed to be spoken aloud.

This album isn’t about choosing different futures. It’s about being denied the chance to choose at all. About loving someone fully while knowing the life you’re building together exists on borrowed time. About staying longer than you should in something fragile because it feels truer than anything else you’ve known.

There’s no moralizing here. No defense. Just honesty. The ache doesn’t come from deception, but from inevitability. From watching something genuine collapse under the weight of obligation, reputation, and rules that leave no room for human connection.

Musically, the album mirrors that tension. Intimate, restrained, and deliberate. Songs breathe and circle rather than resolve, reflecting a relationship that kept looping back on itself, never allowed to move forward. Silence matters as much as sound. Repetition becomes confession. Nothing rushes toward closure because closure was never an option.

By the end, there’s no catharsis. Just recognition. The understanding that some loves don’t fail because they weren’t strong enough, but because the world had no place for them to exist.

where we began, where we end is not an argument.
It’s a record of something real that happened in the shadows.
A document of what it feels like to build something meaningful in a space that was never meant to hold it, and to live with the quiet aftermath of letting it go.

moments of gold, shadows of grey

Scratch Garageband recording made at Luke Schuss' place on December 22, 2011 under the tentative artist name of "Blind Channel" (Erin Lahay on piano and Joel Flynn on vocals). A bit of a "southern hemisphere Christmas thing" - as the original song is set in the summertime - with Erin about to leave for a 2-year 'round the world trip... perhaps to the southern hemisphere, perhaps not... who knows?

The original song by THE NATIONAL is from their 2007's Boxer and one of Flynn's all-time favorite album closers (maybe because it doesn't quite resolve?). So it seems an appropriate way to finish the year off with this one. It's a nice cheery number for all you folks keeping score at home ;)

Gospel (orig. by THE NATIONAL)

As the cover reaches 100 downloads, soundcloud will stop the downloads from being available. If you still want to download the song, send me a message and I will send you a download link with a high quality recording. You won't be left in the cold!

Thom Yorke - Suspirium HQ instrumental cover

The Night [alternate] (Morphine cover)

Debut single from Low's new record The Invisible Way, out March 19 (March 18 in the UK and Europe) on Sub Pop Records:
http://www.subpop.com/artists/low

The Invisible Way

Just Make It Stop

Low - Just Make It Stop

We're not the best, but we're pretty good.