BERKELEY'S NEWS • NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Sleep Well Beast
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Concerts
7 HOURS AGO
The National reverberates in reflective, self-conscious melancholy at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Perhaps the most striking performance of the night was the band’s rendition of “Pink Rabbits,” an elegy to the wistfulness and disquieting melancholy that can endure (for Berninger, at least) even within long-term relationships.
Concerts
7 HOURS AGO
The National reverberates in reflective, self-conscious melancholy at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Perhaps the most striking performance of the night was the band’s rendition of “Pink Rabbits,” an elegy to the wistfulness and disquieting melancholy that can endure (for Berninger, at least) even within long-term relationships.
Columns
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
Now that everything is less insane
It wasn’t until recently that I started reading what people have to say about Sleep Well Beast, including the band itself. To be frank, other interpretations couldn’t have mattered less to me at the beginning of my fixation.
Columns
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
Now that everything is less insane
It wasn’t until recently that I started reading what people have to say about Sleep Well Beast, including the band itself. To be frank, other interpretations couldn’t have mattered less to me at the beginning of my fixation.
Culture Shot
MAY 30, 2019
The National: Easy to find, not easy to listen to — ranking the band’s albums
Maybe it’s just my unwitting obsession with sad men singing about sad things, but maybe it’s something more than that.
Culture Shot
MAY 30, 2019
The National: Easy to find, not easy to listen to — ranking the band’s albums
Maybe it’s just my unwitting obsession with sad men singing about sad things, but maybe it’s something more than that.
Album Reviews
MAY 22, 2019
On ‘I Am Easy to Find,’ The National (mostly) stays in its mold — but it pays off
If you haven’t heard of or listened to The National, its eighth album I Am Easy to Find probably isn’t a good place to start.
Album Reviews
MAY 22, 2019
On ‘I Am Easy to Find,’ The National (mostly) stays in its mold — but it pays off
If you haven’t heard of or listened to The National, its eighth album I Am Easy to Find probably isn’t a good place to start.
Retrospective Issue 2017
DECEMBER 11, 2017
'DAMN.,' 'Sleep Well Beast' top 2017's list of best albums
Across all genres, 2017 has seen some new breakouts and returning heavyweights tackle the roiling social and political climate this year has brought — or help us escape it.
Retrospective Issue 2017
DECEMBER 11, 2017
'DAMN.,' 'Sleep Well Beast' top 2017's list of best albums
Across all genres, 2017 has seen some new breakouts and returning heavyweights tackle the roiling social and political climate this year has brought — or help us escape it.
Album Reviews
SEPTEMBER 07, 2017
The National mines troubled times in richly textured ‘Sleep Well Beast’
Sleep Well Beast is one of this year’s best albums — with an imposing depth, like stepping off an edge into water that appears deceptively shallow.
Album Reviews
SEPTEMBER 07, 2017
The National mines troubled times in richly textured ‘Sleep Well Beast’
Sleep Well Beast is one of this year’s best albums — with an imposing depth, like stepping off an edge into water that appears deceptively shallow.
