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Review: The National – Trouble Will Find Me

Years ago, when I was a younger and more misanthropic record store employee, a coworker of mine used to say that even the best bands in the world really only had 3 great albums in them, with very few exceptions.  Or more likely he said something like “It’s Modest Mouse’s 5th album? Fuckin’ forget it.”

Trouble Will Find Me is The Nationals 6th full-length release.  Let me start by saying I love The National.  I have threatened fellow writers Tyler Jacobson and Jake Ryan with physical violence in arguments over The National.  I honestly believe Alligator and Boxer were 2 of the greatest albums of the last decade and “Mistaken For Strangers” might be one of the greatest rock songs ever written...

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Video: Johnny Marr – The Messenger

On a short list of my heroes – and I suspect Jake Ryan’s as well -, former Smiths guitarist, Johnny Marr is sure to land. His track record for being around (and likely the cause of) the worst period of every band he’s been a part of since The Smiths*, excluding his own projects (Electronic, Johnny Marr & The Healers), does little to tarnish his legacy with me.

The man not only embodies “cool” and always has, but he also emotes through his instrument. While Johnny Marr & The Healers’ “Boomslang” wasn’t the most amazing album, it certainly had it’s high points. The last I heard of any Johnny Marr solo stuff – I believe it was in the context of being a follow up to Boomslang with The Healers – but here we have it, no Healers… Johnny Marr’s new track, The Messenger.

Sounds like a bit of Tame ...

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