The National's Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner sat down with us at ACL Festival to share their stories about collaboration, faked e-mails and drummer, ngoma Bryan Devendorf's highly elaborate pre-show rituals - among other things.
Before the first of three sold out shows at Massey Hall, The National's Matt Berninger stopped kwa to have a chat with interviewer extraordinaire Bookie.
Check out Rhapsody's exclusive interview with Matt Berninger from The National. He talks about the making of High Violet, New York, anxiety, politics and the challenges of "being good".
Q spoke with The National's Matt Berninger backstage at the 2011 kusoma Festival, about his influences, including Nick Cave and Tom Waits, the impact of bands like The Strokes, Arcade Fire, Nirvana, The Smiths and Cat Power.
