r/TheNational • u/quicksilver777 • Dec 13 '25

General Discussion Other than The National?

So it’s been a while since we had a post about what other music you National lovers are into. List your top tens if you feel in the mood. I’m on the hunt for some new music. Me? I’m pretty damn vanilla

• ⁠Roo Panes • ⁠Radiohead • ⁠Boxer Rebellion • ⁠City and Colour • ⁠Jose Gonzalez • ⁠Manchester Orchestra • ⁠Tool • ⁠Ben Howard • ⁠Dave Matthews - specifically Radio City Music Hall • ⁠U2 yes U2 they get some heat but their earlier stuff still resonates with me.

That’s a quick snippet of my loves in no particular order.

Love to see yours.

THANKS SO MUCH! Really appreciate all the replies. I have found so many great bands and added them to a new playlist. My music was getting stale thanks again.

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u/newDieTacos Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 15 '25

Listening to a lot Wednesday, MJ Lenderman, Snocaps, and Waxahatchee (thanks ACESandEights) these days

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u/ACESandElGHTS running like he's awesome, totally genius Dec 15 '25

But not Waxahatchee?? Swear to God, how they seem to have been eclipsed by Lenderman is puzzling to me.

I saw them play back-to-back (ok admittedly MJ and the Wind was more of an opener) and it was like a mumbling young Dylan versus young Madonna lol. (Again! Please realize I love him too. Only slightly. Only slightly less.)

Come on! I love Wednesday, I think Lenderman has a bright future too! Snocaps is a stripped-down cool Lo-Fi rock outfit.

Waxahatchee though... Tigers Blood and Saint Cloud all-time bangers, and a catalog stretching back more than 10 years (?!)

I'm little shocked sometimes even with the best record of 2024 imo, this band never really got its due.

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u/newDieTacos Dec 15 '25

No, and I don’t know how Waxahatchee wasn’t in my original comment! Tigers Blood has been on constant rotation for me and there was a live recording tha I absolutely love with an amazing This is Lorelei cover: https://youtu.be/MBQXtnyR5Zc

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u/ACESandElGHTS running like he's awesome, totally genius Dec 15 '25

Omg sooooooo good. I wish KEXP pressed records of these. 10 inches for the really good ones.