The National w/Lucy Dacus

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Lucy Dacus

For years The National was one of indie-rock’s most infamous also-rans after the band’s 2005 masterpiece Alligator slipped under the radar of critics and listeners alike, but by the late ’00s the masses had begun to take notice. 2013’s Trouble Will Find Me was the band’s strongest album yet, a masterfully achy set that balanced its melancholy with understated wit, and last year the group released a worthy follow-up, Sleep Well Beast, a more expansive record with an electronic edge and some angry political undertones. It won a Grammy this year for Best Alternative Music Album, more proof that this once overlooked band finally has the stature it deserves.