saw the story in the new york times today. congrats! keep up the good work.

My friend Lex Zaleta, who is an indie songwriter from down Nashville way, sent me the article from the New York Times. Very good story. Really good news for indie artists! Keep up the good work!!

all the best,
guy michetti
www.guymichetti.com

Is it just me or does that sound a HELLUVA lot like the Walkmen?

I just wanted to congratulate all of the Music for Robots crew for your article today in the NYTimes. I've been telling my friends about you for about a year now (naturally they don't listen...bastards), as you've introduced me to more music than I care to list here. I'm not "in the know" when it comes to indie music, having heard of bloc party, gang of four, and MIA all here, and it's great reading your posts every day. Keep up the good work!

This is my fav record of 2005 so far. Great stuff (and yes, this is my favorite song too). And no, it really doesn't sound like the Walkmen.

The Walkmen comparison probably comes from the fact that the drums are like the marquee instrument on this track.

I heard the tunes at [don't advertise on our site -mgmt].

The REASON to give your music away? Artists like myself have been told by the labels to "get it out there"....... So go to my site and download it all, maybe THEN I can get paid.......

'Nuff said,

Mobile Home Boy Himself.

I've heard Mr November and loved it, but great to know the rest of their stuff is of the same high quality. Will investigate further.

Indeed, there are hints of Walkmen in their sound, as well as top notes of American Music Club. Where The National succeed and these bands fail, however, is in their dynamic range and consistent quality. While Walkmen and AMC's recent albums held their fair share of filler, Alligator is uniformly excellent.

I love your site, but I don't know about this one. Good, but "great American single"? Not sure about that.
sometimes these things grow on me.

It is a great album -- I posted tracks awhile back from it. I love Secret Meeting. That song's addictive as all hell!

Awesome! Good Job guys.

Thanks for turning me/us on to The National--awesome band...as for Mr. November, I'd guess a candidate

does anyone now the nationals website?

Here's their site:http://www.beggars.com/features/thenational/

the band's official site it http://www.americanmary.com -- it's right up there next to the song download.

also, Ted, it does seem obvious that the song is about a political figure, most likely G.W.Bush. This can be seen in both the "english are waiting and I don't know what to do" and the "I was carried in the arms of cheerleaders" parts. In that regard, it sorta makes Bush into a sympathetic idiot. But honestly, I don't want the song to be about Bush, so I tend to ignore that interpretation and pretend it's about a football player. That's much more interesting to me.

Mark,
Just wanted to say that I picked up this record a couple days ago on the strength of this post and I love it. Thanks.

the song is about john kerry i think....mr. november....the great white hope.....definitely not gw bush if you listen to the national.

whoever mr. november is he will most surely fuck us over. but i don't mind.

Would be funny if it was Mr. October. Then it would be about Reggie Jackson.

Well, Derek Jeter was given the nickname "Mr. November" a few years back...

"Some of Jeter's most memorable moments have come in postseason play. These include his eighth inning, game-tying faux home run against Baltimore in Game 1 of the 1996 ALCS, his shovel pass in Game 3 of the 2001 ALDS against Oakland, and his game-winning, tenth-inning home run off Arizona's Byung-Hyun Kim in Game 4 of the 2001 World Series. The home run briefly earned Jeter the moniker, "Mr. November," as it came 4 minutes after midnight on November 1."