April 20, 2010 
Apparently The National’s highly anticipated new album ‘High Violet’, of which we have already heard several track from, has leaked in low quality form. In response the band have made the wise decision that they will be streaming the album via the NY Times from this friday.
Personally I’m resisting the low quality version in order to hear the album for the first time in high quality, but I’m certainly finding it hard to wait. This album is going to be amazing.
Update: here it is.
Update: review here.
And Pluck Your Strings 
I can’t wait for this. I’ve decided that I’m not going to listen to it until I buy the CD. It’s very tempting to download the leak though…