The National curating and headlining December's All Tomorrow's Parties music festival

It's the custom of All Tomorrow's Parties to invite a popular band or artist to curate its music festivals, and the installment scheduled for Dec. 7-9 in the U.K. follows suit with a lineup handpicked by The National. That lineup was announced today, and it's a strong one: Kronos Quartet, The Antlers, Owen Pallett, Boris, Tim Hecker, Sharon Van Etten, My Brightest Diamond, Wye Oak, Lower Dens, Megafaun, Suuns, Dark Dark Dark, and Buke and Gase. For those inclined to hop a plane and catch these shows, tickets go on sale Jan. 20 here.