Conrad Doucette is a musician, writer, and strategist living in New York City. He has performed, toured, and recorded with The National, Takka Takka, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Beirut, Tune-Yards, Okkervil River, Alina Simone, and others. Television appearances include The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , and The Late Show with David Letterman . He is co-curator for Day of The Dead , a 59-track tribute to the Grateful Dead spearheaded by The National benefitting global AIDS/HIV charities via the Red Hot Organization, featuring Mumford and Sons, Wilco, Angel Olsen, Bela Fleck, Shannon Van Etten, Lucinda Willams, Real Estate, The Flaming Lips, and others. Publications he has written for include Blender, Maxim, Stereogum, Decider, and BrooklynVegan, as well as Fuse/MSG Networks.