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New Music: Mount Kimbie, Laura Mvula, Jagwar Ma, More
On this week's All Songs Considered, a musical sampler of styles from around the world.
Do You Really Listen To Full Albums?
by Robin Hilton
With so many distractions and different ways to hear songs, it's getting to be pretty impossible to give full albums the attention they deserve. When was the last time you actually listened to one all the way through, without any interruptions?
Listen To Laurel Halo's 'Sex Mission'
by Otis Hart
The title may sound explicit, but the new techno track by Laurel Halo keeps things at a tantalizing simmer.
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Can You Build The Perfect Cover Song?
The best cover songs, the ones that endure, bring out something that wasn't already there in the original.
Possessed Banjo Leads Man On Magical Journey
by Robin Hilton
In an absorbing and comical new video, Vermont folksinger Sam Amidon finds himself in some strange woods inhabited by the creatures of his own imagination — including a knobby, human-like tree and a bearded siren.
Do You Have A Favorite Record Label?
by Bob Boilen
A record label used to actually be a label: a small, circular piece of paper that could represent a sound, an aesthetic and a standard. But if you only listen to MP3s, do labels matter to you?
Exitmusic Battles Inner Demons In Arresting New Video
by Robin Hilton
In the band's latest video, singer Aleksa Palladino embraces and then drowns her own likeness in a dark and strange struggle with herself. The gorgeously shot short film is a transfixing exploration of rage, fear and despair.
New Music: Baths, Jim Jarmusch, Sam Phillips, More
If the experimental, idiosyncratic filmmaker Jim Jarmusch formed a band, what kind of music would it play? On this week's show you can hear the answer with a new song and EP from the group Jarmusch calls SQÜRL. Plus some remarkable new electronic music from Baths, Sam Phillips and more.
Jeri-Jeri Is Playing At Baaba Maal's House
by Otis Hart
A new video set at a backyard party in Dakar highlights a collaboration between the famous Senegalese singer Baaba Maal, a drum ensemble and a German techno producer.
Prescription To Bang: Kyle Hall's 'Dr. Crunch'
by Otis Hart
One of Detroit's youngest stars unleashes one of the year's great dance tracks, and reveals a connection to a founder of his hometown scene.
How Can A Vinyl Lover Start Over From Scratch?
To the vinyl lover who dumped her collection years ago: First off, we feel terrible for you, but we're here to offer some tips on how to rebuild.
Watch Telekinesis Revive An Old Vinyl-Pressing Factory
by Robin Hilton
The relentlessly propulsive beats and sense of urgency in the Telekinesis song "Empathetic People" strike the perfect tone as we look in on one of the last gasps of industry keeping music tethered to the physical world.
Gary Clark, Jr. Channels Hendrix In 'Numb'
by Bob Boilen
If you haven't paid attention to him yet, the clawing, gnarly video for "Numb" is a perfect opportunity to catch up with Gary Clark, Jr., one of 2012's biggest arrivals.
New Music From The Polyphonic Spree, Jon Hopkins, Eleanor Friedberger, More
Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton share their favorite new music of the week and things get big, fast, with an epic, gloriously exuberant cut from The Polyphonic Spree. Plus the experimental folk-rock group Akron Family, Sweden's Goat, electronic music genius Jon Hopkins and more.
Speedy Ortiz's Sweet And Sour 'Tiger Tank'
by Lars Gotrich
Like Pavement, Speedy Ortiz inverts the notion of rock stardom, while also taking its twisted heft from Polvo, its bummer distortion from Dinosaur Jr. and its gleefully noisy pop sensibility from The Breeders. Hear the oddly hummable "Tiger Tank" from the band's debut album, Major Arcana.
