Spring Music Preview

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Bob Boilen speaks with reviewers Robert Christgau, Will Hermes and Meredith Ochs about the new CDs they're most looking forward to this spring. Hear sneak previews of new music from Modest Mouse, Wilco, Fountains of Wayne, Bright Eyes and more.

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Modest Mouse

CD: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Song: "We've Got Everything"
Label: Epic

Listen to "We've Got Everything"

Fountains of Wayne

CD: Traffic and Weather
Song: "Yolanda Hayes"
Label: Virgin

Listen to "Yolanda Hayes"

Wilco

CD: Sky Blue Sky
Song: "Hate it Here"
Label: Nonesuch

Listen to "Hate it Here"




Additional information on this CD available at the Wilco Web site.

Bright Eyes

CD: Cassadaga
Song: "No One Would Riot For Less"
Label: Saddle Creek

Listen to "No One Would Riot For Less"

Note: The cut that appears in the entire program is an excerpt of the song "Coat Check Dream Song." We only have permission to play a full version of this track, "No One Would Riot for Less."

Elizabeth Cook

CD: Balls
Song: "Sometimes it Takes Balls to Be A Woman"
Label: Thirty Tigers

Listen to "Sometimes it Takes Balls to Be A Woman"

Tori Amos

CD: American Doll Posse
Song: "Big Wheel"
Label: Sony

Listen to "Big Wheel"

Mavis Staples

CD: We'll Never Turn Back
Song: "Down in Mississippi"
Label: Anti

Listen to "Down in Mississippi"

Kings of Leon

CD: Because of the Times
Song: "Camaro"
Label: RCA

Listen to "Camero"

Richard Thompson

CD: Sweet Warrior
Song: "Take Care the Road You Choose"
Label: Shout Factory

Listen to "Take Care the Road You Choose"


Note: This CD is not yet available for purchase.

Balkan Beat Box

CD: Numed
Song: "$20 For Boban"
Label: J Dub

Listen to "$20 for Boban"


Note: This CD is not yet available for purchase.

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