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Los Campesinos! has earned a reputation for dark humor and danceable beats.

February 22, 2012 Hear the U.K. septet perform sharp, lively indie-rock ballads from its newest album, Hello Sadness.

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Y La Bamba perform in October of 2010.

February 21, 2012 The Oregon-based band showed off their unique indie pop meets canciones mix in this performance.

Cass McCombs released two of his six albums in 2011. His latest is Humor Risk.

February 21, 2012 Hear the introspective folk musician perform wandering songs from his latest album, Humor Risk.

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Mavis Staples performs with The Roots at the Climate Rally on the National Mall on April 25, 2010, in Washington, D.C.

February 20, 2012 Hear archival conversations with Buddy Guy, R.L. Burnside, Mavis Staples and Koko Taylor.

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Chairlift.

February 17, 2012 The synth-pop duo plays some of the darkly infectious songs from its new album, Something.

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 "It's a matter of understanding the vocabulary, in my opinion," pianist Aaron Diehl says of stride-piano music. "That stuff isn't meant to be played note for note."

February 16, 2012 Hear Diehl's modern take on the music of the time-honored masters of stride and swing.

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Real Estate.

February 16, 2012 The sunny sons of Ridgewood, N.J., stop by to play material from their most recent album, Days.

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Le Voyage Dans La Lune is AIR's seventh release, written as a soundtrack for a re-release of the 1902 Georges Méliès film of the same name.

February 15, 2012 The French duo discusses its soundtrack to the 1902 silent film Le Voyage Dans La Lune.

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