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Watch Fire Up Your Kid's Imagination At The 'Science Fair'
August 17, 2012 – Laura Veirs, Mates of State and more contribute to an album encouraging children to pursue science.
Listen Dan Auerbach Likes It Fast, Simple And Loud
August 6, 2012 – Ken Tucker says the Black Keys member works wonders producing JEFF The Brotherhood and Hacienda.
Watch The xx Teases New Album 'Coexist' With The Simplest Of Love Songs
July 16, 2012 – From a new album, the spare ballad "Angels" feels a bit like the introduction to a more lavish song.
Listen The dB's: Still Plaintive After All These Years
July 3, 2012 – Falling Off the Sky sweeps aside decades and nostalgia to achieve a vital sound for today.
Listen Fiona Apple's 'Wheel' Of Extravagant Emotions
June 26, 2012 – Ken Tucker says Apple's stripped-down sound is a backdrop for her ideas about love's complications.
Listen On 'Banga,' Patti Smith Pays Homage To Friends
June 14, 2012 – Banga is Smith's 11th studio album, and her first collection of original material since 2004.
Listen Trailer Trash Tracys: A Shoegazer's Dream
June 14, 2012 – Cool but still beautiful, "Candy Girl" is touching, revealing and almost painfully intimate.
Listen The Untold Story Of Singer Bobby Charles
June 13, 2012 – Bobby Charles recorded a memorable body of work, despite living in isolation and not performing.
Listen The dB's: After A 25-Year Absence, A Vital Return
June 12, 2012 – In "That Time Is Gone," the dB's singer needlessly questions the wisdom of his own band's comeback.
Listen Tim Fite Finds The Essence Of Innocence In 'Teenagers'
June 7, 2012 – In "We Are All Teenagers," Fite nails the adolescent unease that lingers into adulthood.
Listen Japandroids: One Part Classic Rock, One Part Punk
June 6, 2012 – The duo, which sounds like Tom Petty after some Red Bull-and-vodkas, hones the scream to an art.
Listen The Honeydogs: A Retail Solution For Heartbreak
June 4, 2012 – The hook in "Broke It, Buy It" is insidiously catchy enough to ricochet through your head for days.
Listen K-Holes: A Grimy Smear Of Rock 'n' Roll
May 29, 2012 – In the frayed, exhausted "Child," K-Holes' members wield their own unique sort of holler.
Listen James Burton: The Teen Who Invented American Guitar
May 25, 2012 – Rock historian Ed Ward shares the story of guitarist James Burton, who backed many famous artists.
Listen Chuck Prophet: Tawdry, Tattered Glory
May 25, 2012 – In "The Left Hand and the Right Hand," Prophet turns tales from the outer limits into a catchy song.