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Kimya Dawson, half of the New York City folk band The Moldy Peaches, plays six songs on the soundtrack to the movie Juno. Dawson talks about how a movie can change the way you hear your own music, and plays songs from the soundtrack.
()Kimya Dawson, half of the New York City folk band The Moldy Peaches, plays six songs on the soundtrack to the movie Juno. Dawson talks about how a movie can change the way you hear your own music, and plays songs from the soundtrack.
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When the votes started pouring in from NPR listeners for the year's best albums, two things became clear immediately: It was going to be tight, and many of the top spots would go to new, smaller bands and their debut albums. Bigger, more established acts (Coldplay, My Morning Jacket) were well represented, but listeners seemed more inspired by the year's quieter, more intimate albums.
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Last year, Mark Wheat of The Current proclaimed the album dead. So instead of creating a list of top 10 full-length records, he's documenting the year in music with the perfect 10-song mixtape playlist.
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All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with several reviewers about the most anticipated CDs being released this summer. Hear sneak previews of new music from Beck, Randy Newman, solo work from Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, Kimya Dawson (the singer behind the Juno soundtrack), The Hold Steady, Missy Elliott, and more.
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The remarkable singer-songwriter Kimya Dawson finally gets the attention she deserves with her music appearing in the Juno soundtrack. Paul Simon's son Harper Simon joins Cibo Matto's Yuka Honda, Sean Lennon with guest vocals from Edie Brickell for The Heavy Circles. Also, hear the mystifying sounds found on the Living Bridge, the self-proclaimed "ghettotech" of Ilya E. Monosov, and a new release from Ringo Starr.
()Psychedlia meets funk in The Flaming Lips; A Pink Floyd cover from Ambulance LTD; Japan's imaginative Yoshida Brothers; Classic railroad songs from Furry Lewis; The way we try from Birdie Busch; An ode to a forgotten time by Peter Mulvey; The remarkable voice of Tom Brosseau; Brilliant ramblings from Kimya Dawson.
()Bob Boilen speaks with All Things Considered music reviewers Will Hermes, Tom Moon and Meredith Ochs about the most anticipated releases for fall 2004. Hear sneak previews from R.E.M., Brian Wilson's long-awaited album Smile, plus new music from Tom Waits, Elliott Smith and more.
()When the votes started pouring in from NPR listeners for the year's best albums, two things became clear immediately: It was going to be tight, and many of the top spots would go to new, smaller bands and their debut albums. Bigger, more established acts (Coldplay, My Morning Jacket) were well represented, but listeners seemed more inspired by the year's quieter, more intimate albums.
()All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with several reviewers about the most anticipated CDs being released this summer. Hear sneak previews of new music from Beck, Randy Newman, solo work from Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, Kimya Dawson (the singer behind the Juno soundtrack), The Hold Steady, Missy Elliott, and more.
()Ken Tucker reviews Kimya Dawson's 'Hidden Vagenda' and finds her hidden agenda might be to sing about death. He says she taps into childhood's honesty to achieve maximum adulthood.
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