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First Listen: The Dead Weather, 'Sea Of Cowards'

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First Listen: The Dead Weather, 'Sea Of Cowards'

The sophomore album from Jack White's supergroup is no sterile product of endless studio tinkering: At 35 minutes, it's a blistering and compact slab of thunderous, bluesy hard rock. Born out of aggression more than invention, it's an appropriately barbed and consistently sturdy addition to White's rapidly expanding canon. Hear Sea of Cowards in its entirety for the week leading up to its May 11 release.

What Would Be Your 'At-Bat' Theme Song?

At spring training, No. 1 prospect Jason Hayward has been shattering car windows beyond right field. Maybe his at-bat song should be "Bust Your Window." Mark Cunningham/Getty Images Sport hide caption

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What Would Be Your 'At-Bat' Theme Song?

Have you ever noticed that the songs the batters pick while stepping up to the plate are -- for the most part -- not always great? There just has to be something better than "With Arms Wide Open" to get baseball fans on their feet between bites of overpriced chili dogs. We put together our own NPR nine-song starting lineup to get you started.

The Dead Weather: Slinky And Skulking
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Song Of The Day

The Dead Weather: Slinky And Skulking

The band's "60 Feet Tall" is a clinic in the sort of loud/soft dynamics and suspense-filled dramatics that Led Zeppelin had perfected by 1970: slick riffing, lumbering percussion and verses that strut, ascend and dissolve before a huge-toned guitar solo splits the tune wide open.

'60 Feet Tall' by The Dead Weather

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Twitter Music Reviews: Criticism As Haiku

Twitter, as we've seen in the protests in Iran, is becoming something of a force for democracy. It's proving useful not only for organizing street demonstrations but also for bringing down the walls around that most rarefied of communities: the world of music reviews.

Twitter Music Reviews: Criticism As Haiku

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Jack White Goes Drumming, Acoustic Radiohead, Vienna Teng, More

On this edition of All Songs Considered, The Dead Weather, Japandroids, Vienna Teng, St. Vincent, Bill Callahan and an acoustic version of "Creep" from a new deluxe edition of Radiohead's Pablo Honey.

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