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New Music: Pixies, Volcano Choir, John Grant, More

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New Music: Pixies, Volcano Choir, John Grant, More

This week's episode of All Songs Considered features the return of the Pixies, plus songs by Justin Vernon's side project Volcano Choir, the rapper Dessa and a pair of stellar live performers.

New Music: Pixies, Volcano Choir, John Grant, More

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Poll Results: Listeners Pick Their Favorite Albums of 2013

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Poll Results: Listeners Pick Their Favorite Albums of 2013

See what albums NPR listeners picked in our year-end poll for the best music of 2013.

Poll Results: Listeners Pick Their Favorite Albums of 2013

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Bon Iver's Justin Vernon Returns With The Volcano Choir, Music From Senegal And More

On this edition of All Songs Considered we've got an unusual new project from Victoria Bergsman.

Bon Iver's Justin Vernon Returns With The Volcano Choir, Music From Senegal And More

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Volcano Choir Reveals Secret Behind Epic Live Show
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Volcano Choir Reveals Secret Behind Epic Live Show

Volcano Choir's two albums were carefully crafted in the studio and aren't easily recreated in a live performance. In an interview with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen the band members reveal how they've managed to take their music on the road.

Hear Volcano Choir Talk About The Band's Live Performances

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First Listen: Volcano Choir, 'Repave'

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First Listen: Volcano Choir, 'Repave'

If Justin Vernon never releases another record under the name Bon Iver — and he's publicly suggested that that might be the case — more albums like Repave would render the issue largely irrelevant. His second album with Volcano Choir is just that good.

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Exclusive First Listen: Volcano Choir
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Exclusive First Listen: Volcano Choir

In Volcano Choir, Bon Iver's Vernon sets his layered, often chopped-up vocals atop the experimental instrumental musings of the Milwaukee-based band Collections of Colonies of Bees. Hear the indie supergroup's debut album, Unmap, in its entirety for the week leading up to its release on Sept. 22.

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Highlights From 'Song Of The Day'
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Highlights From 'Song Of The Day'

NPR Music's Song of the Day features a new track every weekday, with analysis of the music, links to each artist's Web sites and, of course, a chance to hear the song itself. Here, Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson talks about recent selections by A Hawk and a Hacksaw, John Forte and Volcano Choir.

Highlights From 'Song Of The Day'

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Volcano Choir: Angels And Experiments

More choral than volcanic, Volcano Choir finds the Milwaukee-based experimental band Collections of Colonies of Bees collaborating with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. Of all the lovely strangeness on its debut album, Unmap, its songs are never sweeter than the album-closing "Youlogy."

'Youlogy' by Volcano Choir

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