With The Past Is Still Alive, Hurray for the Riff Raff's Alynda Segarra has created a epic tale of life on the road, a nearly mythic version of their own life story that stands alongside other great American musical travelogues. Denny/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Real Estate Jake Michaels/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Hear the new Real Estate track "Paper Cup" and more on this month's Heavy Rotation. Jake Michaels/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kassa Overall. His stunning album, I Think I'm Good, is on our list of the best new releases out on Feb. 28. Aren Johnson hide caption
Real Estate performing live at NON-COMM 2017. Jeremy Zimmerman/WXPN hide caption
Real Estate and a horse named Moose. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Grateful Dead | Keith Stieduhar/courtesy of the artist (top left), Kamasi Washington | John Vettese/XPN (top right), Sleater Kinney | Brigitte Sire/Courtesy of the artist (bottom left), Hiss Golden Messenger | Rich McKie/XPN (bottom center), Jim James | Josh Pelta-Heller/XPN (bottom right) Various sources hide caption
Martin Courtney. Shawn Brackbill/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Real Estate performs live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. Libby Pierson/KCRW hide caption
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Real Estate plays Atlas at SubCulture in NYC. Ebru Yildiz for NPR hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Real Estate, Actress, Saintseneca, Wax Fang Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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Wye Oak's Civilian, known now and forever as Stephen Thompson's third favorite record of 2011. Merge Records hide caption
Real Estate's new album, Days, comes out Oct. 18.
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Atlas Sound's Bradford Cox (clockwise from upper left), Bjork, Los Campesinos! Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Ridgewood High School, where bands like Rel Estate, Family Portrait and Ducktails got their start. birdphone/flickr hide caption