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World Cafe

Owen Pallett Is A Home-Recording Wizard

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November 27, 2020 • In this session, what you're going to hear are solo performances — just Pallett, using effects and looping to create layers of sound.

Owen Pallett On World Cafe

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Tiny Desk

Owen Pallett: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

November 17, 2020 • The talented Canadian composer and songwriter creates an ensemble in their bedroom for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.

NPR Music's 25 Favorite Albums Of 2014 (So Far)

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Music Lists

NPR Music's 25 Favorite Albums Of 2014 (So Far)

June 30, 2014 • A selection of 25 deep, joyful, rewarding albums from every genre, out of every corner of the world, from the first six months months of 2014, picked by NPR Music.

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Owen Pallett: The Consummate Musician, In Conflict

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Music Interviews

Owen Pallett: The Consummate Musician, In Conflict

May 27, 2014 • Last year, Owen Pallett played on Arcade Fire's Reflektor and picked up an Oscar nomination for his score for Her. The songwriter explains the tensions at work on his highly personal new solo album.

Owen Pallett: The Consummate Musician, In Conflict

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First Listen: Owen Pallett, 'In Conflict'

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First Listen

First Listen: Owen Pallett, 'In Conflict'

May 18, 2014 • If there's any conflict at all throughout these 13 tracks, it's purely an internal one for Pallett, a legit composer who also possesses the instincts to craft brilliant pop songs.

In Conflict

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Best Music Of 2013

NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2013

December 10, 2013 • These albums might be strange bedfellows, but that's how we listen. This is the music that shook us up, sucked us in, commanded our respect and kept us dancing this year. Get in there.

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All Songs Considered

The Best Album Covers Of 2010

December 14, 2010 • Album covers can set the tone for how we imagine music in our minds. Sometimes they try to make a statement, or just be an evocative image that invites you in.

NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2010

50 Favorites: M-R

December 1, 2010 • The list of our 50 favorite albums of the year includes Jason Moran, Janelle Monae, The National and more artists from M to R.

'Tightrope' by Janelle Monae with Big Boi

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Concerts

Owen Pallett, Live At Webster Hall

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April 27, 2010 • Pallett employed his sad-angel voice, skillfully bowed violin and a loop pedal to build a set of dense, haunting chamber-pop layer by layer. Bookending this set of mostly new material are some golden oldies, including fan favorite "This Is the Dream of Win and Regine" and a cover of Mariah Carey's "Fantasy."

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Song Of The Day

Pop Meets Classical, Serious Meets Silly

June 2, 2006 • Final Fantasy is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Owen Pallett, who first achieved notoriety as a member of The Arcade Fire. Pallett makes music that marries the serious and the silly, informed by everything from Dungeons & Dragons to the songs on Top 40 radio.

'This Lamb Sells Condos' by Final Fantasy

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