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Song Premiere: Sylvan Esso Mixes It Up With Grouplove

Grouplove is (clockwise from left) Andrew Wessen, Ryan Rabin, Christian Zucconi and Hannah Hooper. Joseph Ilanes/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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All Songs Considered

Song Premiere: Sylvan Esso Mixes It Up With Grouplove

Sylvan Esso remixes Grouplove by stripping a song down to its essence. It's addition by subtraction — and you hear it here first.

Song Premiere: Sylvan Esso Mixes It Up With Grouplove

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First Listen: Grouplove, 'Spreading Rumours'

Grouplove's new album, Spreading Rumours, comes out Sept. 17. Pamela Littky/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen

First Listen: Grouplove, 'Spreading Rumours'

The candy-coated craftsmanship and joy on display throughout Spreading Rumours makes the record ludicrously easy to love — a welcome dose of summertime from the L.A. pop-rock band, just in time for fall.

Grouplove, 'Spreading Rumours'

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Grouplove: Tiny Desk Concert
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Tiny Desk

Grouplove: Tiny Desk Concert

Grouplove writes songs that have you pounding the steering wheel to the beat, and are worth rolling down the car windows and sharing with pedestrians whether they want to hear them or not. The young band brings that sort of infectious energy to the NPR Music offices.

Grouplove: Tiny Desk Concert

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Bjork Rocks The iPad, Andrew Bird Covers Kermit, More

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All Songs Considered

Bjork Rocks The iPad, Andrew Bird Covers Kermit, More

This week's All Songs Considered includes premieres from Grouplove and We Were Promised Jetpacks.

Bjork Rocks The iPad, Andrew Bird Covers Kermit, More

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KCRW Presents: Grouplove

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Studio Sessions

KCRW Presents: Grouplove

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Morning Becomes Eclectic host Jason Bentley loves this Los Angeles band's positive energy. Listen to Grouplove's U.S. radio debut on KCRW.

KCRW Presents: Grouplove

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SXSW 2011: Grouplove, Live In Concert

Los Angeles band Grouplove performed live at Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop on KEXP. Jim Bennett/KEXP hide caption

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SXSW Music Festival

SXSW 2011: Grouplove, Live In Concert

KEXP

After meeting at an art residency in Greece, Los Angeles' Grouplove pooled their resources to record the sessions from their trip. Now with a debut EP and a soaring live show, Grouplove hit the KEXP stage at Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop in Austin.

Hear And Download The Fill Session From KEXP

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Grouplove: The Return Of Rock 'n' Roll

In "Colours," the L.A. rock band Grouplove makes wild, thrilling and above all joyful noise. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Song Of The Day

Grouplove: The Return Of Rock 'n' Roll

This has been a fairly bleak year for rock bands, but Grouplove demonstrates with "Colours" that the genre isn't dead — and that plenty of aspiring musicians still make wild, thrilling and above all joyful noise with little more than a guitar and a fuzzbox.

'Colours' by Grouplove

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