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New Music Friday: The top 5 albums out on April 1

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All Songs Considered

New Music Friday: The top 5 albums out on April 1

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new ones from the Bronx rapper T-Shyne, Sondre Lerche, the Canadian pop singer known as LIGHTS and more.

New Music Friday: The top 5 albums out on April 1

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Songs We Love: Sondre Lerche, 'Bad Law'

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Songs We Love

Songs We Love: Sondre Lerche, 'Bad Law'

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"Bad Law" sounds at first like the feelgood dance track of the fall, but a hard listen to the verses tells another story.

Songs We Love: Sondre Lerche, 'Bad Law'

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Download: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

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Download: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

From our panel of public-radio hosts to you: a hand-picked sampler of free downloads, including new music from Son Little, Ty Segall, Rome Fortune, Kaytranada, Allo Darlin' and more.

Download: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

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First Listen: Sondre Lerche, 'Please'

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First Listen

First Listen: Sondre Lerche, 'Please'

On the Norwegian singer-songwriter's seventh studio album, the ache and anger of divorce gets re-purposed into a loose, feisty, energetic record that finds Lerche sounding fully recharged.

Please

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Cabinet of Wonders: Episode Four

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Cabinet Of Wonders

Cabinet of Wonders: Episode Four

John Hodgman, master raconteur, will expand your spiritual horizons, with his compendium of lesser-known geists and ghosts. Then the Cabinet doors open wider with great music, comedy, and a true travel tale... worthy of a bad road-trip movie.

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Sondre Lerche: A 'Heartbeat' Away
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Sondre Lerche: A 'Heartbeat' Away

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With jazzy chords, witty lyrics and hints of psychedelic folk, the Norwegian singer-songwriter's new album, Heartbeat Radio, is more adventurous than its predecessors. Hear him in a session on World Cafe.

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Sondre Lerche Tunes In To 'Heartbeat Radio'
Isabell N. Wedin

Music Interviews

Sondre Lerche Tunes In To 'Heartbeat Radio'

The Norwegian singer-songwriter's new album, Heartbeat Radio, draws from diverse musical and lyrical sources. Indie-rock and jazz both infiltrate his sound, while unlikely topics inspire his words.

Sondre Lerche Tunes In To 'Heartbeat Radio'

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Sondre Lerche In Concert
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Concerts

Sondre Lerche In Concert

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Born in Norway and based in Brooklyn, singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche grew up idolizing The Beach Boys and a-ha, and ultimately found a way to infuse his sound with the sweet and adventurous pop of each. Hear him perform live in concert from WXPN and World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.

Sondre Lerche In Concert

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New Radiohead, Plus Sneak Previews Of Atlas Sound, Circulatory System, Lou Barlow
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All Songs Considered

New Radiohead, Plus Sneak Previews Of Atlas Sound, Circulatory System, Lou Barlow

On this edition of All Songs Considered, a new single from Radiohead plus Atlas Sound, Circulatory System and more.

New Radiohead, Plus Sneak Previews Of Atlas Sound, Circulatory System, Lou Barlow

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Bryant Park Project Video

'BPP' Jukebox: Sondre Lerche's Scandinavian Cool

Put a quarter in the BPP Jukebox to hear a live performance of "To Be Surprised," a track recorded by Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche at the Bryant Park Project studios.

'BPP' Jukebox: Sondre Lerche's Scandinavian Cool

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Video Sessions

Sondre Lerche's Two Real Lives

This year, Sondre Lerche has had a regular studio album, Phantom Punch, and done the entire soundtrack for the film Dan in Real Life. Lerche talks about bursting through to the mainstream and performs a few songs live.

Sondre Lerche's Two Real Lives

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Norway's Sondre Lerche, a Pop Find for Americans

A major label pop star in his native Norway, Sondre Lerche is more of an underground indie artist here in the United States. The singer-songwriter has just released his fourth album, Phantom Punch.

Norway's Sondre Lerche, a Pop Find for Americans

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