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New Music Friday: April 20

Kimbra's Primal Heart is one of our picks for the most essential albums out on April 20. Micaiah Carter/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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New Music Friday: April 20

This week's quick run through some of the best new albums out on Apr. 20 includes primal pop from Kimbra, a collection of audio curiosities from DRINKS, the Old Crow Medicine Show, Exitmusic and more.

New Music Friday: April 20

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Sera Cahoone's 'Ladybug' Summons The Human Side Of Tragedy

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Sera Cahoone's 'Ladybug' Summons The Human Side Of Tragedy

In this melancholy country-pop song, the singer-songwriter aims to raise awareness of domestic violence within the LGBTQ community while returning the focus to her slain cousin's humanity.

Sera Cahoone, 'Ladybug'

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Sera Cahoone On World Cafe

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Sera Cahoone On World Cafe

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The singer-songwriter plays a few warmly charming songs from her latest album, Deer Creek Canyon.

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Fall Music Preview

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Fall Music Preview

Preview some of fall's most anticipated new albums from Flying Lotus, Cody ChesnuTT and more.

Fall Music Preview

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First Listen: Sera Cahoone, 'Deer Creek Canyon'

Sera Cahoone's new album, Deer Creek Canyon, comes out Sept. 25. Hilary Harris/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: Sera Cahoone, 'Deer Creek Canyon'

Like the two tremendous and mystifyingly little-heard albums that precede it, Deer Creek Canyon adds up to one long, calm, welcome pep talk — a perfectly warm and warming supplement to hot cider on a chilly fall day.

Sera Cahoone, 'Deer Creek Canyon'

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World Cafe

Sera Cahoone: Soft as a Shawl

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Like Band of Horses and Grand Archives, Sera Cahoone got her start in the surprisingly fruitful band Carissa's Wierd [sic]. Unlike her former cohorts, with their tendency toward sweeping rock, Cahoone plays country-infused music that's soft and quiet.

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SXSW Music Festival

SXSW: Where the Strange and Soothing Collide

Last week, 1,700 bands converged on Austin, Texas, for the annual South by Southwest music festival. From a Chinese woman who sings AC/DC covers to a singer whose songs are like foot rubs at the end of a long night out, the music brought out power and beauty in unexpected places.

SXSW: Where the Strange and Soothing Collide

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Song Of The Day

Sera Cahoone Gives a Slow-Moving Pep Talk

Cahoone has been playing warm, easygoing, country-tinged roots music ever since shedding her role as Band of Horses' drummer a few years ago. In that time, she's come to suit a specific mood to perfection: Her songs are about comforting the weary — acknowledging exhaustion while offering reassurance.

'You're Not Broken' by Sera Cahoone

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Song Of The Day

Channeling Patsy Cline, by Way of Neko Case

Sera Cahoone has played drums for Band of Horses and Carissa's Wierd (sic), two groups whose music can be majestically beautiful, wrenchingly powerful or both. None of their output, however, provides reason to expect Cahoone's solo work to drift into territory as soothing as her gorgeous, breezily hypnotic "Couch Song."

'Couch Song' by Sera Cahoone

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