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New Mix: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chad VanGaalen, Lean Year, More

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New Mix: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chad VanGaalen, Lean Year, More

This week's mix of essential new songs includes an ear worm from actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, multiple new discoveries, including the rock band Blis., the remarkable M.R. Bennett and more.

New Mix: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chad VanGaalen, Lean Year, More

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New Mix: Jack White, Ray LaMontagne, Lyla Foy, More!

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New Mix: Jack White, Ray LaMontagne, Lyla Foy, More!

Our hosts share a brand new track from Jack White called "High Ball Stepper," music from First Aid Kit, Ray LaMontage, more!

New Mix: Jack White, Ray LaMontagne, Lyla Foy, More!

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Song Of The Day

Chad VanGaalen: Hoping For The Inevitable

"Willow Tree," from VanGaalen's new album Soft Airplane, finds hope in the sweet release of his own demise. But the song's warm, loping arrangement makes the morbid sentiment ("When I'm dead / that's when I'll be free") go down as smooth as a tall glass of iced tea.

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New Music

Chilling the Blood, Then Drinking It

A vivid and unnerving ode to vampirism, Chad VanGaalen's "Red Hot Drops" does an exceptional job capturing its subject's sinister allure — the surrender and ease of "draining with no pain" — before rupturing into a rare moment of oddly funky release.

Red Hot Drops

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Chad VanGaalen: In A Daydream

"Slip into the same old dream every night," Chad VanGaalen sings in "Peace on the Rise," adding, "Welcome all the things that could've been." Delphine Ghosarossian hide caption

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Song Of The Day

Chad VanGaalen: In A Daydream

"Slip into the same old dream every night," Chad VanGaalen sings in "Peace on the Rise," adding, "Welcome all the things that could've been."

Peace on the Rise

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