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The Best Reissues And Archival Albums Of 2019

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Best Music Of 2019

The Best Reissues And Archival Albums Of 2019

December 11, 2019 • The past is always present — but with a practically endless selection of music to choose from via the web, it's nice when some of the world's best record labels help excavate it for us.

The Go-Betweens' Perfect Pop Cracked Open

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First Listen

The Go-Betweens' Perfect Pop Cracked Open

December 4, 2019 • The Go-Betweens made music that hit people's pop-pleasure receptors in an almost sneaky, definitely brainy sort of way. The band's second anthology hints at what might have been.

Song Premiere: Robert Forster, 'Learn To Burn'

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All Songs Considered

Song Premiere: Robert Forster, 'Learn To Burn'

August 4, 2015 • Seven years after the Go-Betweens member's last album, Songs To Play is Forster's most diverse and playful solo record.

Learn To Burn

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Review

All Songs Considered

Lesser-Known Love Songs

February 9, 2009 • Host Bob Boilen chats with Carrie Brownstein, Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson about their favorite songs for love and heartbreak.

Lesser-Known Love Songs

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Road Trip: Songs to Drive By

Teenage Dreams and Divine Wonder: Carrie Brownstein's Top 5 Driving Songs

May 22, 2008 • Summer road trips are a time for both celebration and meditation. There's an urgent need to be free and explore, while also blocking out the rest of the world and getting lost in wistful daydreams. For Carrie Brownstein, former guitarist for Sleater-Kinney and host of NPR's Monitor Mix blog, nothing captures those moments better than these five songs.

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Music Reviews

Go-Betweens' Robert Forster Goes Solo

April 30, 2008 • The Australian band the Go-Betweens had a limited American profile, but they were huge in Europe until co-founder Grant McLennan died in 2006 of a heart attack. McLennan's old partner, Robert Forster, has a new solo album out.

Go-Betweens' Robert Forster Goes Solo

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Valentine's Day

Listeners Pick Love Songs for Valentine's Day

February 6, 2007 • When words alone fail to illuminate the confounding mysteries of the heart, music lends a hand. Whether it's unrequited love, a fleeting affair or love that lasts a lifetime, there's a song for it. NPR listeners share "their" songs — along with the stories of bliss, bitterness and bygone times that make the music meaningful.

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Music Reviews

The Go-Betweens, 'Oceans Apart'

Fresh Air

June 30, 2005 • Rock historian Ed Ward offers a retrospective on the Australian group The Go-Betweens. The band has a new album, Oceans Apart, and is currently on tour.

The Go-Betweens, 'Oceans Apart'

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The Fresh Air Interview: Forster, McLennan And The Go-Betweens

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Music Interviews

The Fresh Air Interview: Forster, McLennan And The Go-Betweens

Fresh Air

June 30, 2005 • After recording throughout the '80s, Grant McLennan and Robert Forster broke up to pursue solo careers. Oceans Apart is their third album since they reunited in 2000.

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All Songs Considered

Ryan Adams, Aimee Mann, Of Montreal

May 11, 2005 • New music from Ryan Adams; A boxing metaphor from Aimee Mann; A bluegrass classic with Doyle Lawson; The ghostly sounds of Liz Durrett; From the Elephant 6 collective: Of Montreal and more.

Ryan Adams, Aimee Mann, Of Montreal

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