Nada Surf perform live for World Cafe John Vettese/WXPN hide caption

Nada Surf
Singer Frazey Ford. Her latest full-length, U Kin Be the Sun, is on our shortlist for the week's best new releases. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Ric Ocasek, photographed in New York in June, 1995 — the same year a young Matthew Caws handed him a demo recording of his band, Nada Surf. Shortly thereafter, Ocasek was producing the group's debut album, High/Low. Bob Berg/Getty Images hide caption
Nada Surf at the World Cafe performance studio. Breanna Keohane/WXPN hide caption
Nada Surf On World Cafe
WXPN and World Cafe can't get enough of new music by stalwart Americana band The Jayhawks. Vivian Johnson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Nada Surf's new album, You Know Who You Are, comes out March 4. Bernie Dechant/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Japandroids' music celebrates the joy of a life lived loudly. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Nada Surf On World Cafe
Nada Surf's new album, The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy, comes out Jan. 24. José del RÃo Mons/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Listen To 'The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy' In Its Entirety
In "When I Was Young," Nada Surf makes a case for embracing our lives as we've decided to live them.
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