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Yeasayer On World Cafe

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Yeasayer On World Cafe

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After four years, the restless Brooklyn band pursues another new sound on Amen & Goodbye. Hear a conversation and live performance.

Yeasayer On World Cafe

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Heavy Rotation: 5 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

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Heavy Rotation

Heavy Rotation: 5 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

Every so often, an NPR station discovers a song that it can't stop playing. In this edition of Heavy Rotation, download music from R&B king Avant, dance-rock trio Yeasayer, folk up-and-comers Shovels & Rope and The Stray Birds, and pop singer Robert Francis.

Heavy Rotation: 5 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

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First Listen: Yeasayer, 'Fragrant World'

Yeasayer's new album, Fragrant World, comes out August 21. Anna Palma hide caption

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First Listen: Yeasayer, 'Fragrant World'

Even when its subject matter plunges into otherworldly thickets of doom, Yeasayer stays sprightly. On Fragrant World, it makes playful party music for worried minds and uncertain futures.

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'All Songs' Listeners Pick The Best Albums Of 2010

Best Music Of The Year

'All Songs' Listeners Pick The Best Albums Of 2010

Arcade Fire's The Suburbs was the overwhelming listener favorite, with The Black Keys, The National, Mumford and Sons and Broken Bells rounding out the Top 5. See and hear the full list.

'All Songs' Listeners Pick The Best Albums Of 2010

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Listeners Pick 2010's Best Music (So Far)

All Songs Considered

Listeners Pick 2010's Best Music (So Far)

NPR listeners cast thousands of votes for the year's best music and regardless of how the votes fell, it was an exciting chance to pause and look back on what an incredible year it's been for music.

Listeners Pick 2010's Best Music (So Far)

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Yeasayer: Electrifyingly 'Odd'

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Yeasayer: Electrifyingly 'Odd'

KEXP

KEXP hosts more than 400 in-studio performances a year. When a band comes in multiple times with new set lists and more miles and experience under its belt, it can be an amazing experience. Yeasayer recently returned for its second KEXP session on the eve of Odd Blood's release.

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Yeasayer On World Cafe

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World Cafe

Yeasayer On World Cafe

XPN

Though they hail from Brooklyn, Yeasayer sound like a melting pot of music drawn from all corners of the globe. On their sophomore album, Odd Blood, they lean a bit more towards Western synth-pop, but still retain their worldly eclecticism.

Yeasayer On World Cafe

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Yeasayer: Tightly Wound And Dance-Friendly

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Song Of The Day

Yeasayer: Tightly Wound And Dance-Friendly

It takes a lot for a band to toss away many of the familiar elements that made people love them in the first place. But with Odd Blood, the group revamped in a way that finds it sounding even better.

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New Music From Danger Mouse And The Shins' James Mercer, Shout Out Louds, More
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All Songs Considered

New Music From Danger Mouse And The Shins' James Mercer, Shout Out Louds, More

Hear a sneak preview of Broken Bells' new record in this edition of All Songs Considered. Plus Yeasayer, Shout Out Louds, Freelance Whales and more.

New Music From Danger Mouse And The Shins' James Mercer, Shout Out Louds, More

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Review

World Cafe

Yeasayer: Haunted Robotic Gospel

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The Brooklyn-based band Yeasayer describes its sound as "Middle Eastern-Psych-Pop-Snap-Gospel." It's already been labeled the latest in a line of indie acts working in the long shadow cast by the highly influential collaboration between Brian Eno and David Byrne.

Yeasayer: Haunted Robotic Gospel

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Music News

'The Next Big Thing' in Music

Talk of the Nation kicks off a weeklong series, "The Next Big Thing," with a look at the music world. Bob Boilen, host of NPR's All Songs Considered, talks about artists to listen for in the coming year, and highlights new trends in the music industry.

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Best Music of 2007

Top 10 Great Unknown Artists of 2007

On Second Stage, All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton profiles the best of music's great unknowns. He chooses the best outsider artists of 2007: musicians who made remarkable recordings that were largely overlooked, led by Le Loup.

Hear Songs from the Top Ten Great Unknowns

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Second Stage

Yeasayer: '2080'

Yeasayer is making some of the year's most interesting and infectious music. Describing their sound as "Middle Eastern-Psych-Pop-Snap-Gospel", the Brooklyn-based group creates huge waves of sound with a vibe that's both primitive and modern. Dark melodies are set against world funk rhythms.

Yeasayer: '2080'

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Studio Sessions

CMJ Sessions: Yeasayer

Yeasayer filters the Talking Heads through a fish-eye lens, picks up a Roxy Music record and heaps up the energy of a gospel choir. The band artfully layers tribal drums, atmospheric overtones and steady, funk bass lines in a very natural and exciting way. Hear a performance from CMJ.

CMJ Sessions: Yeasayer

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