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Now, Now, 'But I Do (Demo)'

March 11, 2022 • Listen to a demo from the 10th anniversary of Threads.

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The 100 Best Songs Of 2018 (60-41)

December 5, 2018 • During a turbulent year rife with personal and political trauma, the most memorable songs pulled no punches in the pursuit of pop.

Hear David Bazan's Righteously Loud Cover Of Now, Now's 'Thread'

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Hear David Bazan's Righteously Loud Cover Of Now, Now's 'Thread'

July 9, 2018 • David Bazan brings the downcast indie-rock banger to its raging crisis. In the process, he resurrects the sonic sphere of Pedro the Lion.

Now, Now's Sparkling 'Saved' Captures Pop At Its Most Intimate

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Now, Now's Sparkling 'Saved' Captures Pop At Its Most Intimate

May 14, 2018 • On its first album in six years, Now, Now perfectly captures pop music's ability to transmute desire and despair into easily hummable enlightenment.

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The 100 Best Songs Of 2017 (20-1)

December 13, 2017 • NPR Music's list of the 100 best songs of 2017.

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Now, Now: Tiny Desk Concert

November 15, 2017 • The band has new tools in its arsenal, but even in a stripped-down Tiny Desk performance, its focus on tiny moments between people just outside of love is as sharp as ever.

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Now, Now Simulates The Heady Rush Of An All-Consuming Crush

November 7, 2017 • In their new video for "Yours," KC Dalager and Bradley Hale conjure up the sound and feel of blissed-out devotion.

In Tegan And Sara's 'The Con,' A Decade Of Influence

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In Tegan And Sara's 'The Con,' A Decade Of Influence

July 18, 2017 • Tegan and Sara's touchstone album is turning 10. To celebrate, we asked 14 artists — one for each song — to explain how hearing The Con changed their lives, music and senses of self.

Now, Now Is Back With Its First Song In 5 Years, The Instant Classic 'SGL'

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Songs We Love

Now, Now Is Back With Its First Song In 5 Years, The Instant Classic 'SGL'

May 11, 2017 • Five years past the much-beloved Threads, Now, Now returns as a duo. Hear the heart-throbbing pop song with a karaoke-bar blast radius.

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Best Music Of 2012

NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2012

December 22, 2012 • The albums that sum up our year span genres and borders. From Astro to Wadada Leo Smith, Fiona Apple to Frank Ocean, here are 50 albums that made 2012 great.

"ILLuminate (featuring Kendrick Lamar)"

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