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December 21, 2018 • Come for the monster musicianship and harmonies, stay for the shredding and sharp commentary.

boygenius On World Cafe

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All Songs Considered: The Year In Music 2018

Childish Gambino (left) performs onstage during the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival. Rosalía speaks onstage during the 19th annual Latin GRAMMY Awards. Janelle Monae performs in Los Angeles in June and Kacey Musgraves performs at the 2018 Stagecoach Festival in April. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia; David Becker/Getty Images for LARAS; Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Stagecoach hide caption

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All Songs Considered

All Songs Considered: The Year In Music 2018

December 3, 2018 • The All Songs gang looks back at this year's anthems and unmissable milestones, from Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer to Childish Gambino's mind-blowing video for "This Is America," Rosalía, Mitski and more.

All Songs Considered: The Year In Music 2018

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Guest DJ: boygenius

November 19, 2018 • The trio of Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers share the songs they love most and talk about the ways they inspire each other in their new band, boygenius.

Guest DJ: boygenius

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Boygenius: Tiny Desk Concert

November 16, 2018 • Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers are all Tiny Desk alumae, but here they play together at NPR for the first time as boygenius, one of this year's best surprises.

New Mix: Pedro The Lion, boygenius, Rubblebucket, And More

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New Mix: Pedro The Lion, boygenius, Rubblebucket, And More

October 30, 2018 • This week on the show, we hear from artists who find ways to celebrate life no matter how broken it may be.

New Mix: Pedro The Lion, boygenius, Rubblebucket, And More

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Hear New Music From Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus' Supergroup Boygenius

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Hear New Music From Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus' Supergroup Boygenius

August 21, 2018 • The three songwriters share a musical sensibility and a friendship, so it's only natural they combined their superpowers for a collection of aching, intimate songs.