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Get swept away in Spiritualized's latest album, 'Everything Was Beautiful'

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Get swept away in Spiritualized's latest album, 'Everything Was Beautiful'

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In this session, Jason Pierce of Spiritualized talks about their latest album, Everything Was Beautiful, how it grew and changed in unexpected ways as he worked on it, and how he let himself get lost in the process.

Spiritualized on World Cafe

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 22

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All Songs Considered

New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 22

The best albums out this week include It's Almost Dry from Pusha T, space rock from Spiritualized, a gorgeous ambient record from OHYUNG, a rediscovered Charles Mingus live recording and more.

New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 22

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New Music Friday For Sep. 7: Eight Albums You Should Hear Now

Paul McCartney's Egypt Station is on our shortlist for the week's best new albums, out on Sep. 7. Mary McCartney hide caption

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All Songs Considered

New Music Friday For Sep. 7: Eight Albums You Should Hear Now

This week's essential new releases includes Paul McCartney's best album in 20 years, the funk and disco of St. Paul & The Broken Bones, dark and twisted sounds from the rap duo $uicideboy$ and more.

New Music Friday For Sep. 7: Eight Albums You Should Hear Now

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Concerts

From World Cafe Live, Spiritualized In Concert

Hear a live set from the neo-psychedelic band, which crafts a grand combination of rock and gospel. In this tidy half-hour concert, Spiritualized's energy never wanes.

From World Cafe Live, Spiritualized In Concert

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Spiritualized In Concert

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Live in Concert

Spiritualized In Concert

Spiritualized, led by Jason Pierce (a.k.a. J. Spaceman), has experienced agony, recovery, redemption and two near-death experiences in its 13 years as a band. Watch it explode into space-rock bliss.

Spiritualized Live From The 9:30 Club (full concert audio)

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Spiritualized, Jack White, Yuck And More

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All Songs Considered

Spiritualized, Jack White, Yuck And More

This week: blistering rock from Jack White, Yuck gets inspired by My Bloody Valentine, and Bob and Robin try to get to the bottom of last week's Dirty Projectors mystery.

Spiritualized, Jack White, Yuck And More

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Sweet Heart Sweet Light is the latest album by Spiritualized, the spacey British rock band led by Jason Pierce.

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Music Interviews

Spiritualized: The Man Who Fell To Earth

Frontman Jason Pierce has been through a lot in the past decade: a bout of pneumonia, ongoing liver disease and a history of drug use. But in writing the band's latest album, he plays things safer.

Spiritualized: The Man Who Fell To Earth

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First Listen: Spiritualized, 'Sweet Heart Sweet Light'
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First Listen

First Listen: Spiritualized, 'Sweet Heart Sweet Light'

Spiritualized's seventh album reaches reverently for something bigger than itself — something divine, of course, but also shot through with the gut-level, ground-level hope inherent in humankind.

Listen To 'Sweet Heart Sweet Light' In Its Entirety

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Live in Concert

Spiritualized In Concert

Just when it seemed to be permanently defunct, the British space-rock group Spiritualized returned with its first album since 2003, Songs in A&E. The band is touring in support of the disc, and lands at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club on July 25 for a live concert, webcast on NPR.org.

Spiritualized In Concert

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Music Reviews

In a Soulful Return, Al Green Lays It Down

Lizzy Goodman from Blender magazine discusses the week's new album releases, including a spectacular soul record from Al Green. Also discussed: new discs from Usher, Spiritualized, Cyndi Lauper and more.

In a Soulful Return, Al Green Lays It Down

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