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New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 8

Syd, of The Internet, has a new solo album today called Broken Hearts Club, one of the notable releases on a crazy-packed release day. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 8

It's a crazy-packed release day with new albums from Camila Cabello, Omar Apollo, an all-star collaboration with Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., Girl Talk and Smoke DZA, Syd's Broken Hearts Club and more.

New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 8

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Girl Talk: Cataloging Samples 'All Day'

Gregg Gillis says he doesn't mind if Girl Talk is labeled a novelty. J. Caldwell hide caption

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Girl Talk: Cataloging Samples 'All Day'

In the first five seconds of "This Is the Remix," Girl Talk samples everyone from Herbie Hancock to Bananarama to rapper Rick Ross. Believe it or not, there's a method to Girl Talk's madness on its new album, All Day.

Girl Talk: Cataloging Samples 'All Day'

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Josh Groban And Girl Talk: One Not Like The Other

Girl Talk massages bits and pieces of music on the 71-minute mash-up, All Day. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images Entertainment hide caption

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Josh Groban And Girl Talk: One Not Like The Other

This week saw two big music releases: a new album from pop baritone Josh Groban and the new download from mash-up genius Girl Talk. Music critic Tom Moon offers his thoughts on two very different albums.

Josh Groban And Girl Talk: One Not Like The Other

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Missing The Cut: More Important '00s Music

The Decade In Music: '00s

Missing The Cut: More Important '00s Music

As expected with any list of its nature, our rundown of the Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings has drawn both praise and criticism, particularly from diehard fans of artists and albums that didn't make the cut. As one user put it in the comments, "How dare they list X, and I see no mention of Y?!" While we did our best to be inclusive, a lot of our individual choices didn't end up on the final list. Here are just a few, chosen by the reviewers who lobbied for them.

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Best Music Of 2008

NPR Listeners Pick The Best Music Of 2008

NPR listeners cast tens of thousands of ballots, but in the end, only a handful of votes separated some of the bands. See and hear what NPR listeners picked as the best albums of 2008.

NPR Listeners Pick The Best Music Of 2008

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'Fleet Foxes' Tops Listeners' Music Poll

For the past few weeks, listeners have been voting for the best albums of 2008 in the All Songs Considered online poll. Bob Boilen talks about the year in music and the poll's final results, singling out music from Bob Dylan, She & Him, Girl Talk and this year's top album from Fleet Foxes.

'Fleet Foxes' Tops Listeners' Music Poll

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Sex, Gender Equality In New Girl Talk Album

Gregg Gillis is a Pittsburgh DJ and musical mixologist who was known only by his stage name, Girl Talk, until his music took off and he could quit his day job as a biomedical engineer. Often, music by mixologists sounds esoteric, but that could hardly be claimed of Girl Talk's latest mashup album, Feed the Animals.

Sex, Gender Equality In New Girl Talk Album

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Girl Talk Chops Pop Music To Pieces

Mash-up artist Girl Talk may feature more than 300 samples on his new album, Feed the Animals, but creator Greg Gillis says that he has only 100 MP3s on his laptop. He's more interested in the bits and pieces of music, even when it's only a split second.

Girl Talk Chops Pop Music To Pieces

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Best CDs So Far: Listener Picks

The results are in and we've got a good idea of what NPR listeners think are the best CDs so far. On this edition of All Songs Considered we look at the results and play some of the CDs we missed.

Best CDs So Far: Listener Picks

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