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Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele

Guest DJ Panda Bear

Noah Lennox, better known as Panda Bear, spun a playlist heavy with friends and contemporaries on this week's show. Brian DeRan/Photo courtesy of Force Field PR hide caption

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Guest DJ Panda Bear

The experimental music maven spins some of his favorite songs from contemporary artists — including his Animal Collective bandmate Avey Tare — and previews some of his own upcoming album, Tomboy.

Guest DJ Panda Bear

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Dent May And His Ukulele: Winningly Winking

A crooning throwback to an era of music in which boy bands were likely to be wearing matching sweater-vests, Dent May produces an infectiously enjoyable sound with the help of His Magnificent Ukulele. A Four Preps song from 1958, "26 Miles" gets a good-natured makeover from May and His Magnificent Ukulele.

'26 Miles (Santa Catalina)' by Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele

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