Stephen Thompson Stephen Thompson is an editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he writes the advice column The Good Listener and fusses over comma placement. He is also a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered, and appears every week on Pop Culture Happy Hour.

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Feeling the Pull
Exclusive First Listen: Volcano Choir
Slight Figure of Speech
Don't Want to Talk
Long, Long, Long
'Mightiest of Guns' by A.A. Bondy
'Youlogy' by Volcano Choir
In "Old Days," Rose Melberg conveys hope and want in just four words: "Oh, love, take hold." Sarah Cass hide caption