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Friday August 17, 2018

Mitski's Fiction Is Your Truth On 'Be The Cowboy'

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Mitski's Fiction Is Your Truth On 'Be The Cowboy'

August 17, 2018 • On her fifth album, Mitski isn't an inconsolable woman, leaking with grief; she's an object of her own artful construction — a woman in control.

Thursday August 9, 2018

Mura Masa's 'Complicated' Feat. Nao Is Not Your Conventional, Overblown Love Song

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Mura Masa's 'Complicated' Feat. Nao Is Not Your Conventional, Overblown Love Song

August 9, 2018 • The Grammy-nominated British electronic producer is back with this summery dance single that cites a wide range of influences, from Jamaican dancehall to Radiohead.

Tide Pods? Flying Rays? Here's Superorganism's Sea-Themed Trip For 'The Prawn Song'

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Tide Pods? Flying Rays? Here's Superorganism's Sea-Themed Trip For 'The Prawn Song'

August 9, 2018 • Whales swimming outside of airplanes and manta rays flying down a residential street are just a couple of the things that you you'll see in Superorganism's latest music video for "The Prawn Song."

Tuesday July 31, 2018

Tell Me How You Really Feel: A Conversation With Courtney Barnett

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Tell Me How You Really Feel: A Conversation With Courtney Barnett

July 31, 2018 • The singer and guitarist fields comments from listeners about her music and talks about the ways her songs can be interpreted.

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Friday July 27, 2018

No Boys Allowed: In Charli XCX's Latest Single, It's a 'Girls Night Out'

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No Boys Allowed: In Charli XCX's Latest Single, It's a 'Girls Night Out'

July 27, 2018 • Charli XCX may be busy thinking about boys, but she isn't inviting them to the party.

Tuesday July 17, 2018

New Mix: Metric, Villagers, Richard Thompson, Mirah, More

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New Mix: Metric, Villagers, Richard Thompson, Mirah, More

July 17, 2018 • This week's episode of All Songs Considered features the return of several veteran favorites: the Canadian rock band Metric, the Irish folk group Villagers, and guitarist Richard Thompson.

New Mix: Metric, Villagers, Richard Thompson, Mirah, More

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Tuesday July 10, 2018

New Mix: Deafheaven, Tim Hecker, John Grant And More

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New Mix: Deafheaven, Tim Hecker, John Grant And More

July 10, 2018 • Love doesn't come easy. Just ask some of the artists on this week's show whose songs reflect the sour, absurd, and heartrending aspects of intimacy.

New Mix: Deafheaven, Tim Hecker, John Grant And More

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Thursday July 5, 2018

Wine & Whine: 32 Sweaty, Sticky Songs For Your Sweaty, Sticky Life

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Wine & Whine: 32 Sweaty, Sticky Songs For Your Sweaty, Sticky Life

July 5, 2018 • The interns of NPR Music present their own version of roséwave: the boxed-wine, plastic cup, twist-cap version. Think Kesha and old Miley, but also Vampire Weekend's preppy, self-satisfied smirk.

Tuesday July 3, 2018

American Anthems: The Songs That Unite Us

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American Anthems: The Songs That Unite Us

July 3, 2018 • Sometimes it's a stirring call to arms or a recognition of injustice. But an anthem always captures something much larger than itself - the spirit of a community, unified in a common feeling or cause.

American Anthems: The Songs That Unite Us

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Friday June 29, 2018

Stream Florence + The Machine's 'High As Hope'

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Stream Florence + The Machine's 'High As Hope'

June 29, 2018 • The new album preserves Florence Welch's big, torrential melodrama, but it feels less like a storm than the soft light breaking in afterward.

Tuesday June 26, 2018

Watch Mitski's Colorfully Surreal 'Nobody'

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Watch Mitski's Colorfully Surreal 'Nobody'

June 26, 2018 • In "Nobody," the deceptively up-tempo, new single from her upcoming album, Be The Cowboy, Mitski grapples with a lingering loneliness – an emptiness that even her own celebrity can't erase.

Listen To Projects By Justin Vernon And Brittany Howard

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Listen To Projects By Justin Vernon And Brittany Howard

June 26, 2018 • On this week's All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton have a bleakly funny track from The Decemberists, jangly-pop from Shy Boys, gentle folk from Bermuda Triangle and more.

Listen To Projects By Justin Vernon And Brittany Howard

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Friday June 22, 2018

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Your Favorite Summer Jams

June 22, 2018 • From the sultry Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa song "One Kiss" to Korean boy band BTS's "Fake Love, NPR listeners share the songs they'll have on repeat this summer.

Thursday June 21, 2018

Watch Sylvan Esso's Lively, Electric Concert Video For 'Signal'

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Watch Sylvan Esso's Lively, Electric Concert Video For 'Signal'

June 21, 2018 • Sylvan Esso's live performance is where it's at. Anyone who has seen the duo perform is immediately engrossed by their indomitable energy and raw, idiosyncratic style.

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Our 2018 Songs Of The Summer

June 21, 2018 • The first day of the summer deserves a soundtrack. After all, we can't just listen to Cardi B 24/7.

Tuesday June 19, 2018

Your Favorite New Artists Of 2018 (So Far)

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Your Favorite New Artists Of 2018 (So Far)

June 19, 2018 • Many of your favorite musicians of 2018 (so far) defy genres and expectations, from the idiosyncratic wonder of Superorganism to the stirring, swirling ballads of serpentwithfeet.

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Monday June 18, 2018

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Poll: What's Your 2018 Summer Jam?

June 18, 2018 • What new song are you turning to when the weather warms up and there's fun to be had?

Tuesday June 12, 2018

New Mix: M. Ward, David Bowie Saxophonist Donny McCaslin, Sad Baxter, More

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New Mix: M. Ward, David Bowie Saxophonist Donny McCaslin, Sad Baxter, More

June 12, 2018 • This week's show features exhilarating art-rock from saxophonist and Bowie backer Donny McCaslin, subtle shade from M. Ward's surprise album, buoyant, heartwrenching pop from Sad Baxter and more.

New Mix: M. Ward, David Bowie Saxophonist Donny McCaslin, Sad Baxter, More

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Friday June 8, 2018

'Ocean's 8' Star Awkwafina Drops Hip-Hop EP, 'In Fina We Trust'

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'Ocean's 8' Star Awkwafina Drops Hip-Hop EP, 'In Fina We Trust'

June 8, 2018 • The songs are bold and whip-smart, slicing indiscriminately through subjects from ghosting to the alt-right without feeling heavy or contrived.

Thursday June 7, 2018

Howard Crashes Party, Goes to Trial in New Video for "Your Honor"

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Howard Crashes Party, Goes to Trial in New Video for "Your Honor"

June 7, 2018 • The latest video from the Brooklyn-based band is a brilliantly animated short for the group's new song, "Your Honor."

Tuesday June 5, 2018

New Mix: The 1975, Nothing, Laurie Anderson On Hurricane Sandy, More

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New Mix: The 1975, Nothing, Laurie Anderson On Hurricane Sandy, More

June 5, 2018 • Songs on this week's episode of All Songs Considered grapple with sweeping, thematically weighty subjects, from xenophobia and immigration to Hurricane Sandy and the inherent meaninglessness of life.

New Mix: The 1975, Nothing, Laurie Anderson On Hurricane Sandy, More

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Thursday May 24, 2018

Maggie Rogers Returns With New Song, 'Fallingwater'

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Maggie Rogers Returns With New Song, 'Fallingwater'

May 24, 2018 • Rogers emerges from a brief hiatus from music sounding just as intimate but stronger. "Fallingwater" is a thumping, piano-pop ballad that reflects on an arduous but triumphant journey.