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Fall Music Preview

On this edition of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with Monitor Mix Blogger Carrie Brownstein, producer Robin Hilton, and Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson about some the albums they're most looking forward to coming out this fall. Hear sneak previews of new music from The Flaming Lips, choral versions of classic Kinks songs by Ray Davies, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova of The Swell Season, a collaboration between The Black Keys and some of the biggest names in hip-hop, The Gossip, and more.

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Fall Music Preview

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These Roads Don't Move

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Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard

  • Song: These Roads Don't Move
  • from One Fast Move Or I'm Gone

See The Leaves

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The Flaming Lips

  • Song: See The Leaves
  • from Embryonic [2CD/1DVD]

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Embryonic [2CD/1DVD]
Album
Embryonic [2CD/1DVD]
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The Flaming Lips
Label
Warner Bros.
Released
2009

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This Blackest Purse

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WHY?

  • Song: This Blackest Purse
  • from Eskimo Snow
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Feeling the Pull

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The Swell Season

  • Song: Feeling the Pull
  • from Strict Joy [Deluxe Edition]

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Strict Joy [Deluxe Edition]
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Strict Joy [Deluxe Edition]
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The Swell Season
Label
Anti
Released
2009

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Waterloo Sunset

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Ray Davies & the Crouch End Festival Chorus

  • Song: Waterloo Sunset
  • from Kinks Choral Collection

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Kinks Choral Collection
Album
Kinks Choral Collection
Artist
Ray Davies & the Crouch End Festival Chorus
Label
Uni Classics Jazz UK
Released
2009

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Cool Yourself

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Thao With the Get Down Stay Down

  • Song: Cool Yourself
  • from Know Better Learn Faster

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Know Better Learn Faster
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Know Better Learn Faster
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Thao With the Get Down Stay Down
Label
Kill Rock Stars
Released
2009

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Colossus

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Lightning Bolt

  • Song: Colossus
  • from Earthly Delights

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Earthly Delights
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Lightning Bolt
Label
Load
Released
2009

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Dimestore Diamond

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The Gossip

  • Song: Dimestore Diamond
  • from Music For Men
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Master Moon

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On Fillmore

  • Song: Master Moon
  • from Extended Vacation
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My Body's A Zombie For You

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Dead Man's Bones

  • Song: My Body's A Zombie For You

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Dead Man's Bones
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Dead Man's Bones
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Dead Man's Bones
Label
Anti
Released
2009

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Warm in the Shadows

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Music Go Music

  • Song: Warm in the Shadows
  • from Expressions

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Expressions
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Expressions
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Music Go Music
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Secretly Canadian
Released
2009

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Sherpa

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Le Loup

  • Song: Sherpa
  • from Family

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Family
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Family
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Le Loup
Label
Hardly Art
Released
2009

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Coochie (featuring Ludacris, Ol' Dirty Bastard)

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BlakRoc

  • Song: Coochie (featuring Ludacris, Ol' Dirty Bastard)

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