NPR: All Songs Considered
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Discussion: The Year in Music, 2013
What defined music in 2013? All Songs Considered kicks off ...
What defined music in 2013? All Songs Considered kicks off NPR Music's year-end coverage by humbly submitting the following themes for your consideration: The long-awaited return of legends. New favorites who arrived fully formed. The triumph of elaborate promotion. The sneak-attack album drop. On this special edition of the show, Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are joined by NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Ann Powers for a roughly chronological tour through the musical high points of the year. Songs Featured On This Episode My Bloody Valentine Album: m b v Song: She Found Now David Bowie Album: The Next Day Song: Where Are We Now? Bryan Ferry Album: The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film Song: Love Is the Drug Rhye Album: Woman Song: Open Kacey Musgraves Album: Same Trailer Different Park Song: Follow Your Arrow Brandy Clark Album: 12 Stories Song: Just Like Him Kanye West Album: Yeezus Song: Blood on the LeavesLanguage Advisory: The song contains profanity. Earl Sweatshirt Album: Doris Song: Chum James Blake Album: Overgrown Song: Retrograde Vampire Weekend Album: Modern Vampires of the City Song: Step Laura Marling Album: Once I Was an Eagle Song: Master Hunter Valerie June Album: Pushin' Against a Stone Song: Somebody To Love Ty Segall Album: Sleeper Song: Man Man Lorde Album: Pure Heroine Song: Tennis Court Daughter Album: If You Leave Song: Youth San Fermin Album: San Fermin Song: Renaissance! Dorothy Love Coates & The Gospel Harmonettes Album: I Heard the Angels Singing: Electrifying Black Gospel from The Nashboro Label 1951-1983 Song: Dorothy Love Coates & The Gospel Harmonettes, 'Heaven, I've Heard So Much About It' Arcade Fire Album: Reflektor Song: Normal Person The Blow Album: The Blow Song: Make It Up Paul McCartney Album: New Song: Alligator The Flaming Lips Album: The Terror Song: "Look...The Sun Is Rising" Songs: Ohia Album: Magnolia Electric Co. (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Song: Hold On Magnolia The Velvet Underground Album: Loaded Song: Rock & Roll
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Thanksgiving Edition: Songs About Your Family
How would you describe your family in a song? Would ...
How would you describe your family in a song? Would it be AC/DC's ominous "Highway to Hell," or The Beatles' warm, sentimental "All You Need Is Love"? Last week we asked you to tell us about the songs that remind you of your family. We got a lot of wonderful stories (and a few unsettling ones), along with a bunch of great song suggestions that reflect the same wide range of family experiences. On this special Thanksgiving week edition of All Songs Considered, we share some of our favorite stories and songs — from still in love to "still crazy." AC/DC Album: Highway to Hell Song: Highway to Hell The Beatles Album: Magical Mystery Tour Song: All You Need Is Love Alasdair Roberts Album: Farewell Sorrow Song: Whole House Is Singing The Beatles Album: I Want to Hold Your Hand/This Boy Song: I Want to Hold Your Hand Radiohead Album: OK Computer Song: No Surprises Sister Sledge Album: We Are Family Song: We Are Family Carl Douglas Album: Best of Carl Douglas: Kung Fu Fighting Song: Kung Fu Fighting Night Beds Album: Country Sleep Song: Even If We Try Paul Simon Album: Still Crazy After All These Years Song: Still Crazy After All These Years Jimmy Dean Album: 20 Great Story Songs Song: Please Pass the Biscuits Lead Belly Album: Best of Lead Belly Song: Goodnight Irene Joni Mitchell Album: Blue Song: A Case of You Yeah Yeah Yeahs Album: It's Blitz! Song: Heads Will Roll
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New Mix: Death Grips, Angel Olsen, GEMS, and More
On this episode of All Songs Considered, hear Robin Hilton ...
On this episode of All Songs Considered, hear Robin Hilton explain why he has a Yo Gabba Gabba! song stuck in his head every day, and how the best remedy this week has been the new Death Grips record, Government Plates. We've also got an electrified cut from the arresting singer-songwriter Angel Olsen. Her new album doesn't come out till February, but it's an early frontrunner for one of Bob Boilen's favorites in 2014. Bob also shares new music from the appropriately named Quilt, a band that patches together light and airy, but droning songs within songs. Plus a new cut from the colorful dream-pop band GEMS. Meanwhile, Robin shares a song from the band Ages And Ages that's filled him with so much hope he thinks it could actually change your life - or at least how you're feeling at the moment. He also revisits his previous hometown of Athens, GA where he's discovered yet another great band called The New Sound Of Numbers. Death Grips Album: Government Plates Song: Feels Like A Wheel Angel Olsen Album: Burn Your Fire for No Witness Song: Forgiven/Forgotten playlist Ages and Ages Album: Divisionary Song: Divisionary (Do The Right Thing) Quilt Album: Held in Splendor Song: Arctic Shark The New Sound of Numbers Album: Invisible Magnetic Song: Complete GEMS Album: Medusa Song: Pegasus
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New Mix: John Vanderslice, Hospitality, Marijuana Deathsquads, More
On this episode of All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen ...
On this episode of All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are still buzzing from the concerts they saw last week, from the spastic noise rock of (webcast ), to an intimate, joyful and humor-filled set by . Both shows offer a good excuse to revisit their respective 2013 albums: Dagger Beach from John Vanderslice, and Oh My Sexy Lord from Marijuana Deathsquads. Later, Bob and Robin are joined by NPR Music's Lars Gotrich. Lars is back this week with a massive, intricately woven song from Italian progressive metal band . The group's new album, Hemmed by Light, Shaped by Darkness, is streaming now on our . Also on the show: Bob tries to understand how the British psych rock band Toy managed to write a killer song with such a huge wall of sound; Liz Harris of and Brooklyn musician Jefre Candu-Ledesma collaborate on a new project called Raum, with a strange and mesmerizing sound; and the breezy pop band is back with a somewhat grittier sound on a new record called Trouble. Meanwhile the ghost of former All Songs intern Thor Slaughter just won't stop haunting the show. Pizza! Marijuana Deathsquads Album: Oh My Sexy Lord Song: Ewok Sadness Join the Dots Album: Join the Dots Song: Join the Dots "Join the Dots" is the title-track from Toy's sophomore release. At nearly eight minutes long, it's a mammoth and winding track, punctuated by bursts of psych-influenced punk intensity. Cover for Dagger Beach John Vanderslice Album: Dagger Beach Song: How the West Was Won Hospitality Album: Trouble Song: I Miss Your Bones Raum Album: In The Event Of Your Leaving Song: Blood Moon Ephel Duath Album: Hemmed By Light, Shaped By Darkness Song: Feathers Under My Skin
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New Mix: The Beatles, James Blake, Colin Meloy, More
On this edition of All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen ...
On this edition of All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton travel through the decades for an eclectic mix of rock, folk, and, wait for it... disco. The Beatles Album: On Air: Live at the BBC, Vol. 2 Song: Please Please Me Oscar Isaac Album: Inside Llewyn Davis Soundtrack Song: Oscar Isaac, 'Hang Me, Oh Hang Me' Sam Cooke Album:Night Beat Song: Trouble Blues James Blake Album: Overgrown Song: Retrograde Marisa Anderson Album: Mercury Song: Galax Shearwater Album: Fellow Travelers Song: Natural One Colin Meloy Album: Colin Meloy Sings The Kinks Song: Days Broken Bells Album: After The Disco Song: Holding On For Life
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New Broken Bells Album, How'd They Make It? Danger Mouse, James Mercer Discuss
There's soon to be a new album from Broken Bells ...
There's soon to be a new album from Broken Bells — the duo of James Mercer (The Shins) and Brian Burton (Danger Mouse) — and you're about to find out how it all came together.
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New Mix: Death Cab For Cutie, Rhye's Milosh, Swearin', More
On this week's edition of All Songs Considered, host Bob ...
On this week's edition of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen is caught in a funk, and the only cure is copious amounts of saxophones and surf rock. To soothe his ailments, Bob introduces Moon Hooch, a group that was banned from New York City's Bedford Avenue subway stop in Brooklyn due to its danceable squeaks and squawks. Also on the show: Death Cab For Cutie's Transatlanticism celebrates its 10th anniversary by releasing demo versions of every track from the record. It's a fascinating look at what would eventually become a revered album. We've got an early, heartbreaking version of "Title & Registration." Later in the program, co-host Robin Hilton checks back in with director Jim Jarmusch's band SQÜRL (first featured on All Songs back in May). This time the group performs a sludgy cover of Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." Plus surf-rock from La Luz, a new solo album from Rhye singer Milosh, and the band Swearin', fronted by Allison Crutchfield, the twin sister to Waxahatchee singer and songwriter Katie Crutchfield. Moon Hooch Album: Moon Hooch Song: Number 9 SQÜRL Album: EP 2 Song: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Cover for Transatlanticism Demos Death Cab for Cutie Album: Transatlanticism Demos Song: Title and Registration (Demo) La Luz Album: It's Alive Song: Morning High Swearin' Album: Surfing Strange Song: Dust in the Gold Sack Milosh Album: Jetlag Song: Jetlag
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CMJ 2013 WRAP UP
Every fall, hundreds of bands flock to New York City ...
Every fall, hundreds of bands flock to New York City for the annual CMJ Music Marathon, a large festival where independent, new and emerging musicians hope to be discovered. All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen was among the countless journalists, bloggers, college radio DJs, record label reps and others who attempted to navigate the sea of live performances, hoping to find new music to love and share. On this week's show, Bob's joined by music critic Maria Sherman and WSPN's Becka Schwartz to talk about and play some of their favorite discoveries out of the hundreds of shows they saw, including D.C. punks Priests, British multimedia duo Public Service Broadcasting, rockabilly singer King Dude, '60s-era soul from Nick Waterhouse and many more. Priests Album: Tape Two Song: Leave Me Alone Eagulls Album: Nerve Endings Song: Nerve Endings Courtney Barnett Album: Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas Song: Avant Gardener Jacco Gardner Album: Cabinet of Curiosities Song: Where Will You Go Weekend Album: Jinx Song: July Public Service Broadcasting Album: Inform - Educate - Entertain Song: Spitfire King Dude Album: Burning Daylight Song: Holy Land Arcade Fire Album: Time's All Gone Song: Some Place Perfect Pussy Album: I Have Lost All Desire For Feeling Song: I Celestial Shore Album: 10x Song: Rabbit Hole
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New Mix: Sleigh Bells, Omar Souleyman, Blood Orange, More
On this episode of All Songs Considered, NPR Music's Stephen ...
On this episode of All Songs Considered, NPR Music's Stephen Thompson stops by in his 1984 Dodge Omni to pick up hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton for a trip down Memory Lane, revisiting artists they discovered years ago. Stephen's most recent Good Listener column asked the question: "How do you get your parents into new music?" The gang talks about the dynamic of sharing music between generations, which prompts Stephen to play a cut both he and his mother love: Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car." Also on the show: hear why Björk loves the sound of Syrian musician Omar Souleyman; Dev Hynes returns with a new album under the name Blood Orange; Sleigh Bells turn up the gain with a noisy and thrilling pop-rock record; and Irish singer James Vincent McMorrow takes a surprising turn from folk to R&B. Sleigh Bells Album: Bitter Rivals Song: Bitter Rivals Blood Orange Album: Cupid Deluxe Song: Chamakay Omar Souleyman Album: Wenu Wenu Song: Khattaba Tracy Chapman Album: Tracy Chapman Song: Fast Car James Vincent McMorrow Album: Post Tropical Song: Cavalier Ex Hex Album: Hot and Cold Song: Hot and Cold Mind Spiders Album: Inhumanistic Song: Steady
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New Mix: Of Montreal, Gem Club, Perera Elsewhere, More
New Mix: Of Montreal, Gem Club, Perera Elsewhere, More It's ...
New Mix: Of Montreal, Gem Club, Perera Elsewhere, More It's been a dreary, rainy week in D.C. On this episode of All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are a little stir crazy after being stuck inside during the storms. But, with thunder rolling in the background, Robin kicks things off with an ethereal cut from the Berlin-based trip-hop artist Perera Elsewhere that perfectly captures the mood. Meanwhile, Bob, who's still picking confetti out of his clothes following a recent Flaming Lips show, shares new music from his latest obsession: the mesmerizing, Boston-based duo Gem Club. Later, Bob and Robin are joined by NPR Music's Saidah Blount and Otis Hart who introduce us to 21st century gospel doo-wop from Mapei and the Australian rapper Remi. Also on the show: The psychedelic rock group Of Montreal channels vintage Rolling Stones on a new song called "Fugitive Air," and the sultry sounds of New York City-based singer Tati Ana. Perera Elsewhere Album: Bizarre Song: Bizarre Gem Club Album: In Roses Song: Hypericum Remi Album: F.Y.G ACT:1 Song: Sangria Mapei Album: Don't Wait Song: Don't Wait Tati Ana Album: Four Walls Song: Four Walls Of Montreal Album: Lousy with Sylvianbriar Song: Fugitive Air
