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In NPR Music's All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen brings you an eclectic mix of fresh music by emerging and breakout bands and musical icons.
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New Mix: Blistering Punk, Campy Rap And Some Great Unknowns
This week on All Songs Considered: Bob Boilen drops a ...
This week on All Songs Considered: Bob Boilen drops a party-rap track direct from Canada; Robin Hilton explains what he loves so much about Thomas Patrick Maguire, the songwriter he recently named his favorite new artist; and a surprise guest busts up the proceedings with some good old-fashioned California punk. Plus: pulsing, atmospheric tracks from Young Magic and Lucius, and the original voices of Liz Green and Sea of Bees. NEW MIX: CEREMONY, SEA OF BEES, YOUTH LAGOON, MORE Mitchmatic Album: It's Probably Raining Song: Why Don't You Know Young Magic Album: Melt Song: Slip Time Liz Green Album: O, Devotion! Song: Displacement Song Thomas Patrick Maguire Album: The Future's Coming So Fast Song: What's Your Malfunction Ceremony Album: Zoo Song: Hysteria Sea of Bees Album: Orangefarben Song: Broke Lucius Album: Lucius EP Song: Don't Sit There
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Premieres From Leonard Cohen, Lower Dens, Lambchop, And Oh, Robin's Back
To celebrate the return of producer and co-host Robin Hilton, ...
To celebrate the return of producer and co-host Robin Hilton, this week's All Songs Considered is the first proper episode of all-new music this year. On this episode, three guys who have never had trouble cranking out songs — Leonard Cohen, The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt and Lambchop's Kurt Wagner — unveil cuts from their new albums. Also: a sneak preview from Lower Dens, an under-the-radar band from Baltimore that's also readying a new release. The Magnetic Fields Album: Love at the Bottom of the Sea Song: Andrew In Drag Gotye Album: Making Mirrors Song: Easy Way Out White Rabbits Album: Milk Famous Song: Heavy Metal Lambchop Album: Mr. M Song: Gone Tomorrow Leonard Cohen Album: Old Ideas Song: Going Home Porcelain Raft Album: Strange Weekend Song: Drifting In and Out Lost In The Trees Album: A Church That Fits Our Needs Song: Red Lower Dens Album: Nootropics Song: Brains
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globalFEST 2012
Twelve bands, 17 different countries, three stages, one frenzied night: ...
Twelve bands, 17 different countries, three stages, one frenzied night: That's the promise of globalFEST, a yearly showcase for international musicians who come from around the world to New York's Webster Hal. There, they introduce themselves to American club bookers, festival programmers, band managers and, of course, music fans. If you pace yourself well, there's just enough time during the evening's six hours to get a good taste of each band — and this year's amazing array of talent was fresh and surprising, from the funked-out psychedelic grooves of Ethiopia (by way of Boston's Debo Band) to the Silk Road's joyously rollicking cross-cultural collaboration, to the atmospheric and haunting sounds of Wang Li, a solo Chinese jaw harp player. For this week's edition of All Songs Considered, NPR Music's Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR contributor and Afropop.org senior editor Banning Eyre, and Rob Weisberg of WNYC (who also hosts WFMU'sTranspacific Sound Paradise) join Bob Boilen to revisit some of the highlights and favorite discoveries from this year's globalFEST.
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2012 Winter Music Lookahead.mp3
Sleigh Bells Album: Reign of Terror Song: Born to Lose ...
Sleigh Bells Album: Reign of Terror Song: Born to Lose Shearwater Album: Animal Joy Song: Animal Life Stew & The Negro Problem Album: Making It Song: Love Is A Cult Adam Arcuragi Album: Like a Fire That Consumes All Before It... Song: The Well Craig Finn Album: Clear Heart Full Eyes Song: Rented Room Dirty Three Album: Toward The Low Sun Song: That Was Was Imperial Teen Album: Feel the Sound Song: Out From Inside Charlie Haden/Hank Jones Album: Come Sunday Song: Going Home Sharon Van Etten Album: Tramp Song: Serpents Laura Gibson Album: La Grande Song: La Grande The White Buffalo Album: Once Upon a Time in the West Song: BB Guns and Dirtbikes Chairlift Album: Something Song: Met Before
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All Songs Considered Holiday Music Special 2011
Holiday music is inescapable this time of year, but it's ...
Holiday music is inescapable this time of year, but it's worth remembering that "Jingle Bell Rock" isn't the only game in town. This week on All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen sits down with NPR's Jacob Ganz and Barrie Hardymon to play some holiday music you may not have heard before. That includes a 15th-century English carol, a 2010 club banger revamped with a Hanukkah theme, and a truly bizarre Prince song that finds the Purple One toasting his dead lover with a banana daiquiri ... on Christmas Eve. Paul Simon Album: So Beautiful or So What Song: Getting Ready For Christmas Day Natalie Merchant Album: A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 3 Song: Children Go Where I Send Thee Adam Arcuragi Album: Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) Song: Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) This song is available on Bandcamp. Prince Album: Hits/The B-Sides Song: Another Lonely Christmas The King's Singers Album: A Little Christmas Music Song: The Boar's Head Carol The Polyphonic Spree Album: It's Christmas! Song: It's Christmas! This release is available from Good Records Recordings. The Walkmen Album: Little House of Savages EP Song: The Christmas Party Darlene Love Album: SNL Sketch Song: Christmas for the Jews The Leevees Album: Hanukkah Rocks Song: Kugel The Maccabeats Album: Candlelight Song: Candlelight YouTube Merle Haggard Album: A Christmas Present Song: If We Make It Through December Kate & Anna McGarrigle Album: McGarrigle Christmas Hour Song: Spotlight on Christmas Julian Koster and the Music Tapes Album: Tiny Desk Concert Song: Zat You, Santa Claus?
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Listeners Pick Their Favorite Albums Of 2011
This summer, when All Songs Considered asked listeners to vote ...
This summer, when All Songs Considered asked listeners to vote for their favorite albums of the year so far, there were a handful of shoo-ins. Instantly beloved releases by Bon Iver, Adele, Fleet Foxes, The Decemberists and others all made a predictably strong showing. Six months later, many of those albums have held their ground — but our poll of listeners' 100 favorite records from all of 2011 still had its surprises. The Black Keys swooped into the No. 6 slot with El Camino, an album just a few days older than the poll itself. Ceremonials, the follow-up to Florence + the Machine's sleeper hit Lungs, followed close behind. And it wasn't just the dark horses that stunned us — two of our personal favorites, the strong spring releases from Wye Oak and The Antlers, each dropped a dozen spots. This week's episode includes songs from the top 25 listener picks. Once you've listened to the show, head to the All Songs blog for the full list of your 100 favorite albums of 2011. Bon Iver Album: Bon Iver Song: Calgary Fleet Foxes Album: Helplessness Blues Song: Grown Ocean Adele Album: 21 Song: Rolling In The Deep The Decemberists Album: The King Is Dead Song: June Hymn Radiohead Album: The King Of Limbs Song: Lotus Flower The Black Keys Album: El Camino Song: Lonely Boy Wilco Album: Whole Love Song: Born Alone Florence + the Machine Album: Ceremonials Song: Shake It Out Beirut Album: The Rip TideSong: Santa Fe Foster the People Album: Torches Song: Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) M83 Album: Hurry Up, We're Dreaming Song: Midnight City Feist Album: Metals Song: How Come You Never Go There Iron & Wine Album: Kiss Each Other Clean Song: Tree by the River tUnE-yArDs Album: w h o k i l l Song: Bizness St. Vincent Album: Strange Mercy Song: Cruel The Civil Wars Album: Barton Hollow Song: Barton Hollow Death Cab For Cutie Album: Codes And Keys Song: You Are A Tourist Tom Waits Album: Bad As Me Song: Bad As Me My Morning Jacket Album: Circuital Song: Circuital Bright Eyes Album: The People's Key Song: Shell Games Jay-Z/Kanye West Album: Watch the Throne Song: Otis Coldplay Album: Mylo Xyloto Song: Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall PJ Harvey Album: Let England Shake Song: Let England Shake Cults Album: Cults Song: Go Outside James Blake Album: James Blake Song: The Wilhelm Scream
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Discussion: The Year In Music, 2011
Was 2011 the year of the sneak attack? So many ...
Was 2011 the year of the sneak attack? So many of big musical moments in the past 12 months seemed to appear out of nowhere. There was the unlikely return of the ukulele, which took a starring role in one of the year's most fascinating and talked-about releases, the tUnE-yArDs album w h o k i l l. Wilco and Bright Eyes, each coming off a run of albums that divided fans, dropped career-defining records — no less odd or experimental than their predecessors, but packed top to bottom with hummable songs. The Roots seemed to spin a dense, story-driven concept album out of thin air, with barely a peep of advance press. And Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum, missing in action for more than a decade, reemerged with a sold-out solo tour and heaps of previously unreleased music. Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton, Stephen Thompson and Ann Powers take on these head-spinning moments and more — including their favorite songs, albums and discoveries of 2011 — in this year-end edition of All Songs Considered. You can listen to the complete show above, and complete selections from the discoveries and songs of the year in the list below. And don't forget: once you've listened, head to the blog to vote for your own favorite music of 2011. Alabama Shakes Album: Alabama Shakes Song: Hold On Little Scream Album: The Golden Record Song: Cannons Caveman Album: Coco Beware Song: Old Friend Delay Trees Album: Delay Trees Song: Gold The Roots Album: Undun Song: The OtherSide Neutral Milk Hotel Album: You've Passed / Where You'll Find Me Now 7" Song: You've Passed Wilco Album: Whole Love Song: Art of Almost tUnE-yArDs Album: w h o k i l l Song: You Yes You Apparat Album: The Devil's Walk Song: Black Water St. Vincent Album: Strange Mercy Song: Cheerleader Bright Eyes Album: The People's Key Song: One For You, One For Me Drake Album: Take Care Song: Take Care Add to PlaylistPurchase Music King Creosote & Jon Hopkins Album: Diamond Mine Song: Bubble Bon Iver Album: Bon Iver Song: Perth Herzog Album: Search Song: Silence The Mountain Goats Album: All Eternals Deck Song: Estate Sale Sign Cults Album: Cults Song: Abducted Beyoncé Album: 4 Song: Countdown
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Viking's Choice_ 2011 In Metal And Outer Sound.mp3
Viking's Choice: 2011 In Metal And Outer Sound As NPR ...
Viking's Choice: 2011 In Metal And Outer Sound As NPR Music begins year-end music list season, we normally save producer and Viking's Choice blogger Lars Gotrich's favorite furious blast beats, meditative drones, spiraling riffs and other such unclassifiable sounds for after Christmas. Not this time around. We wanted the noise and we wanted it now. While no one sound or trend truly dominated metal or outer sound in 2011, Lars talks to All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen about a set of field recordings from a Swiss gondola, why strong songwriting always matters in metal, and how sometimes hues are more dramatic than blocks of sound in drone. This episode of All Songs Considered includes highlights from a pair of Top 25 lists. Over on the All Songs blog, you'll find the complete lists of 2011's best metal and best outer sound albums. The Psychic Paramount Album: II Song: N5 Ernst Karel Album: Swiss Mountain Transport Systems Song: Oberdorf—Weissenstein Hammers Of Misfortune Album: 17th Street Song: Grain Glenn Jones Album: The Wanting Song: Of Its Own Kind Tombs Album: Path of Totality Song: Silent World Witch Mountain Album: South of Salem Song: Wing of the Lord Julia Holter Album: Tragedy Song: Celebration YOB Album: Atma Song: Prepare the Ground Nicholas Szczepanik Album: Please Stop Loving Me Song: Please Stop Loving Me Cormorant Album: Dwellings Song: The First Man
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When New York Was 'On Fire': A Mid-'70s Musical Revolution
If you were in New York City in the 1970s, ...
If you were in New York City in the 1970s, you might have stumbled upon the birth of punk, new-wave, hip-hop, salsa, disco, minimalist classical and avant-garde jazz. The city during these five years — 1973 through '77 — was the birthplace of many of the most innovative and influential musical genres born in the second half of the 20th Century, despite the fact that it was economically devastated, and was thought — at the time — to be musically bankrupt. Will Hermes was there. He was a teenager during the mid-'70s, and he's written a new book about that era called Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York that Changed Music Forever. This week on All Songs Considered, Hermes tells Bob Boilen how a city plagued by crime and economic ruin fostered a booming arts scene, thanks in large part to cheap rent. And he spins some of the groundbreaking music that emerged during those years: a milestone composition by Steve Reich, an instrumental jam that became a classic hip-hop breakbeat, an extended dance cut that would be one of the first disco hits and the Talking Heads single that gives the book its name. Talking Heads Album: Love Goes To Building On Fire (1977 Single) Song: Love Goes to Building on Fire Incredible Bongo Band Album: Bongo RocSong: Apache Dinosaur (Arthur Russell) Album: Kiss Me Again (12" Single) Song: Kiss Me Again Steve Reich Album: Music for 18 Musicians The Art Ensemble of Chicago Album: Nice Guys Song: 597-59 Television Song: Little Johnny Jewel
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New Music From The Black Keys, J?nsi, Drake And More
Sinners repent, for the end of the year is nigh. ...
Sinners repent, for the end of the year is nigh. Starting soon, NPR Music will begin looking back on the best music of 2011 — but this week's All Songs sneaks a few new releases under the wire before all the counting down begins. Perhaps the biggest surprise is a new record from Jónsi, the Sigur Rós frontman who released his dazzling solo debut last year, and has been mostly quiet since then. Jonsi is behind the original soundtrack for the upcoming Cameron Crowe film We Bought a Zoo; this week's show has a premiere of the song "Gathering Stories." Also on this episode: a straight-ahead rocker from The Black Keys, a slow jam with an engaging backstory from Drake, some nostalgic emoting from Real Estate and Future Islands, and cover tunes from The Antlers and Ólöf Arnalds. The Black Keys Album: El Camino Song: Run Right Back Real Estate Album: Days Song: It's Real Ólöf Arnalds Album: Ólöf Sings Song: With Tomorrow / I'm On Fire Drake Album: Take Care [Clean] Song: Take Care The Antlers Album: (together) Song: VCR (The xx cover) Future Islands Album: On The Water Song: Where I Found You Jónsi Album: We Bought a Zoo [Original Soundtrack] Song: Gathering Stories
