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Valentine's Day Dedications Don't look now, but Valentine's Day is once again looming on the horizon. One of our most polarizing holidays, Valentine's Day either reminds you of the seemingly endless frustrations of being single or, as with most of the listeners who shared stories for this edition of All Songs Considered, it's a chance to celebrate love in all of its wonderfully unpredictable, beautifully diverse forms. On this week's show, listeners dedicate songs to the ones they love. Hear music from  ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Music From Andrew Bird, Julianna Barwick, And More The latest mix from All Songs Considered includes a sneak preview of Andrew Bird's highly anticipated new album Break It Yourself, the hypnotic harmonies of Julianna Barwick, sweet pop from Hospitality and a couple of CDs picked solely for their cover art, from the bands Thee American Revolution and Artificial Lover. Also on the show: the surprising and elusive music of Spoek Mathambo, and NPR Music's Frannie Kelley joins hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton to share one of her favorite new hi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sharon Van Etten, Listening Party Interview First Listen: Sharon Van Etten, 'Tramp'An interview with Sharon Van Etten with questions from NPR Music listener and Sharon fans.On her 2009 breakthrough Because I Was in Love, Sharon Van Etten is the embodiment of exposed nerves; the very essence of wounded vulnerability. In that record's best song, "Much More Than That," she lays out her insecurities while laying herself bare: Adorned by little more than a chorus of her own looped voice, Van Etten tentatively recalls tiny romantic gesture ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Mix: Blistering Punk, Campy Rap And Some Great Unknowns 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, MOREMitchmaticAlbum ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Premieres From Leonard Cohen, Lower Dens, Lambchop, And Oh, Robin's Back 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 FieldsAlbum: L ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | globalFEST 2012 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 talen ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 2012 Winter Music Lookahead.mp3 Sleigh BellsAlbum: Reign of TerrorSong: Born to LoseShearwaterAlbum: Animal JoySong: Animal Life Stew & The Negro ProblemAlbum: Making ItSong: Love Is A CultAdam ArcuragiAlbum: Like a Fire That Consumes All Before It...Song: The WellCraig FinnAlbum: Clear Heart Full EyesSong: Rented RoomDirty ThreeAlbum: Toward The Low SunSong: That Was WasImperial TeenAlbum: Feel the SoundSong: Out From InsideCharlie Haden/Hank JonesAlbum: Come SundaySong: Going HomeSharon Van EttenAlbum: TrampSon ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered Holiday Music Special 2011 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 Chri ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Listeners Pick Their Favorite Albums Of 2011 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 albu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Discussion: The Year In Music, 2011 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 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Viking's Choice_ 2011 In Metal And Outer Sound.mp3 Viking's Choice: 2011 In Metal And Outer SoundAs 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 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | When New York Was 'On Fire': A Mid-'70s Musical Revolution 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 w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Music From The Black Keys, J?nsi, Drake And More 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 Boug ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | These Go To Eleven: Songs Best Heard Extra-Loud There's no denying certain songs are best experienced when played as loud as possible. Since this Friday, 11/11/11, is Nigel Tufnel Day — the unofficial holiday honoring the fictional Spinal Tap guitarist, who cranked his amplifiers past 10 — this week's episode is all about the songs that instantly make you want to turn the volume up.Such songs can be simple and anthemic, like The Modern Lovers' garage-punk or Kelly Clarkson's roller-coaster pop. Or they can be densely layered, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | These Go To Eleven: Songs Best Heard Extra-Loud There's no denying certain songs are best experienced when played as loud as possible. Since this Friday, 11/11/11, is Nigel Tufnel Day — the unofficial holiday honoring the fictional Spinal Tap guitarist, who cranked his amplifiers past 10 — this week's episode is all about the songs that instantly make you want to turn the volume up.Such songs can be simple and anthemic, like The Modern Lovers' garage-punk or Kelly Clarkson's roller-coaster pop. Or they can be densely layered, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Mind-Blowing, Mysterious Moogfest: Festival Recap If it weren't for Robert Moog, a lot of the music you enjoy today might not have been possible. As inventor of the Moog synthesizer, he gave rise not only to the technology needed for modern electronic music, but also to the creative spirit that inspired countless musicians to take his vision and play with it, mold it and reshape it into mind blowing works of art.This past weekend, a remarkably gifted group of electronic and experimental rock artists gathered to celebrate Moog's genius in A ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | CMJ Discoveries: Casiokids, Firehorse, Caveman, More As it does every fall, the CMJ Music Marathon came to New York City last week. They don't call it a marathon for nothing: For a band, performing in the festival can mean playing 10 shows in five days. For a fan, the choices of what to see are daunting and distant. Alabama Shakes might be playing on Delancey Street, while Teen is in Brooklyn and The Lonely Forest is playing KEXP's Showcase at the Ace Hotel, 20 minutes away. For music journalists, it's hard not to wish you could clone yoursel ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Electronic Edition: M83, Burial And Massive Attack, Four Tet, More NPR Music producers Sami Yenigun and Otis Hart return once again to hold court with Bob Boilen on the best new electronic music. This episode of All Songs Considered includes tracks from superstars M83 and Four Tet, a collaboration between Burial and Massive Attack, off-the-radar releases from The Field, Luca Bacchetti, Roll the Dice and RxRy, and a mysterious single from an unknown artist.Along the way, Sami and Otis explain some of the peculiarities and buzzw ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Final Gift From Steve Jobs, Plus New Music From First Aid Kit, Still Corners, More This past week has been filled with plenty of heartfelt remembrances for the late Apple guru Steve Jobs. And while some may say it's time for the media to move on, we think we'd be remiss if we didn't acknowledge on this edition of All Songs Considered all the amazing things he did for music. So in our final goodbye, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton turn the first part of the show over to the iPod for a couple of random discoveries, one of the many gifts Jobs gave to music lovers.Also on t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Biophilia: Bjork Visualizes Music Bjork is a visionary. Sit down with her, and she'll tell you how today's technology gives her hope and allows her to be intuitive and emotive. Talk about music, and the Icelandic singer will tell you how the chorus in a song is like a wide-open space and how the verse is a constricted, narrow tunnel. Launch her collaborative iPad/iPhone application, and you'll see how this vision of music takes shape, literally.Here is the conversation we had in an office in New York City.And here are a few ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Festival Recap: The Magic Of All Tomorrow's Parties All Tomorrow's Parties isn't like most music festivals: It looks for artists on the fringes sonically and aesthetically, with guest curators adding a personal touch. The festival, which began in 1999, is held in both the U.K. and the U.S. The American version took place this past weekend on the boardwalk of Asbury Park, N.J. Portishead picked the bands to play Saturday's shows, which included everything from the U.K. post-punk group The Horrors and messed-up dub-rock outfit The Pop Group to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Mix: Childish Gambino, Symphonic Peter Gabriel, More Donald Glover is almost as prolific a rapper as he is an actor and comedian — which makes his upcoming album more than your average celebrity crossover record. The star of NBC's Community has been releasing hip-hop albums online since 2008 under the alias Childish Gambino (which he picked from a website that generates Wu-Tang Clan member names). This week's All Songs has a cut from his first physical release, CAMP, due out in November.Also on this episode: Sporting another comically r ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Laura Veirs, Harold Budd, Pujol, Exitmusic, More This week on All Songs Considered, youth and age meet in the middle. A still-kicking Tony Bennett teams up with the still freakishly youngLady Gaga on his new Duets II; Laura Veirs, who was very pregnant the last time she visited NPR, marks her new motherhood with a children's album; and Harold Budd, the wizened experimental composer who announced his retirement from music years ago, reemerges with one of the most beautiful albums of his career. Also on th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Listening Party And Q&A With Wilco On Monday, Sept. 19, we played the entire new Wilco album, The Whole Love, for a special online listening party. This is that conversation with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt and Pat Sansone  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Fall Music Preview: Atlas Sound, Bjork, Feist, More Summer's almost over, but if this year's warm-weather months weren't everything you hoped they'd be, there's one heck of a consolation prize around the corner: loads and loads of great new music.This week on All Songs Considered, NPR Music's Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson and The Record critic Ann Powers join hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton to talk about some of the releases they're most looking forward to coming out this fall. That includes a new multimedia "app" album from Bjor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | St. Vincent Takes Your Questions St. Vincent (Annie Clark) joins us for a chat about her new record. If you missed our listening party, we played the entre record and then had St. Vincent join us for a conversation about her album Strange Mercy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Nick Lowe Plays DJ Nick Lowe is one of those musicians who actually seems to get better with age. He got his start in the mid-'60s English roots- and country-rock group Kippington Lodge, which later changed its name to Brinsley Schwarz, and earned a cult following in the local pub scene for the band's laid-back, feel-good swagger. Later, as a solo artist, he wrote inspired songs full of wit and heartache, such as "Cruel to Be Kind" and "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding," a hit for Elvis C ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Mix: Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control, Tom Waits, More On this edition of All Songs Considered hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton share the music they love most this week:1. Neutral Milk Hotel: Oh Sister2. Olivia Tremor Control: The Game You Play Is In Your Head3. Lisa Hannigan: Home4. Pedro Soler & Gasper Claus: Insomnio Mineral5. Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter: Come To Mary6. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Same Mistake7. Tom Waits: Bad As Me8. James Blake and Bon Iver: Fall Creek Boys Choir  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | T-Bone Burnett On 10 Years Of 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' When the soundtrack to the Coen Brothers film O Brother, Where Art Thou? hit American ears 10 years ago, the impact was as massive as it was unexpected. Led by producer T-Bone Burnett, the album paired contemporary artists with the folk, blues, country and gospel of the movie's Depression-era setting. It became a runaway hit, selling roughly nine million copies and scoring a Grammy for Album of the Year. More importantly, it kick-started an Americana music revival that is still going strong ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Songs That Make You Feel Good After winter must come spring. Last month, All Songs Considered asked for stories about the songs that make you cry — and received about 8,000 responses, some of them deeply personal. It seemed only fitting, then, to explore the other side of the issue. On this week's show, Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton, and ASC listeners share the songs that elevate their mood, inspiring them to whistle, dance in public, and move on from hardship and heartbreak. Rocks Off Artist: Rolling Stones Album: Exi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Memorable Moments From the Tiny Desk After close to 150 performances captured on video, we figured it was time for a look back at one of NPR Music's most unpredictable creations: Tiny Desk Concerts.  On this episode of All Songs Considered, Bob and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson share their stories of the most moving and surprising moments from three and a half years of live music in the NPR offices.  Gogol Bordello Song: "Start Wearing Purple" Bob: "I remember saying to the leader of the band, Eugene Hutz, 'Do y ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Mix: Herzog, Grouplove, REM, Andrew Bird, The Teddybears, Bjork, The Features, more Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton share their latest mix: Herzog:  Silence Grouplove: Tongue-Tied REM: Begin the Begin Andrew Bird: Bein' Green The Teddybears: Crystal Meth Christian Bjork: Crystalline The Features: Kids We Were Promised Jet Packs: Act On Impulse Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Newport Folk And Jazz Festival Preview It's been more than a half century since the Newport folk and jazz festivals got their start in Rhode Island. In the years since, both events have continued to unite a diverse mix of artists from the far-reaching branches of both genres, while breaking new talent and showcasing revered veterans. That tradition continues July 30 and 31 2011, with the Newport Folk Festival, followed by the Newport Jazz Festival on Aug. 6 and 7. NPR Music will be at both events to webcast and broadcast a full ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Cry Baby Cry, Songs That Make You Weep No one wants to see two grown men cry — especially not at work. For this week's all-tearjerker episode of All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton took the conversation offline and set up shop in Bob's apartment, armed with some home recording gear, a box of Kleenex and a bottle of wine. Thousands of listeners contributed stories about the music that makes them cry, and while there were some usual suspects — Adele, Sufjan Stevens, and Paul Simon, to name a few — B ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Electronic Edition Part III Host Robin Hilton chats with NPR Music's Sami Yenigun and Otis Hart about new and upcoming electronic releases. 1.Hudson Mohawke- Thank You (Satin Panthers EP)2. Apparat- Black Water3. Danny Daze- Your Everything4. Balam  Acab- Apart5. Ital- Only For Tonight6. Digital Line- Africa7. Shlomo- Just Us8. Tiger and Woods- Gin Nation Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Summer Music Memories On this week's episode of All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton share the songs that made their summers in Queens and Kansas, respectively — and listeners chime in with their own memories. Included are American classics from Bob Dylan and Neil Young, some virtuosic noodling from Funkadelic and Rush, and the inevitable, all-time jam that is Violent Femmes' "Blister in the Sun." Like a Rolling Stone Artist: Bob Dylan Album: Highway 61 Revisited Maggot Brain Artist: Fu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Fountains Of Wayne, New Wilco, Paul McCartney Remastered, Gillian Welch and more We've got an exclusive preview of the upcoming Fountains of Wayne album, Sky Full of Holes. Also the Paul McCartney classic "Every Night," from a beautifully remastered version of his debut solo album. Plus, Wilco offers an early taste of its upcoming album The Whole Love — the single is the band's first release on its newly founded label, dBpm Records. Also on the show: M. Ward joins neo-folk singer Carlos Forster for an enchanting ho ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Mix: Lykke Li, A Fiery Furnace Goes Solo, Patti Smith Does Buddy Holly And More New music from Fiery Furnaces singer Eleanor Friedberger and her first solo project and a slow-and-steady Buddy Holly cover by Patti Smith. We've also got two premieres from albums that are still months away: a hypnotic groove from the Malian blues veterans in Tinariwen and some typically triumphant indie-pop from Mates of State.Get SomeArtist: Lykke LiAlbum: Wounded RhymesImidiwan MatanamArtist: TinariwenAlbum: TassiliAdd to PlaylistWords of Love (pe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Discussion: The Year's Best Music (So Far) Around this time each year, the All Songs Considered gang pauses to marvel at how quickly the months are passing, and to reflect on some of the memorable music that's come out so far. What have been some of 2011's biggest surprises? Who are some of the best new artists? NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson and reviewer Ann Powers join co-hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton to share some of the songs and albums they think have helped define the first half of 2011. Songs in this episode: RubberArt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Wilco Live, New Discoveries From Motopony, Other Lives This week on All Songs Considered: Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton talk about some of their favorite shows from the recent Sasquatch music festival, including a particularly memorable set from Wilco. Also on the this week's show, we hear some great new discoveries: neo-psychedelia from Other Lives, electro-folk from Motopony, a swirly dreamscape from BOBBY, heartbreaking melodies from Sam Phillips, and fuzzy noise-pop from JEFF the Brotherhood. Songs in the show: Via ChicagoArtist: WilcoA ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Wilco Live, New Discoveries From Motopony, Other Lives This week on All Songs Considered: Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton talk about some of their favorite shows from the recent Sasquatch music festival, including a particularly memorable set from Wilco. It was just one of several dozen performances from the four-day live concert extravaganza held over the Memorial Day weekend in eastern Washington state. Also on the this week's show, we hear some great new discoveries: neo-psychedelia from Other Lives, electro-folk from Motopony, a swirly dr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Eno Plays DJ We all have our musical heroes: those artists whose work is game-changing, or even life-changing. On this episode of All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen speaks with his hero, Brian Eno. Get a Job Artist: The Silhouettes Album: Get a Job Daniel Saw De Stone Artist: Silver Leaf Quartette of Norfolk Album: Complete Recorded Works Captain of Your Ship Artist: Reparata & The Delrons Album: Captain of Your Ship Most Wanted Artist: Cults Album: Cults Dead Finks Don't Talk Artist: Brian Eno Albu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | British DJ Show 1. Song: Wires Artist: Owiny Sigoma Band Album: Wires 2. Song: The Sound Table Artist: Cameo Album: Knights of the Sound Table 3. Song: Love Is The Drug Feat. Cha Cha Artist: Kode9 & The Spaceape Album: Black Sun 4. Song: French Kiss Artist: Lil Louis Album: House Flash Vol. 11 5. Song: The L Word ft. Jada (Original Mix) Artist: Deniz Kurzel Album: The L Word (Single) 6. Song: Go Bang Artist: Dinosaur L Album: 24-24 Music 7. Song: When I'm in Awe Artist: Gaslamp Killer Album: Death G ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | ew Music From: Bon Iver, Dark Metal From Boris, Graveyard Calgary Artist: Bon Iver Album: Bon Iver Blacks Artist: Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross Album: Blow EP The Rest Of My Life Artist: Yellowbirds Album: The Color Hospital Ships Artist: Hospital Ships Album: Lonely Twin Dystopia (The Earth Is On Fire) Artist: YACHT Album: Shangri-La Hope Artist: Boris Album: Attention Please Ain't Fit To Live Here Artist: Graveyard Album: Hisingen Blues Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Moby Plays DJ Convoy Artist: C.W. McCall Album: C.W. McCall's Greatest Hits Live and Let Die Artist: Wings Album: Wings Greatest Ghost Rider Artist: Suicide Album: Suicide Warm Leatherette Artist: The Normal Album: Warm Leatherette/T.V.O.D. Rockets Artist: Moby Album: Destroyed Add to Playlist Regiment Artist: Brian Eno/David Byrne Album: My Life in the Bush of Ghost Right Thing Artist: Moby Album: Destroyed I Only Have Eyes for You Artist: The Flamingos Album: Best of the Flamingos Purchase Mus ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Splitsville: Breaking Up with Your Favorite Band On this week's All Songs Considered we head to Splitsville with a look at some of the bands we've broken up with or grown apart from over the years, along with some of the artists we'll stand by no matter what. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Super Bueno! Latin Music For Everybody, Part 2 Jasmine Garsd and Felix Contreras, hosts of NPR's Latin alternative music show and blog, are back this week to school the ASC crew about what's going on in Latin America and beyond. 1. Los Rakas 2. Geko Jones 3. Lagartijeando 4. Gina Chavez 5. CLDSCP 6. Diego Garcia 7. Pegasvs Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Exclusive Previews: Danger Mouse, Le Butcherettes, Ben Sollee, More 1. The Ronettes: "Walking In The Rain" 2. Little Scream: "Red Hunting Jacket" 3. The High Llamas: "Berry Adams" 4. Danger Mouse and Daniel Luppi: "The Rose With The Broken Neck" 5. Ben Sollee: "Bible Belt" 6. Le Butcherettes: "I'm Getting Sick Of You" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, More Circuital Artist: My Morning Jacket Album: Circuital Happy With You Artist: The Bewitched Hands Album: Birds & Drums In The City Artist: Chris Bathgate Album: Salt Year Eleven Artist: Thao & Mirah Album: Thao & Mirah Abducted Artist: Cults Album: Cults Home Is A Fire Artist: Death Cab For Cutie Album: Codes And Keys Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Mix: Low, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, More The Ballad Of Frankie Jr. Artist: Five Eight Album: Your God Is Dead To Me Now Flunkt Sass Vs. The Root Plume Artist: Of Montreal Album: thecontrollersphere Woman Artist: Timber Timbre Album: Creep On Creepin' On Bubble Artist: King Creosote & Jon Hopkins Album: Diamond Mine Try To Sleep Artist: Low Album: C'mon The Afterlife Artist: Paul Simon Album: So Beautiful or So What Belong Artist: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Album: Belong Losing My Edge Artist: LCD Soundsystem Album: LC ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Panda Bear Plays Guest Dj This week, All Songs Considered hands the reins to acclaimed experimental musician Noah Lennox, a.k.a. Panda Bear. Lennox made the trip down to NPR's Washington, D.C. headquarters while on a visit to his hometown of Baltimore. He sat down with host Bob Boilen to talk about his upcoming album Tomboy (out April 12) and to pick some of his favorite tunes. Breed Artist: Nirvana Album: Nevermind You Can Count On Me Artist: Panda Bear Album: Tomboy Oliver Twist Artist: Avey Tare Album: Down T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Discoveries from SXSW 2011 Bob Boilen talks with NPR Music's Stephen Thompson about their true SXSW 2011 discoveries. Beaver Artist: Holger Album: Sunga Add to Playlist Find out more about this album at Holger's website. The Choke Artist: Austra Album: Feel It Break Literal Artist: The Calm Blue Sea Album: The Calm Blue Sea Before I Move Off Artist: Mount Kimbie Album: Crooks & Lovers Rest Artist: Cheyenne Marie Mize Album: Before Lately Millions of People Running in Circles Artist: Magic Bullets Album: Magic ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Late Night Dispatches From SXSW 2011: Saturday The NPR Music crew gather one last time in Austin, Texas for their 4th SXSW 2011 nightly wrap up. Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton Stephen Thompson and Ann Powers talk about the music they loved on this last day and night of the festival. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Late Night Dispatches From SXSW 2011: Friday The NPR Music crew gather in a churchyard in Austin Texas for their 3rd SXSW 2011 nightly wrap up. Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton Stephen Thompson and Ann Powers talk about the music they loved on this 3rd day of the festival. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Late Night Dispatches from SXSW 2011: Friday, Day 3 The NPR Music crew gather in a churchyard in Austin Texas for their 3rd SXSW 2011 nightly wrap up. Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton Stephen Thompson and Ann Powers talk about the music they loved on this 3rd day of the festival. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Late Night Dispatches from SXSW 2011: Thursday Day 2 The NPR Music crew gather on a street corner again in Austin Texas for their 2nd SXSW 2011 nightly wrap up. Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton Stephen Thompson and Ann Powers talk about the music they loved on this 2nd day of the festival. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Late Night Dispatches From SXSW 2011: Wednesday The NPR Music crew gather on a street corner in Austin Texas for their first SXSW 2011 nightly wrap up. Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton Stephen Thompson and Ann Powers talk about the music they loved on this first day of the festival. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Late Night Dispatches From SXSW 2011: Wednesday The NPR Music crew gather on a street corner in Austin Texas for their first SXSW 2011 nightly wrap up. Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton Stephen Thompson and Ann Powers talk about the music they loved on this first day of the festival. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW 2011 Nightly Podcast: Wednesday The NPR Music crew gather on a street corner in Austin Texas for their first SXSW 2011 nightly wrap up. Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton Stephen Thompson and Ann Powers talk about the music they loved on this first day of the festival. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW 2011 Preview All Songs Considered is Austin-bound! On this week's show, Bob, Robin, Stephen and Ann talk about the bands they're most excited to see this year at South By Southwest. The four-day festival kicks off on Wednesday, March 11 in Austin, Texas and features close to 2,000 artists, who span countless genres and sport some fiercely esoteric names (Ringo Deathstarr, anyone?). Also on the show this week, a look at some of the SXSW performances NPR Music will be streaming live — including soul an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Mix: Radiohead, Panda Bear, The Dodos And More Mr. Magpie Artist: Radiohead Album: The King Of Limbs National Anthem To The Moon Artist: Bruce Haack Album: Farad: The Electric Voice Last Night At The Jetty Artist: Panda Bear Album: Tomboy Towards The Sun Artist: Alexi Murdoch Album: Towards The Sun If I Had A Boat Artist: James Vincent McMorrow Album: Early In The Morning We Are Rising Artist: Son Lux Album: Untitled (RPM Challenge) Hear more from Son Lux's album-in-a-month project. Don't Stop Artist: The Dodos Album: No C ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | So, The '90s are back, Or Whatever Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit Nevermind Jeff Buckley Grace Grace Radiohead No Surprises OK Computer Lauryn Hill Doo Wop (That Thing) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Neutral Milk Hotel Holland, 1945 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Collective Soul Shine Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid Soundgarden Black Hole Sun Superunknown PJ Harvey Long Snake Moan To Bring You My Love Missy Elliott Hit 'Em Wit da Hee Supa Dupa Fly Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Mustt Mustt (Lost ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Peter Bjorn And John, Fleet Foxes, And More Second Chance Artist: Peter Bjorn and John Album: Gimme Some Rumour Has It Artist: Adele Album: 21 Sketch #6 Artist: Son Lux Album: Untitled (RPM Challenge) Hear more from Son Lux's album-in-a-month project. The Honest Truth Artist: Typhoon Album: A New Kind Of House Roni Artist: Chikita Violenta Album: TRE3 Helplessness Blues Artist: Fleet Foxes Album: Helplessness Blues Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Tom Jones Shares His Favorite Love Songs Make a list of the great crooners who sing love songs and Tom Jones is likely to be somewhere near the top. He was for us when we sought out a guest DJ to share songs of romance and heartache for Valentine's Day. In this edition of All Songs Considered, Tom Jones joins host Bob Boilen to talk about some of the songs Jones has loved most over the years, starting with the first he can remember singing to his grandmother as a child in Wales. Reconsider Me Artist: Johnny Adams Album: Johnny ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Electronic Music Edition II Maxmillian Dunbar: Polo Blondes: Synthesist Nicolas Jaar: Keep Me There Steffi: Yours Maya Jane Coles: Nobody Else Rocketnumbernine: Matthew and Toby Francesco Tristano: Idiosynkrasia Factory Floor: Real Love (Optimo Remix) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | James Blake Sings, Cowboy Junkies On Vic Chesnutt, And More It Hurts Me, Too Artist: First Aid Kit Album: Universal Soldier/It Hurts Me, Too I'll See You Around Artist: Cowboy Junkies Album: Demons Operation Artist: Yuck Album: Yuck Art Vandelay Artist: Ducktails Album: Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics The Wilhelm Scream Artist: James Blake Album: James Blake Southern Decline Artist: Apex Manor Album: The Year of Magical Drinking Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | neak Previews: Telekinesis, R.E.M., Iron And Wine, More Artist: Iron and Wine Album: Kiss Each Other Clean Song: Half Moon Artist: R.E.M. Album: Collapse Into Now Song: Oh My Heart Artist: Six Organs Of Admittance Album: Asleep On The Floodplain Song: Hold But Let Go Artist: Malachai Album: Return To The Ugly Side Song: Mid Antarctica (Wearin' Sandals) Artist: Telekinesis Album: 12 Desperate Straight Lines Song: You Turn Clear In The Sun Artist: David Dondero Album: A Pre-Existing Condition Song: Nobody Loves Your Doggie Like You Do Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Music by: Bright Eyes, G-Side, Wire And More G-Side Nat Geo The ONE...COHESIVE Julianna Barwick Envelop The Magic Place Colin Stetson Judges New History Warfare Vol. 2: Rikki Ililonga Dark Sunrise Dark Sunrise Wire Moreover Red Barked Tree Bright Eyes Shell Games The People's Key Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Vikings Choice: 201 Best Metal and Outer Sounds Ludicra A Larger Silence The Tenant [Profound Lore] ? Paon Sainte Patronne De Rien Pantoute Courses [? Paon] Warm Climate "Saltwater Simplified" from 'Camouflage on the River Wretched' The Fun Years Breech on the Bowstring God Was Like, No [Barge] The Body Empty Hearth All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood [At A Loss] Captain Beefheart "Tropical Hot Dog Night" Jack Rose Lick Mountain Ramble Luck in the Valley [Thrill Jockey] Harvey Milk I Did Not Call Out A Small Turn of Human K ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs' Listeners Pick The Best Albums Of 2010 Band Album Song 25 Cee Lo: The Ladykiller, F--k You 24 Joanna Newsom: Have One On Me, Does Not Suffice 23 Broken Social Scene: Forgiveness Rock Record, World Sick 22 New Pornographers: Together, The Crash Years 21 Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs: God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise, Beg Steal or Borrow 20 Yeasayer: Odd Blood, Ambling Alp 19 Janelle Monae: The ArchAndroid, Tightrope 18 Spoon: Transference, Written in Reverse 17 Deerhunt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Holiday Music 2010 The All Songs Considered Holiday Music Show 2010. With Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton, Stephen Thompson and Barrie Hardymon. Music by: F----- Up Album: Do They Know It's Christmas? Song: Do They Know It's Christmas? Wham! Album: Last Christmas Song: Last Christmas Matt Wilson Album: Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O Song: You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch Vince Guaraldi Trio Album: A Charlie Brown Christmas Song: Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal Version) Poly Styrene Album: Black Christmas Song: Blac ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Discussion: The Year In Music, 2010 The Year's Biggest Surprises, Best New Artists And More Best Coast Sea of Bees Jeremy Messersmith Lost In The Trees Sleigh Bells Buke And Gass Kanye West Jonsi Sufjan Stevens Joanna Newsom Tallest Man On Earth Live at the 9:30 Club Regina Carter Lower Dens Josh Ritter Sharon Van Etten Cee Lo Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Discussion: The Year In Music, 2010 The Year's Biggest Surprises, Best New Artists And More Best Coast Sea of Bees Jeremy Messersmith Lost In The Trees Sleigh Bells Buke And Gass Kanye West Jonsi Sufjan Stevens Joanna Newsom Tallest Man On Earth Live at the 9:30 Club Regina Carter Lower Dens Josh Ritter Sharon Van Etten Cee Lo Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Albums We Missed in 2010 Tobacco: "Stretch Your Face" from 'Maniac Meat' Jack Rose: "Luck In The Valley" from 'Luck In The Valley' Glasser: "Apply" from 'Ring' Khaira Arby: "Djaba" from 'Timbuktu Tarab' Mount Kimbie: "Before I Move Off" from 'Crooks and Lovers' Dean and Britta: "I'll Keep It With Mine" from '13 Most Beautiful: Songs For Andy Warhol's Screen Test' Aloe Blacc: "Femme Fatale" from 'Good Things' Tame Impala: "The Bold Arrow Of Time" from 'Innerspeaker' Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Albums We Missed In 2010 Tobacco: "Stretch Your Face" from 'Maniac Meat' Jack Rose: "Luck In The Valley" from 'Luck In The Valley' Glasser: "Apply" from 'Ring' Khaira Arby: "Djaba" from 'Timbuktu Tarab' Mount Kimbie: "Before I Move Off" from 'Crooks and Lovers' Dean and Britta: "I'll Keep It With Mine" from '13 Most Beautiful: Songs For Andy Warhol's Screen Test' Aloe Blacc: "Femme Fatale" from 'Good Things' Tame Impala: "The Bold Arrow Of Time" from 'Innerspeaker' Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Alt Latino Edition Chancha Via Circuito: Pintar el Sol Bomba Estereo: Juana Rita Indiana: El Juidero Los Fabulosos Cadillacs: Matador Carla Morrison: Compatir Girl In A Coma: While My Guitar Gently Weeps Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Paul Simon, John Vanderslice, The Decemberists and more Paul Simon - Getting Ready for Christmas Day John Vanderslice - Sea Salt Yann Tiersen - Palestine Baths - Aminals The Decemberists - Down by the Water Gospel Claws - Walk Me Down Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Daniel Lanois 01. Sly And The Family Stone: "In Time" from 'Fresh' 02. The Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Foxey Lady" from 'Are You Experienced' 03. Brian Eno: "Weightless" from 'Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks' 04. Charles Wright And The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band: "Express Yourself" from 'Express Yourself' 05. Black Dub: "Silverado" from 'Black Dub' 06. Neil Young: "Walk With Me" from 'Le Noise' 07. Daniel Lanois: "I Love You" from 'Shine' 08. Grandmaster Flash: "The Message" from 'The M ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Smith Westerns, Gang of Four, Fred Schneider Holiday Record, and More Smith Westerns - Weekend Burnt Ones - Bury Me In Smoke Demon's Claws - Fed From Her Hand Gang of Four - You'll Never Pay For The Farm Candy Claws - In The Deep Time The Superions - Fruitcake Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | CMJ: Looking Back to a Whirlwind of Music The College Music Journal music festival took place in NYC. The five day festival featured over a thousand bands. On this edition of All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen, NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson and WFUV host Alisa Ali talk about their favorite discoveries at CMJ 2010. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tunes To Get You Through Your Teens 01. King Crimson: "In the Court of the Crimson King" from 'In the Court of the Crimson King' 02. Soundgarden: "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden 03. The Flaming Lips: "Talkin' 'Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues" from 'Hit to Death in the Future Head' 04. The Beatles: "I Need You" from 'Help' 05. Led Zeppelin: "Rock and Roll" from 'Led Zeppelin IV' 06. Cheap Trick: "The Ballad of TV Violence" from 'Cheap Trick' 07. Simon and Garfunkel: "Bridge Over Troubled Water" from ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bob Dylan Bootlegs, Tom Tom Club, Marah Avey Tare: Down There Mark McGuire: Living With Yourself Tom Tom Club: Genius Of Love (live) Marah: Life Is A Problem Bob Dylan: The Death Of Emmet Till The Tallest Man On Earth: Little River Khaira Arby: Goumou Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Best New Electronic Music 01. Gold Panda: "Same Dream China" 02. Jatoma: "Little Houseboat" 03. Mount Kimbie: "Carbonated" 04. Terror Danjah: "This Year" 05. Teengirl Fantasy: 06. Moodymann: "It's 2 Late 4 U And Me" 07. Morgan Packard: "Insist" 08. Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom: "Track Five" 09. Seefeel: "Faults" 10. Tokimonsta: "Sa Mo Jung" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Swans Return,Syd Barrett Remembered, Great New Jazz and Land of Talk Swans - "My Birth" Bee Vs. Moth - "Tuesday in Tuskegee" Mary Halvorson Quintet - "Sea Seizure" Sea of Bees - "Willis" Syd Barrett - "Terrapin" Land of Talk - " Cloak and Cipher Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Fall Music Preview 01. Hank Williams: "Where The Old Red River Flows" from 'The Complete Mother's Best Recordings' 02. Sufjan Stevens: "Vesuvius" from 'The Age of ADZ' 03. Mark Ronson and the Business: "Record Collection" from 'Record Collection' 04. Antony and the Johnsons: "Ghost" from 'Swanlights' 05. Sharon Van Etten: "Don't Do It" from 'Epic' 06. Brian Eno: "Emerald And Stone" from 'Small Craft On A Milk Sea' 07. Dark Star: "Gold" from 'North' 08. Belle and Sebastian: "I Didn't See It Com ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Neil Young, Led Zeppelin Tribute, More (FIX) We accidentally mispronounced an artist's name on the previous version of this program. Our apologies Abigail Washburn! Neil Young The Black Angels Weinland (Led Zeppelin tribute) Abigail Washburn My Jerusalem OMD Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Neil Young, Led Zeppelin Tribute, More Neil Young: Walk With Me The Black Angels: Bad Vibrations Weinland: Hey Hey What Can I Do Abigail Washburn: Bring Me My Queen My Jerusalem: Farewell OMD: History Of Modern Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | First Listen Bonanza: Superchunk, Robert Plant, More Robert Plant: "Angel Dance" Superchunk: "Digging For Something" Bostich and Fussible: "Centinela" Black Milk: "Warning (Keep Bouncing)" The Bad Plus: "Never Stop" Iggy And The Stooges: "No Fun" *Includes interview with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen about the All Tomorrow's Parties music festival. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Jim Jarmusch Jarmusch is curating this year's All Tomorrow's Parties in New York. Hear a sample of some of the bands he picked: Sunn 0))) and Boris: "Etna" Wood Shjips: "Motorbike" T-Model Ford: "Nobody Gets Me Down" Raekwon: "House Of Flying Daggers" Hope Sandoval: "Trouble" The Greenhornes: "There Is An End" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Robert Plant, Richard Thompson, Max Richter, More Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant is back with a new collaboration, this time with country singer and songwriter Buddy Miller. Their new album, 'Band of Joy,' is a fresh mix of rock folk and blues, and features other artists such as Patty Griffin and Darrel Scott. We've got a cut from the new record on this edition of All Songs Considered. Also on the program: Angular rock from Buke and Gass, the unusual instrumental music of Max Richter, a nod to Pink Floyd from Bellflur, the new projec ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Mix: Sean Lennon, Sarah Blasko, Siskiyou Ten years ago, Queens of the Stone Age released Rated R, a tuneful and riff-obsessed hard-rock album. It was simultaneously heavy, funky and melancholic, a far cry from the stoner rock of Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri's former band, Kyuss. To celebrate its anniversary, Rated R has been reissued with a bonus disc of B-sides and a live concert. Also on the show: Sean Lennon's new psych-pop project with Charlotte Kemp Muhl called The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, Australian singer-songwriter Sar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Oddest Musical Pairings If you've ever seen the infamous video of David Bowie's Christmastime duet with Bing Crosby, then you know musicians are capable of the most imaginative (and baffling) collaborations. On this edition of All Songs Considered we look at odd pairings, some brilliant, and some just so very, very wrong. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Highlights From The Newport Folk Festival 2010 Hear highlights from some of the more memorable performances from this year's Newport Folk Festival, with host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Newport Folk Festival Preview Host Bob Boilen chats with festival producer Jay Sweet about what to expect from this year's Newport gathering. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liz Phair, The Books, Ra Ra Riot, Vijay Iyer, More Rock guitarist and singer Liz Phair is back from a five-year hiatus with one of the most unusual and creative albums of her career, but hardly anyone has noticed. That's because she quietly self-released the record on her website, over the fourth of July weekend. On this edition of All Songs Considered we share a cut from the new album Funstyle. Also on the show: A gorgeous new solo record from Bon Iver drummer Sean Carey; a mesmerizing sound collage from The Books; feel-good garage rock ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Panda Bear, The Walkmen, Cowboy Junkies, More 01. Panda Bear: "Slow Motion" from 'Tomboy' 02. The Walkmen: "Stranded" from 'Lisbon' 03. Dirty Projectors and Bjork: "All We Are" from 'Mount Wittenberg Orca' 04. Miniature Tigers: "Mansion of Misery" from 'Fortress' 05. Mountain Man: "Sewee Sewee" from 'Made the Harbor' 06. Hey Rosetta!: "New Goodbye" from 'Into Your Lungs' 07. Cowboy Junkies: "Sir Francis Bacon At The Net" from 'Renmin Park' Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Summer Music Preview Summer is here and with it comes a crush of great new music. On this edition of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, producer Robin Hilton and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson about some of the upcoming albums they're most looking forward to, along with some great new discoveries. Hear previews from former Be Good Tanyas singer Frazey Ford, solo work from Radiohead drummer Phil Selway, M.I.A. and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR Listeners Pick 2010's Best Music (So Far) Hear Bob count down the top 20 albums of 2010 (so far), as selected by NPR listeners. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR Listeners Pick 2010's Best Music (So Far) Hear Bob count down the top 20 albums of 2010 (so far), as selected by NPR listeners. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Best Summer Dance Music (Clean) On this edition of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen talks with NPR Music's Frannie Kelley, Amy Schriefer and Sami Yenigun about their favorite songs for getting your "groove" on and shaking your "booty" this summer. Hear new music from Swedish pop singer Robyn, Kylie Minogue, Big Boi, a special premiere of a new track by Scissor Sisters and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bonnaroo Wrap Up Host Bob Boilen chats with WFUV's Rita Houston, KUT's Andy Uhler and Jill Riley of Minnesota Public Radio's The Current about their favorite performances from this year's Bonnaroo festival. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bonnaroo Preview Bob Boilen talks with Andy Uhler of NPR member station KUT, Jill Riley of The Current and Rita Houston of WFUV about this week's Bonnaroo music festival. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Best Opening Tracks Ever? In response to our shout out for your favorite opening tracks, Bob Boilen gets together with Carrie Brownstein (NPR Monitor mix) and Tom Moon, (author of "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die") We play some of your favorites and some of our own. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Arcade Fire Interview Plus 2 New Songs Arcade Fire's Win and Will Butler join All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen for a chat about their new album The Suburbs. We play 2 new songs, the title track and "Month of May." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bettye LaVette, Sleigh Bells, Buzzcocks, More The Brooklyn-based electro-rock duo Sleigh Bells specializes in sensory overload. The band's thrilling debut album, Treats, is a full-on assault, with explosive beats, startling guitar riffs and some intense screeching from singer Alexis Krauss. On this edition of All Songs Considered we've got the song "Tell 'Em" from Treats. Also on the show: One-man chillwave band Toro Y Moi, the innocent but edgy music of Secret Cities, evocative instrumental band Accordion, Iceland's neo classical a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Don Was Revisits 'Exile On Main Street' This week, Universal Records is releasing a remastered version of Exile on Main Street that includes a bonus disc of alternate versions of select songs, as well as previously unreleased tracks. The Rolling Stones brought on producer Don Was to scour the old Exile master recordings for lost gems. Some of the rediscovered songs needed mixing, while others needed entirely new lyrics and vocal tracks. On this edition of All Songs Considered, Was talks about how he picked the songs, how they we ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) Plays DJ John Lydon, the singer and leader of Public Image LTD. and former Sex Pistol frontman plays DJ on this weeks All Songs Considered. Lydon is making his first U.S. tour with Public Image. His song selections range from Hendrix to Celtic. His wit is sharp and uses it to skewer host Bob Boilen. It's a podcast you won't easily forget. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Video: Project Song: Moby: One Song, Two Days, Three Versions It takes weeks, even years, to write a song. NPR Music's Project Song challenges musicians to do it in just two days. Every Project Song participant has worked right up to the last minute — that is, until Moby. He and collaborator Kelli Scarr finished so quickly, they wound up recording three different versions of "Gone to Sleep." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Best In New Jazz, Hip-Hop, Metal And Noise On this edition of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with NPR Music producers Frannie Kelley, Lars Gotrich and Patrick Jarenwattananon about some of their favorite new metal, jazz and hip-hop songs and albums. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Apples In Stereo, Caribou, Dr. Dog On this edition of All Songs Considered: The Apples In Stereo, The Kissaway Trail, Dr. Dog, Caribou, Afrobeat legend Tony Allen and Tom Lehrer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | LCD Sound System, Merle Haggard, Radar Bros. On this edition of All Songs Considered: New music from crazy electro-pop group LCD Soundsystem, the legendary "poet of the common man" Merle Haggard, the glittery pop of Radar Bros., string metal from Judgement Day, the dance beats and sitar of Cornershop and Bob's new favorite band: Very Be Careful. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Broken Social Scene, Passion Pit, Rafter San Diego-based producer Rafter Roberts has worked with artists such as Sufjan Stevens, Fiery Furnaces and Rocket From the Crypt. But he's also known for his own solo work, and is about to release his fourth album under the name Rafter. We've got a preview cut on this edition of All Songs Considered. Also on the program: the Canadian supergroup Broken Social Scene, a deluxe reissue from the electro-pop group Passion Pit, the strangely named Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, Japan's quirky pop tri ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Spring Music Preview Host Bob Boilen chats with Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, producer Robin Hilton and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson about some of the spring's most anticipated new recordings. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Jonsi (Sigur Ros) What do Iron Maiden, Billie Holiday and castrato singer Alessandro Moreschi have in common? Answer: Sigur Ros frontman Jon ("Jonsi") Thor Birgisson lists them among his favorite artists. On this edition of All Songs Considered, Jonsi talks about his new solo album, Go, and shares some of the songs that have helped shape his own music. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Late Night Dispatches From SXSW: Saturday And so brings the beginning of the end. In their final late night dispatch from SXSW, Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson have met up to retrace their steps and remember their favorite moments from Saturday at the festival, including a bittersweet tribute to Big Star's Alex Chilton. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Late Night Dispatches From SXSW: Saturday And so brings the beginning of the end. In their final late night dispatch from SXSW, Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson have met up to retrace their steps and remember their favorite moments from Saturday at the festival, including a bittersweet tribute to Big Star's Alex Chilton. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Late Night Dispatches From SXSW: Friday At the weary end of every night throughout South By Southwest, Bob Boilen, Carrie Brownstein, Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson have met up on the Austin streets to break down all the events of the day. And then, in the cruel light of morning, we've posted these rambling and often existential recaps here in podcast form. In this third installment, the gang, recap their favorite moments including Japanese band Camisama, a new band from Jason Lytle and Earlimart, party rocker Andrew WK, The x ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Late Night Dispatches From SXSW: Thursday Every night — or really, early morning — during South By Southwest, Bob Boilen, Carrie Brownstein, Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson will meet up on some random street corner in Austin, Texas and break down the events of the day. And every morning during the festival we'll post these lively and increasingly loopy recaps here and on the blog. In this second installment, the gang met up around 2:30 a.m. to rave about NPR Music's SXSW daytime party at The Parish, which included Br ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Late Night Dispatches from SXSW 2010: Wednesday SXSW is upon us. In the first late night dispatch from South By Southwest, Bob Boilen, Carrie Brownstein, Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson recap the day's events from the streets of Austin, Tex. Here they share their favorite moments from NPR Music's SXSW showcase at Stubb's that included Visqueen, The Walkmen, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Broken Bells and Spoon. They also highlight other bands they've been able to see so far and preview what's in store for the rest of the week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW 2010 Preview On this edition of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with NPR Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton, and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson about some of the bands they're most looking forward to seeing at this year's South by Southwest festival and conference. Hear music from some great discoveries, including the metal group Black Cobra and rapper Rye Rye. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Broken Bells Chat Bob Boilentalks with Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) and James Mercer (The Shins) about the duo's new project, Broken Bells. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Chopin, The White Stripes, Joanna Newsom, More All this year, NPR Music is celebrating the 200th birthday of pianist Frederic Chopin with an ongoing series of live performances, interviews and commentaries. (You can find everything at Chopin at 200.) Chopin was just 39 when he died, and in his short time as a composer, he contributed more significant works to the piano than any other composer before or since. On this edition of All Songs Considered, we feature one of his impromptus, performed by pianist Yundi Li. Also on the show: a wel ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Fela Kuti, Shearwater, Eluvium, Laura Gibson, More This month, the first nine albums of legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti are being reissued. They've been remastered and sound better than ever. On this edition of All Songs Considered we here an extended cut from Kuti's stunning 1972 album, Shakara. Also on the show: a new, posthumous album from Malian guitarist Ali Farka Toure and kora player Toumani Diabate; Shearwater's dramatic new concept record The Golden Archipelago; the wind-swept, ethereal world of electronic musician Eluvium; a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Breakup_songs Each year on All Songs Considered, we celebrate Valentine's Day with a mix of our favorite love songs. We've done listener picks and lesser-known love songs, and even invited filmmaker John Waters in to spin some of his favorite music for Valentine's Day. This year, we decided to mix it up and feature breakup songs. On this edition of All Songs Considered, you'll hear songs of love and loathing from Beck, Flight of the Conchords, Justin Timberlake, soul singer Bettye Swann and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Magnetic Fields, Giant Drag, Preservation Hall Jazz Band After releasing the appropriately titled Distortion in 2008, The Magnetic Fields' members return with a cleaner, mostly acoustic sound. The new album is Realism, and we've got the opening cut, "You Must Be Out Of Your Mind." Also on the show: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band resurrects the voice of Louis Armstrong, a strange new opera from The Knife, the surprising string quartet Brooklyn Rider, Giant Drag and The Heligoats. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Hotrats, Fredrik, jj, The Besnard Lakes, Surfer Blood, More On this edition of All Songs Considered, we're featuring two bands from Sweden that make gorgeous, otherworldly music: the duo known as jj and a band called Fredrik. We've got selections from both on the program, along with new music from The Besnard Lakes, Surfer Blood, Midlake, singer-songwriter Josiah Wolf and a group called The Hotrats covering a classic from Pink Floyd. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sigur Ros' Jonsi, Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum, Jay Reatard, More All Songs Considered's latest mix features new solo music from Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi, Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum appears on a new benefit CD called Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox, the T-Rex-inspired garage rock group Smith Westerns, Louisiana's Givers, New Zealand pop from Lawrence Arabia, we remember the music of Jay Reatard, and the folk duo Drug Rug. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Spoon's Britt Daniel, Jim Eno Discuss New Album All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with Spoon frontman Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno about the band's latest album, Transference, and take questions from listeners posted in an online chat room. Transference, the band's seventh full-length studio release, shows why the band has been one of the most reliably gratifying bands of the past 15 years, with a tight mix of two-beat rhythms, spiky piano grooves and crisp guitars. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | GlobalFEST 2010: A World Music Showcase All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with Banning Eyre (Afropop) and Rob Weisberg (WFMU's Trans Pacific Sound Paradise) about some of the standout artists at this year's GlobalFEST. The annual world music and cultural festival, held each winter in New York City, is a brief but intense, one-day event featuring more than a dozen international bands and artists. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Broken Bells, Yeasayer, Shout Out Louds, Freelance Whales, More Danger Mouse has produced some of the most memorable music of the past decade, collaborating with the likes of Sparklehorse, Beck and The Black Keys. Now comes a new project with James Mercer, frontman for The Shins. Danger Mouse and Mercer are calling their venture Broken Bells. The duo's new, self-titled CD isn't out until March, but you can hear a sneak preview in this edition of All Songs Considered. Also on the program: new music from Yeasayer, the Swedish pop group Shout Out Louds, an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Viking's Choice: Metal And Outer Sound In '09 As has become customary in the past few years, Lars Gotrich's near-OCD list-making habit revealed a certain strain of outer sound that pervaded his headphones in 2009. It was decidedly heavier and louder, a pillaging that galloped with ramming speed. Oh, and plenty of pretty drones. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Holiday Music Mix 2009 For this year's holiday music mix, host Bob Boilen chats with Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton, and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson about some of their favorite seasonal songs of the past decade. Hear a mix of re-imagined classics and new holiday tunes by Sufjan Stevens, Bob Dylan, Laura Gibson and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Discussion: The Year In Music, 2009 Host Bob Boilen talks with Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson and All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton about the year in music. What were the biggest surprises of 2009? What were the best new bands, or the best songs? Listen and let us know what you think by sharing your comments at www.npr.org/allsongs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Listener Picks: The Year's Best Music Hear a countdown of the top 25 albums of 2009, as selected by All Songs Considered listeners in our online ballot. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Music From Spoon, Norah Jones, More The highly anticipated new record from Spoon isn't out until January, but you can hear a cut from the record now, exclusively on All Songs Considered. "Written In Reverse" is the first single from the album, called Transference. It may be Spoon's best record yet. Also on this edition of All Songs Considered: surprising new music from chanteuse Norah Jones, the amazing hip-hop artist Brother Ali, Devendra Banhart's major label debut, Tegan and Sara, and essential music from "Weird Al" Yankov ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Music From Spoon, Norah Jones, More The highly anticipated new record from Spoon isn't out until January, but you can hear a cut from the record now, exclusively on All Songs Considered. "Written In Reverse" is the first single from the album, called Transference. It may be Spoon's best record yet. Also on this edition of All Songs Considered: surprising new music from chanteuse Norah Jones, the amazing hip-hop artist Brother Ali, Devendra Banhart's major label debut, Tegan and Sara, and essential music from "Weird Al" Yankov ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings This edition of All Songs Considered features a discussion on some of our picks for the decade's 50 most important recordings. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Decade in Music Defined In this edition of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen looks back at some of the defining trends, sounds and historic moments that made the '00s stand out, in a roundtable discussion with Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Kyp Malone (TV On the Radio, Rain Machine) Kyp Malone is best known as the guitarist and singer for TV On The Radio. But this fall, he released his debut solo album under the name Rain Machine. Rain Machine's eponymous record sounds an awful lot like the work of TV On The Radio, but the songs are a lot quieter and relatively spare. On this edition of All Songs Considered Malone sits in as guest DJ to talk about his Rain Machine project, and to share some of his favorite music by other artists. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | CMJ Highlights, Kid Cudi, Julian Casablancas On this edition of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen shares some of his favorite discoveries from the College Media Journal Music Festival in New York. Hear live performances by Patrick Watson, The xx and Choir of Young Believers, plus new solo music from Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas, violinist Oliver Schroer, fast-rising hip-hop artist Kid Cudi and the phenomenal electro-rock duo Phantogram. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Year's Best New Jazz On this edition of All Songs Considered, we spin some of the year's best new jazz recordings. Bob Boilen talks with WBGO's Josh Jackson, host of Live At the Village Vanguard, a monthly concert series from the legendary New York City jazz club. The two play cuts from some of 2009's standout albums, including "I Can't Help It" (from Gretchen Parlato's In a Dream) and Ben Allison's "Kramer vs. Kramer vs. Godzilla" (from Think Free). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Vampire Weekend, The XX, Doveman, More On this edition of All Songs Considered, we've got an exclusive new song from Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla and J. Robbins of Jawbox. The two wrote and recorded the new single, titled "Mercury," in just two days as part of our Project Song series. Also on the program: London's captivating quartet The XX; the neo-psychedelic duo MV & EE; folk trio Espers; and new music from Doveman, Vampire Weekend and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah frontman Alec Ounsworth. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Tucker Martine The Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, Laura Veirs and Bill Frisell have one thing in common: When they wanted their music to sound amazing, they called on Tucker Martine for help. Martine is a composer, a musician and one of the most sought-after producers in the business, known for a mixture of imagination and soul. On this edition of All Songs Considered, Martine shares music from some of his favorite artists — including a sneak preview of Veirs' new album, which comes out in January. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Built to Spill, Lil B, Mountain Goats, More On this edition of All Songs Considered we feature a cut from the new Fool's Gold record, new music from Built To Spill, rapper Lil B's plan to release a thousand songs before he's 21 years old, a classic reissued by The Feelies, The Mountain Goats, and the ethereal, ambient rock of Apse. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Fall Music Preview: Flaming Lips, Swell Season, Le Loup 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, T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Polvo, Mew, AA Bondy, Noah and the Whale On this edition of All Songs Considered: The Chapel Hill, NC band Polvo, new music from the Danish band Mew, singer-songwriter A.A. Bondy, an ambitious new album from the folk-rock group Noah and the Whale, an intercontinental collaboration via e-mail from the band Bell Horses, and Swedish musician Axel Willner, a.k.a. The Field. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Beatles Historian Kevin Howlett All The Beatles' music has been remastered, meaning the engineers at Abbey Road Studio pulled out all the final master tapes (those final mixes of The Beatles' music) and tried to make them sound as pristine as possible, while preserving the integrity of the original mixes. It also means that The Beatles' music now sounds better than ever. Beatles historian and documentarian Kevin Howlett helped write the liner notes for the new releases. In this interview he talks about the process of cl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Taken By Trees, Headless Heroes, Volcano Choir On this edition of All Songs Considered we've got an unusual new project from Victoria Bergsman. Known as the singer for the Swedish band The Concretes and the Peter Bjorn and John song "Young Folks," Bergsman mixes her distinctive voice and Swedish pop sounds with Sufi devotional music from Pakistan for a new band she calls Taken By Trees. Also on the show: The New Jersey-based duo Cymbals Eat Guitars, Headless Heroes cover the music of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music From The Sublime To The Old Time We never thought we'd do it, but on this edition of All Songs Considered, we've got a tribute to Doris Day. Nellie McKay, an often irreverent and comical singer, reworks songs made popular by Day on a new album called As Normal As Blueberry Pie. Hear McKay's spare and elegant arrangement of "The Very Thought of You." Also on the program: a retrospective from the old-time string band New Lost City Ramblers; dreamy folk from the Canadian trio The Weather Station; the British electro-rock ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Atlas Sound, Sondre Lerche, Circulatory System, Lou Barlow here's been a lot of speculation on the Internet in recent weeks about a new batch of songs from Radiohead. While the band hasn't released the EP fans were hoping for, it has put out two new singles. We've got the latest, called "These Are My Twisted Words." Also on this edition of All Songs Considered, early previews of some of the albums we're most looking forward to coming out this fall, including new music from Atlas Sound, Lou Barlow of Dionsaur Jr. and Sebadoh, Norwegian singer-guitar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Day 2 At The Newport Folk Festival All Songs Considered continues its celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Newport Folk Festival, now known as George Wein's Folk Festival 50. Wein was one of the original founders of the festival, which brought together an eclectic mix of folk, blues, gospel and pop artists. On this edition we look at Day 2 of this year's festival, with music from Josh Ritter, The Campbell Brothers, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Deer Tick, Guy Clark and Arlo Guthrie. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs At The Newport Folk Festival: Day 1 This year, the 50th-anniversary incarnation of the Newport Folk Festival mirrors founder George Wein's vision. Festival producer Jay Sweet included more traditional folk artists such as Pete Seeger (he was there in '59), the gospel side of folk with Mavis Staples, and some of the new breed of folk-inspired musicians, including The Low Anthem, Fleet Foxes and The Decemberists. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Best Music Of 2009 (So Far) NPR listeners cast thousands of votes for the year's best music (so far) and kept the race tight. In the end, Animal Collective edged out every other artist for both Best Album and Best Song. Artists like Grizzly Bear, The Decemberists and Neko Case weren't far behind. One thing was clear: that 2009 has been one of the strongest years for new music in recent memory. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Discoveries From the Pitchfork Music Festival Each summer, the Pitchfork Music Festival draws thousands of fans to Chicago to hear three day's worth of performances, by more than 40 bands. It's a mix of some of the best new and largely unknown, independent bands of the year. On this episode of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen talks with freelance reporter Jacob Ganz about some of the music Ganz discovered while covering this year's festival, which ended July 19. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Monsters of Folk, Yim Yames, Edward Sharpe, More They call themselves The Monsters Of Folk: Jim James, frontman for the band My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, and singer-guitarist M. Ward. Also on the show: Jim James has recorded a solo tribute album to George Harrison; Swedish singer Kristian Matsson, a.k.a. The Tallest Man On Earth; John Davis, formerly of the band Georgie James, has a new project called Title Tracks; Phil Elverum of The Microphones returns with a new band he's calling Mount Eerie; guitarist Bill Frisell c ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Merge Records Turns 20 This year, Merge Records, home to artists such as M. Ward, Neutral Milk Hotel, Spoon, The Magnetic Fields, and many more, celebrates its 20th anniversary. Mac McCaughn and Laura Balance started the label in 1989, in Chapel Hill, NC. In the beginning they sold homemade cassette tapes from local record stores. If they made 50 sales, they were ecstatic. But today, Merge Records is one of the most revered labels in the business, with a large roster of remarkable talent. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Do Labels Matter? On this edition of All Songs Considered, we ask the question: Do labels still matter? Host Bob Boilen talks with Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton, and Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson about some of their favorite labels, as well as the role those labels play in making music great. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Bjork Icelandic singer Bjork chats with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen about some of her favorite artists and spins an eclectic mix of music. Hear selections from Syrian musician Omar Souleyman, the post punk duo Eyeless in Gaza, fellow Icelandic singer Olof Arnalds, The Pokrovsky Ensemble and the wildly eccentric, London-based rock group Micachu and the Shapes. Bjork's latest album is 'Voltaic,' a collection of live-to-tape studio performances of songs from some of her past albums, includi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Live Music From Bob Boilen's Desk If you love seeing live concerts, chances are you've gone to shows where the clinking beer bottles and incessant crowd chatter were louder than the music. After seeing the soft spoken Laura Gibson lose out to a noisy audience during a show in Austin, TX, All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen and Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson came up with a novel solution: They invited Gibson to play at the NPR Music offices, specifically Bob Boilen's desk, launching what's now called the Tiny Desk ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Neil Young, Moby, Phenomenal Handclap Band, More On this edition of All Songs Considered: ApSci, short for Applied Science, a husband-wife duo from Brooklyn that makes experimental hip-hop and pop music; one of the year's hottest new groups, The Phenomenal Handclap Band; The best new music from Moby in a decade; the Danish band Choir of Young Believers; Lightning Dust; and a great classic from a remarkable new box set from Neil Young. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Big Star, Zee Avi, The Low Anthem, The Dry Spells The Low Anthem makes Americana-inspired songs that are beautifully delicate, with an edge. Check out the band's new CD Oh My God, Charlie Darwin. Also on the program: The San Francisco-based folk-rock quartet The Dry Spells; the love, loss and redemption of singer Diana Jones; Malaysian artist Zee Avi; a new Danger Mouse-produced album from The Shortwave Set; a remastered classic from the power pop group Big Star; and the psychedelic sounds of Hopewell. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | When The Lyrics Matter, Wilco, Regina Spektor, 'Dark Was The Night' Concert Highlight Are you a lyrics person? Do the words matter so much that, if they aren't any good, you'll put down a CD after one listen? Bob Boilen certainly is, and does. The new Regina Spektor CD, Far, is full of beautiful and intriguing words. Also on this episode of All Songs Considered: Wilco returns with a stronger effort; a concept record from Loxsly; Years, an ambient guitar experiment from a Do Make Say Think member; the dreamy pop of Starlight Mints; violinist and singer-songwriter Christina Co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music You Should Love But Don't, Allen Toussaint, Vieux Farka Toure, More Are there bands and albums that you know you should love, but for whatever reason just don't? For host Bob Boilen, Green Day is one of those acts. Also on this week's program: the sparkling textures of Sunset Rubdown; a mysterious and dark collaboration from Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse and David Lynch; Allen Toussaint playing jazz and blues; and two samples from our Exclusive First Listen series. Hear songs from West African guitar hero Vieux Farka Toure and an album of demos from the legend ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Band I Love Is... A couple of weeks ago, on the All Songs Considered blog, we asked listeners to tell us about their favorite bands, especially lesser-known groups. The response was overwhelming. We got hundreds of band and artist names and the vast majority of them were ones we'd never even heard of. On this edition of All Songs Considered we play some of the standouts, including music from the London-based rock group Fanfarlo, lo-fi singer-songwriter The Blow, the Australian dream pop group Augie March and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Song That Gives You Chills, Dinosaur Jr., More Has there ever been a song that, when you hear it, the song sends chills down your spine every time? For Bob Boilen, it's "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" written by Sandy Denny and performed by Fairport Convention. You can hear that on this edition of All Songs Considered and tell us the song that gives you chills — no matter what — on the blog. Also on the program: the sharp guitar playing of Sarah Siskind; adventures in sound with Black Moth Super Rainbow; the 12-string guita ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sonic Youth, Bat For Lashes, More he New York-based group Sonic Youth has been making some of the most inspired and influential rock music of the past quarter century. The band is about to release its 16th studio album and its first for the Matador record label. The Eternal won't be out until June 9, but you can hear an early cut on this edition of All Songs Considered. Also on the program: Pakistan-born singer Natasha Khan and her Bat For Lashes project; music from the grasslands of China and Mamer; French singer Marianne ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Art Brut, Akron/Family, Casiotone For the Painfully Alone All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen returns from a two-week break with new musical discoveries. Hear the cinematic songs of Patrick Watson, an artist who mashes together everything from bicycle sounds to cartoon samples. Also on the program: The gorgeous, contemplative songs of Christopher Tignor, MGMT's musical soulmate Suckers, the irrepressible energy of Akron/Family, music from lonely Casiotone, and the London-based comedic rock group Art Brut. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dead Weather, Vienna Teng, St. Vincent, Bill Callahan The Dead Weather is a super-group of sorts with members from several well-loved bands, including The White Stripes, Queens of the Stone Age and The Kills. The group's new CD isn't out until June, but we've got an early single on this edition of All Songs Considered. Also on the show: the raucous duo Japandroids, singer-songwriter Vienna Teng, St. Vincent, lo-fi pioneer Bill Callahan, and an acoustic version of "Creep" from a new deluxe edition of Radiohead's Pablo Honey. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Metric, John Vanderslice, Camera Obscura Later this spring John Vanderslice will release what may be his best album so far. Romanian Names isn't out until May 19th, but we have a preview cut for you on this edition of All Songs Considered. Also on the program: PJ Harvey and John Parish, Metric, with singer Emily Haines, the Scottish group Camera Obscura, and Eulogies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bob Dylan, Sam Phillips, Grizzly Bear, Fever Ray, More Later this month Bob Dylan will release his 33rd studio disc, and based on our early listen, it's going to be stunning. On this edition of All Songs Considered we've got a preview of the new Dylan record, Together Through Life, with the song "Beyond Here Lies Nothing." Also on the program: a new, self-released single from Sam Phillips, singer Jill Sobule, Malian duo Amadou and Mariam, solo music from The Knife's Karin Dreijer Andersson, a collaboration between Orenda Fink and Scaleplist, an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW '09 Wrap Up Since the 2009 South by Southwest music festival and conference ended a week ago, we've spent much of our time back decompressing and making sense of everything we saw and heard. All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen, Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton and Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson discovered dozens of new bands, took in more concerts than most people see in a year, and came back with some new favorite artists. On this edition of A ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Bonnie "Prince" Billy recently released his most ambitious recording to date, the richly orchestrated album Beware. Oldham visited with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen about the new record and shared some of his all-time favorite songs that have inspired his own work over the years. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW 2009: Saturday Update All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen sit up at 4:30am Sunday morning to talk about Saturday's events at SXSW music festival with NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW 2009: Friday Update All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen shares the days events at SXSW music festival with NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson and All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW 2009: Thursday Update Once again, Bob, Carrie, Robin and Stephen gathered again in the wee hours on Friday morning to recap NPR's SXSW showcase featuring Thao, Blind Pilot, BLK JKS, K'Naan, Dirty Projectors and Blitzen Trapper. Standing in the streets of Austin, they rundown the other bands they heard as the night wore on — a few favorites, a few new discoveries and a couple chance encounters: Crystal Stilts, Grizzly Bear, Women, Sgt. Dunbar and the Hobo Banned, Laura Gibson, Akkron Family, Vijay Kishore, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW 2009: Wednesday Update Bob Boilen, with Robin Hilton, Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein and Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson, give a recap after a full day of music at SXSW: What bands they saw, who they're excited to hear on Thursday and what's to come the rest of the week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW 2009 Preview On this edition of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with NPR Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, producer and Second Stage host Robin Hilton, and Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson about some of the bands they're most looking forward to seeing at this year's South by Southwest festival in Austin, Tex. Hear music from some great unknown bands, like Sgt. Dunbar and the Hobo Banned, Passion Pit, and The Weird Weeds, plus some more established artists like Jason Lytle of Grand ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | U2, Antony and the Johnsons, Leonard Cohen, Tom Jones On this edition of All Songs Considered we've got an eclectic mix of live performances for you: Legendary crooner Tom Jones plays at the desk of host Bob Boilen, Leonard Cohen offers a rare and intimate concert from The Beacon Theatre in New York, and Antony and the Johnsons give an eerily beautiful performance from Washington, D.C. Also on the show: U2 returns with its best album in years, and a new Daniel Lanois-produced album from Rocco DeLuca and the Burden. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Neko Case, Franz Ferdinand, Bishop Allen, Serge Gainsbourg Hear a sneak preview of Middle Cyclone, the heartbreakingly beautiful new album from chanteuse Neko Case. Also on the show: M. Ward offers a live, solo, acoustic performance of one of the tracks from his latest CD, Hold Time, a swaggering new record from Scotland's Franz Ferdinand, the infectious Brooklyn-based pop duo Bishop Allen, great unknown folk singer Jesse Marchant, and France's "dirty old man of popular music," Serge Gainsbourg. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Morrissey, Lily Allen, Laura Gibson Laura Gibson is a shy, soft-spoken singer based in Portland, Ore., who is about to release one of the year's most breathtaking albums. Beasts of Seasons is a quiet masterpiece, with gorgeous songs that have roots in traditional folk, but always take the lesser-worn paths leading in unexpected directions. We'll preview the entire album beginning at 11:59 p.m. ET Feb. 16. You can also hear a preview on this edition of All Songs Considered, with the song "Spirited." Also on the program: new mu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Lesser-Known Love Songs (M. Ward Correction) Host Bob Boilen chats with Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton and Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson about their favorite songs for love and heartbreak. Hear some of the lesser-known tracks by artists like Betty Davis, The Gerbils, Brian Eno, and Clem Snide, plus a few classic favorites. (Note: This version of the program contains an important correction about our upcoming M. Ward performance.) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Lesser-Known Love Songs Host Bob Boilen chats with Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton and Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson about their favorite songs for love and heartbreak. Hear some of the lesser-known tracks by artists like Betty Davis, The Gerbils, Brian Eno, and Clem Snide, plus a few classic favorites. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Decemberists, Dan Deacon, Buddy Holly, More Next month The Decemberists will debut their new album, The Hazards Of Love, live, in its entirety, at the NPR Music showcase, at this year's South by Southwest festival. In the meantime, you can hear a sneak preview on this edition of All Songs Considered, with "The Rake's Song." Also on the show: previews of new music from the wild and infectious electro-pop artist Dan Deacon; solo music from Dan Auerbach, guitarist for The Black Keys; the beautiful voice of Luke Temple of Here We Go Magi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Beirut, David Byrne, AC Newman, Antony and the Johnsons The New York-based band Beirut travels to Mexico for its latest album: a brassy, adventurous double EP called March of Zapotec. It won't be released until the end of February, but you can hear a sneak preview here with the song, "The Shrew." Also on this edition of All Songs Considered: an ambitious debut release from the seven-piece, Nashville-based ensemble Darla Farmer; a collaboration between David Byrne and the Dirty Projectors, as part of a new album to promote AIDS awareness; a moody ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Animal Collective Chat A conversation with Animal Collective members, Dave Portner (Avey Tare), Noah Lennox (Panda Bear) and Brian Weitz (Geologist). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Songs For These Times On this special edition of NPR's All Songs Considered, we offered a challenge to songwriters. Write a song that reflects these historic times. I think when we look back in time and listen to these songs, they will aptly reflect the spirit and mood of America, January 20th 2009. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | GlobalFEST: World Music Showcase For the past six years, New York City has been host to the brief but intense annual world music festival known as GlobalFEST. This year, All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen attended the one-night event, featuring a dozen bands on three different stages. It was a stunning mix of music: an electronica band from Marsailles, a Qawwali band from Brooklyn, an Inuit throat singer raised near the magnetic North Pole, a bagpiper from Iran, and much more. On this edition of All Songs Considered Bob ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Exclusive Previews: M. Ward, Animal Collective, Bon Iver, More On this edition of All Songs Considered we've got exclusive sneak previews of some of this year's most anticipated albums: M. Ward's upcoming release, Hold Time, is a gorgeously produced mix of finger-picked guitars, upright bass and shuffling rhythms, all tied together by his achy voice. Hear the song "Stars of Leo," now on All Songs Considered, and the entire M. Ward album at midnight Monday, Jan. 12. Also on the show: Bon Iver, Animal Collective, Heartless Bastards, and a classic from th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Chat: Andrew Bird Andrew Bird chats about his new album, Noble Beast, with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. This week, NPR Music is giving listeners the chance to hear the entire record as part of its exclusive First Listen series. This chat originally took place on Jan. 8. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Andrew Bird, The Bad Plus, Begushkin, More We start the new year with a new mix, featuring an exclusive preview of Andrew Bird's latest album, Noble Beast. The classically trained violinist and singer performs a quirky mix of whistled melodies, Gypsy ballads, folk and art-rock. We've got the song "Oh No" here, but you can also hear the entire album as part of our "first listen" series. Also on the show: classic folk-rock singer Benjy Ferree, the Afro-funk rhythms of Chopteeth, an eclectic mixtape from Malawi-born singer Esau Mwamway ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Viking's Choice: A Year Of Beautiful Noise For the past month, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich laid out multiple strips of paper on his desk, occasionally re-arranging them and whittling down the numbers. The small strips of paper said things like Uncle Owen Aunt Beru, Extra Life and Erykah Badu. It was like some odd game of solitaire. It turns out he was working on his list of the year's top CDs, analog-style. Lars' love for music is keen, and his tastes are quite different from ours, so from time to time, we invite him to All Song ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bob Boilen's Top Ten List For 2008 It's sort of silly for anyone to try to narrow down a definitive list of the year's best music, but it's a lot of fun. Hopefully, reading all these lists provides a chance to find out about something you haven't heard and see if it fills something inside. Give a listen to the music highlighted below, and in the comments section, tell me what you think. In light of my selections, I'd love to hear recommendations for music you think I'd like. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Holiday Music Mix Pour yourself some eggnog, throw on the shawl, and cozy up to the computer for our annual mix of holiday music, featuring fresh takes on old classics and a few new surprises. On this year's edition, we've got the dulcet tones of Winston... a pug, singing "Up On The Housetop." Electro-pop mashup genius The Real Tuesday Weld re-imagines a classic from Count Baise. Also on the program: A singing saw does "Frosty The Snowman," Christmas wishes from John Waters and Stephen Colbert, The Old 97's, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Poll Results: NPR Listeners Pick The Year's Best Music When the votes started pouring in from NPR listeners for the year's best albums, two things became clear immediately: It was going to be tight, and many of the top spots would go to new, smaller bands and their debut albums. Bigger, more established acts (Coldplay, My Morning Jacket) were well represented, but listeners seemed more inspired by the year's quieter, more intimate albums. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Poll Results: NPR Listeners Pick The Year's Best Music When the votes started pouring in from NPR listeners for the year's best albums, two things became clear immediately: It was going to be tight, and many of the top spots would go to new, smaller bands and their debut albums. Bigger, more established acts (Coldplay, My Morning Jacket) were well represented, but listeners seemed more inspired by the year's quieter, more intimate albums. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Year In Review: 2008 On this edition of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen talks with Carrie Brownstein (Monitor Mix blogger), Stephen Thompson (editor for Song of the Day), and Robin Hilton (All Songs producer and host of Second Stage) about the year in music. What were the biggest surprises of 2008? What were the best new bands, or the best songs? Listen and let us know what you think by joining the NPR online community, and sharing your comments. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Decemberists, R.E.M., The Heligoats, More This year marks the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.'s debut full-length album, Murmur. The band is marking the occasion with a remastered version of the record and a deluxe edition that includes a bonus live concert from 1983. The Decemberists are also back, with a collection of new singles. Always The Bridesmaid features seven new songs the band is releasing in three installments, on vinyl and as digital downloads but not as CDs. Also on the show: Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti's side project ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The White Album At 40 When The White Album was released 40 years ago this month, fans were both baffled and awe struck by its sprawling world of sound. It was released as a double LP (almost unheard of at the time) and featured instant classics like "I Will," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and "Blackbird." But The White Album (its real name is simply The Beatles) was also filled with songs many found hard to digest, like the eight-minute, experimental sound collage "Revolution 9" or the inexplicably surreal "Ho ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Exclusive Previews: Neil Young, Loney Dear, More A spectacular live recording of Neil Young performing in 1968, made just before the release of his very first solo album, is about to be made available for the first time ever. Sugar Mountain won't be out until December, but we've got the title track for you here as a sneak preview. We've also got an exclusive preview of new music from Sweden's Loney, Dear. The new album, Dear John, is due out in January, but you can hear the track "Airport Surroundings" now. Also on this edition of All Son ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Year's Overlooked Gems We receive several hundred CDs a week at All Songs Considered and do our best to listen to a bit of everything. But there's only enough time and space on the show to cover a tiny fraction of them. That means a lot of great albums get missed. Fortunately, as we compile our ballot for the year's best CDs, NPR listeners have been helping us find some of those buried and overlooked musical gems. On this edition of All Songs Considered we share some of those picks: the best of the CDs we missed ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | More Recordings To Hear Before You Die On this edition of All Songs Considered we continue our talk with NPR reviewer and author Tom Moon about his new book, 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List. Tom describes the exhaustive research required to compile the list, and reveals some of his dumb-luck discoveries, like the late blues guitarist Blind Blake and reggae artist Hugh Mundell. We also look at some of the obvious classics that didn't make it in the book, including music from the psychedelic rock gr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Lykke Li, The Elephant 6 Orchestra, Sparks, More Sweden has been producing some of the best pop music of the past decade. On our latest mix we've got new music from singer Lykke Li (pronounced Leaky-Lee), and the sprawling, 30-member group I'm From Barcelona. Also on the show: the British band Wild Beasts with their oddly titled new song "Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants;" the wildly strange and wonderful Sparks; twin sisters and the former drummer for Secret Machines form the band School of Seven Bells; and the influential Elephant 6 O ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Paul McCartney, Oasis, Lambchop, More Paul McCartney is about to release a new album he recorded with bassist and producer Martin Glover, a.k.a. Youth. Calling their project The Fireman, McCartney and Youth have put together an inspired mix of vocal pop and rock songs called Electric Arguments. It's due out in November, but we've got a sneak preview of it for you. Also on the show: Oasis is back with one of its best albums in years; Hear the song "To Be Where There's Life" from the CD Dig Out Your Soul. Simon Bookish is the per ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die So much to hear. So little time. You can spend your entire life devouring music, both new and old, and barely scratch the surface of all there is to discover. NPR reviewer and author Tom Moon is trying to make it a little easier for music fans with his new book: 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List. On this edition of All Songs Considered, we talk with Tom about his new book and listen to some of the incredible music he select, as well as some of the ones we think ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Antony and the Johnsons, Buena Vista Social Club, More It's been three years since Antony and the Johnsons released a CD. The band is back with a new EP featuring the strangely haunting voice of frontman Antony Hegarty. Hear "Shake the Devil" from Another World. Also on the show: a live recording of the Buena Vista Social Club performing at Carnegie Hall; old school soul from singer Raphael Saadiq; the vivid imagery of singer David Eugene Edwards and Woven Hand; songwriter Scott Jared, a music therapist by day and Super XX Man by night; and a w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Will Sheff of Okkervil River Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff shares some of his favorite (and fairly obscure) music with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. The two talk about Okkervil River's latest album, The Stand-Ins and listen to some of the songs Sheff has loved and been inspired by over the years. Hear music from soul singer Lorraine Ellison, the 1960s Jamaican group Carlton and the Shoes, former teen idol-turned introspective singer Dion, and The Penetrators — a 1970s band some would call punk, other ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Fall Music Preview All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen looks at some of the most anticipated CDs due out this fall, with reviewers Tom Moon, Will Hermes, and Meredith Ochs. Hear a sneak preview of TV On the Radio's spectacular new album, Dear Science, plus the latest and reportedly final CD from The Streets, a sultry new record from Lucinda Williams, more bootleg recordings from Bob Dylan, the comically cool Eagles of Death Metal, stunning harmonies from Blitzen Trapper, neo-folk chanteuse Jolie Holland, Bra ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Jesus H Christ, The Electric Mandolin, More The hypnotic Canadian rock trio Land of Talk is about to release its debut full-length CD; we've got a sneak preview. For some, the first recordings of Creedence Clearwater Revival were flat, but newly-mixed versions of the albums let fans hear the band's music in rich fidelity. Hear "Born On A Bayou," from the reissued Bayou Country. Jesus H Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse make music that's irreverent to some, but hilarious to others. The band's new CD is Happier Than You. A ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The 1980s: Were They Really That Bad? Were the 1980s the worst years for music? NPR listeners seem to think so, according the results of our poll. When asked to pick the best year for music, nearly everyone skipped the '80s entirely. On this edition of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen looks back at the decade of synth pop, hair metal, and hardcore with Stephen Thompson, editor of Song of the Day, Robin Hilton, All Songs Considered producer and host of Second Stage, and Carrie Brownstein, writer for the Monitor Mix blog. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Music of PCP, Jenny Lewis, Juana Molina, More The New York rock group Ra Ra Riot returns from an emotional roller coaster with a fantastic new CD. Hear a cut from The Rhumb Line. Singer Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley mixes it up on her latest solo CD, Acid Tongue. Argentinian singer Juana Molina has a mesmerizing new album out in October. We've got a sneak preview. Also on the show: Brooklyn duo High Places, the "Dreamend" songs of Ryan Graveface, "Failure" from singer Laura Marling, and PCP, also known as the Portland Cello Project. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Okkervil River, Of Montreal, The Broken West, More With fall rapidly approaching, we'll soon begin making a list of the year's best albums. Two bands from last year's top-20 are back in the running again for this year: Okkervil River and Of Montreal. We've got a sneak preview of new music from both bands. Also on the show: Steve Earle and Gillian Welch offer songs from their performances at this year's Newport Folk Festival; Jeff Hanson sings with an improbable, but stunning voice on his new album, Madam Owl; New York-based The Walkmen have ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Byrne and Eno: Together Again Twenty Seven years ago, Brian Eno and David Byrne made a record like no other: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Now, nearly 30 years later, they're about to release a follow-up. We've got a sneak preview. Also on this edition of All Songs Considered: a surprising collaboration between reggae legend Lee "Scratch" Perry and Andrew W.K. Van Dyke Parks and Inara George (singer for The Bird and The Bee) team up for an unusual record of baroque-styled pop songs. We've also got new music from Earlim ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Randy Newman The singer-songwriter's new CD, Harps and Angels, is as good as anything he's ever done and, at times, better. He stopped by to DJ an episode of All Songs and talk about his favorite songs and the musicians that shape his music, especially Ray Charles, the Beatles and his uncle, Alfred Newman. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Newport Folk Festival Preview - Jay Sweet Interview This year's Newport Folk Festival includes artists not necessarily associated with 'folk' music. But with artists reportedly playing songs and in style they normally wouldn't think to play, the festival looks to be a weekend full of great music moments. Host Bob Boilen speaks with Jay Sweet, editor-at-large for Paste Magazine and Associate Producer of the Newport Folk Festival. NPR will webcast concerts throughout the weekend. For more information go to npr.org/music. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tom Waits Glitter And Doom Concert Preview Tom Waits doesn't tour a lot, and when he does, tickets are hard to come by. But you can hear the final U.S. concert from Waits' most recent tour here, or download the show by subscribing to the All Songs Considered Live Concerts podcast. In the meantime, this week's episode of All Songs features an excerpt from that performance. Also, hear Martin Quinn and Angelina Carberry share their Irish tradition; Celtic music from Cape Breton, with the spectacular fiddle of Kimberley Fraser; and Afri ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tilly and the Wall, Doveman, The Notwist, More The secret identity of the electronic artist known as Podington Bear has been blown. Hear how it happened. We've also got music from the gentle-voiced singer, Doveman. He turns the dance-pop song "Let's Hear It For The Boy," from the Footloose soundtrack, into a slow dirge. Also on the show: Tilly and the Wall, a baroque viola piece, Teddy Thompson, the gifted son of Richard and Linda Thompson, Swedish singer Sarah Assbring, also known as El Perro Del Mar, and a nearly flawless new album fr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Viking's Choice What's that noise? Do you hear it? It sounds like maybe a spoon in a garbage disposal. Oh, wait, it's just NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich playing death metal through his headphones again. On this edition of All Songs Considered, Gotrich sits down with host Bob Boilen and talks about some of the artists he thinks have been noticeably absent from the show this year — some hard and loud, some ethereal and restrained. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Best CDs of 2008 (So Far) The results are in: After several weeks of tallying votes, we've got a pretty good idea of what NPR listeners think are the best CDs so far in 2008. Many were albums we've already covered this year on the show, but there were plenty of others we never got to. On this edition of All Songs Considered we'll look at the poll results and play some of the CDs we missed. Hear music from Panic at the Disco, Santogold, Girl Talk and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Seun Kuti, Bonnie Prince Billy, Eef Barzelay Hear music from Seun Kuti, son of Nigerian artist Fela Kuti, that rivals his father's, plus insanely fun songs from the Baltimore band, Ponytail. Also on the show: English folk group The Watersons see their 1975 album For Pence and Spicy Ale reissued, new music from the influential art-folk singer Bonnie Prince Billy, a.k.a. Will Oldham, and Eef Barzelay steps away from his band Clem Snide to put out a solo album called Lose Big. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Summer Music Preview All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with several reviewers about the CDs they're most looking forward to coming this Summer. Hear sneak previews of new music from Beck, Randy Newman, solo work from Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, Kimya Dawson (the singer behind the Juno soundtrack), the Hold Steady, Missy Elliott and more. Guests for the program are: Stephen Thompson (editor for NPR's Song of the Day), Amy Phillips (Senior Editor for Pitchforkmedia.com), and Bruce Warren (Assistant Gene ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sigur Ros, Wolf Parade, Dandy Warhols, Sparks, More On this edition of All Songs Considered we get a preview of new music from the elvish band from Iceland, Sigur Ros; We look back at the strange and comical music of Sparks, plus new music from Portland's Dandy Warhols, Wolf Parade, the gorgeous rock of Eric Chenaux, and the Sardinian, one of the world's largest guitars, performed by Paolo Angeli. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Sound of a Generation Every generation has its own soundtrack. The Silent Generation (people born in the '20s and '30s) had big band and swing. Baby Boomers (born in the '40s and '50s) had rock and soul. Generation X (born in the '60s and '70s) had grunge and hip-hop. On this edition of All Songs Considered, we look back at the defining music of those generations and ask what the soundtrack is for the current generation, Generation Y (or Millennials). Featured music: Beck: "Where It's At" from Odelay Nirvana ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dr. Dog, Adem, Ratatat The new album from Philadelphia's psych-rock group Dr. Dog won't be out until the end of July, but we've got an exclusive preview. Hear the song "The Old Days" from their new CD, Fate. Plus, gentle new folk from Adem, San Francisco singer-songwriter Thao Ngueyn, Deerhunter frontman Bradfor Cox's Atlas Sound project, electro-rock duo Ratatat and songs of accidents and emergencies from Spiritualized. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mates of State, Sam Phillips, Jethro Tull, More Singer-songwriter Sam Phillips makes gorgeously textured, spare acoustic music. Hear a cut from her mesmerizing new CD ' Don't Do Anything.' The keyboard-and-drums duo Mates of State are back with their best album yet, the stunning 'Re-Arrange Us'. Also on the show: the whimsical world of Rupa and the April Fishes, a classic reissued from Jethro Tull, New Orleans pianist Henry Butler, and Rachel Taylor Brown, another great unknown from our Second Stage series. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ T-Bone Burnett T-Bone Burnett is a remarkable producer. He's been the creative force behind some of the most memorable recordings by artists like Roy Orbison, Elvis Costello and Sam Phillips. Many know Burnett for his work on the O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack in 2000. Most recently he produced Raising Sand, a stunning collaboration between Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. On this edition of All Songs Considered T-Bone Burnett shares some of his favorite songs and talks about his new solo release, To ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Great Unknowns Showcase This week's edition of All Songs Considered is full of surprises: great music from bands we'd never heard of before. They're not the easiest names to search for online: AU, Bell, Okay are a few of them. But they're all making inspired, richly diverse and beautifully produced albums. Hear the art-folk group Bowerbirds, Russian-born singer Olga Bell, the pop trio Try Me Bicycle (from our 'Second Stage' series) and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Portishead Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley of the trip-hop group Portishead talk with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen about their new album, Third and share some of the songs that have influenced their work over the years. Hear selections from Third, along with music from Jimi Hendrix, Public Enemy, Kraftwerk and British actor and singer Noel Harrison. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Portishead Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley of the trip-hop group Portishead talk with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen about their new album, Third and share some of the songs that have influenced their work over the years. Hear selections from Third, along with music from Jimi Hendrix, Public Enemy, Kraftwerk and British actor and singer Noel Harrison. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Elf Power, Gnarls Barkley, The Black Keys, More Former members of Olivia Tremor control return as Circulatory System: we've got a preview of new work from their upcoming album; Athens, GA neo-psych group Elf Power releases their best CD of the decade; The Black Keys get in touch with their softer side; folk singer Laura Gibson shares some old blues; Gnarls Barkley return as the 'odd couple'; West African artist Etran Finatawa has a powerful new collection of desert blues; and hip-hop chameleon Tim Fite produces his most ambitious record ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ: Colin Meloy Colin Meloy, frontman for The Decemberists, has earned legions of fans for his affecting story songs steeped in history and romance. Now on tour for his latest solo album, Colin Meloy Sings Live!, he stopped by the NPR studios to chat with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen and share some of his favorite songs. Hear music from The Smiths, Scritti Politti, British folksinger Anne Briggs and selections from Meloy's new CD. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Spring Music Preview Hear a sneak preview of CDs due out this spring, including new music from My Morning Jacket, Shearwater, Elbow, Wolf Parade, and more. All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with Stephen Thompson, curator for NPR's Song of the Day, KEXP DJ Cheryl Waters, and The Current DJ Mark Wheat about the releases they're most looking forward to in the coming weeks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW: R.E.M. Live (Single Track) Hear the band perform the title track from their new CD,'Accelerate,'recorded live at the SXSW festival in Austin, TX. The whole concert is available for streaming from the NPR.org Web site. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Video: Nellie McKay, Project Song Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay takes our challenge to write and record a song with just two days in the studio. We provide the inspiration and instruments, she provides the music. The end result was a song she calls"Cavendish."See how she did it in this video produced by All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen and NPR video producers David Gilkey and John Poole. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Raconteurs, Devotchka, Colin Meloy, More Devotchka, the band behind the popular soundtrack to Little Miss Sunshine, is back with a brilliant new album. Hear a cut from A Mad and Faithful Telling. We've also got music from Colin Meloy, frontman for the Decemberists, and his new CD of live, solo performances; music from the wildly unpredictable Man Man; new work from The Raconteurs, featuring Jack White and Brendon Benson; and Peter Fedofsky, one of more than 2,000 artists who wrote and recorded an album in one month as part of the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Problems with the Podcast? If you're not getting the whole show when you download the all songs considered podcast, first delete the bad file, then unsubscribe from the podcast and re-subscribe. Try downloading the file again and you should get the whole thing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Ray Davies Ray Davies, former frontman for The Kinks, shares some of the songs that have inspired him over the years with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. Hear music from Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Chuck Berry and more, as well as selections from Ray Davies' latest solo album, Working Man's Cafe. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW: Summerbirds in the Cellar Summerbirds in the Cellar shares members with the moody pop-rock band Now It's Overhead, and the two bands do share similar sounds. The group spends half its time in Athens, Ga., so R.E.M. comparisons are inevitable, but there's a bit more polish to R.E.M.'s ragtag jangle. Summerbirds' latest is With the Hands of the Hunter It All Becomes Dead, an album densely layered with pulsing synths, cooed vocals, and jagged guitars. Hear the group recorded live in concert from Austin, TX as part of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW Wrap Up All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen, NPR's Song of the Day curator Stephen Thompson and Carrie Brownstein, Monitor Mix blogger and former guitarist for Sleater-Kinney, review their week at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX. They discovered and saw a lot of great bands including My Morning Jacket and a dozen other acts webcast Live by NPR Music. On this edition of All Songs Considered they share their most memorable moments. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW Preview We're pretty excited about this year's South by Southwest music festival. NPR Music and All Songs Considered will be in Austin next week, blogging, broadcasting and webcasting nearly two dozen live concerts. You'll hear R.E.M., My Morning Jacket, Jens Lekman, Vampire Weekend and many more, all webcast live on NPR.org. On this edition of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with NPR Music blogger and Sleater-Kinney guitarist Carrie Brownstein, and music producer Stephen Thompson abo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Raveonettes, Toumani Diabate, Punch Brothers, More On this edition of All Songs Considered: the heavy pop sounds of Dutch duo The Raveonettes; a solo kora recording by Toumani Diabate; chamber-bluegrass from the former Nickel Creek mandolin player; dark and sardonic solo recording from A.A. Bondy; genre-splitting music from 17 Hippies; and a tribute to Robert Altman's funeral by Steven Bernstein. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dengue Fever, Cowboy Junkies, Black Mountain, More On this edition of All Songs Considered: Cambodian-inspired rock from LA's Dengue Fever; revisiting the legendary Trinity Sessions by the Cowboy Junkies; pscyh-rock revivalists Black Mountain; gifted lyricist John Darnielle, A.K.A. the Mountain Goats; Baltimore's dream pop duo Beach House; and recapturing the banjo with Otis Taylor. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Thom Yorke Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke shares some of his favorite music with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. The two talk about Radiohead's latest work, In Rainbows and listen to some of the artists Yorke admires, including German electronica group Modeselektor, rapper Madvillain, techno duo Autechre and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music from the British Isles All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with Myron Bretholz and Gus Vorhees about the evolution of British and Irish folk music. Myron and Gus are both gifted musicians and aficionados of music from the British Isles. They look back at the thriving Irish and British folk music scene of the 1970s and share music from some of the artists reshaping that scene today, including Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Eliza Carthy and John Doyle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Band to Call Your Own Part II We continue our Band to Call Your Own series this week with more music picks from NPR listeners. It all started a couple of weeks ago on the All Songs Considered blog when we asked people to tell us about their favorite band that few people have ever heard. We got so many great suggestions we decided to feature more of the standouts this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Band to Call Your Own On our All Songs Considered blog we recently asked listeners to tell us about a favorite band that few people have ever heard. Think of it as "a band to call your own" -- an artist or group you love and want to keep all to yourself, even though you know it'd be cool if they got the attention they deserve. We got a lot of suggestions. On this edition of All Songs Considered we share some of the standouts. You can read about more "bands to call your own" on our blog. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | CDs We Missed: LCD Soundsystem, Amy Winehouse, more 08-09-2007 We don't always get it right when it comes to reviewing the best CDs out there. On this edition of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with NPR reviewers Will Hermes, Tom Moon and Meredith Ochs about some of the gems we've missed this year. Hear music from LCD Soundsystem, Amy Winehouse, Patty Griffin, Roky Erickson and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music from Belize, Patty Larkin, Ray Davies, Lightspeed Champion, More This week features music from the late Central American artist Andy Palacio, a preview of new music from Patty Larkin, folk-driven rock from Lightspeed Champion, a return from the Kinks' Ray Davies and the British electronic pop group Hot Chip. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music from the film 'Juno,' Ringo Starr, Paul Simon's son Harper Simon, More The remarkable singer-songwriter Kimya Dawson finally gets the attention she deserves with her music appearing in the Juno soundtrack. Paul Simon's son Harper Simon joins Cibo Matto's Yuka Honda, Sean Lennon with guest vocals from Edie Brickell for The Heavy Circles. Also, hear the mystifying sounds found on the Living Bridge, the self-proclaimed "ghettotech" of Ilya E. Monosov, and a new release from Ringo Starr. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Billie Holiday, Vampire Weekend, The Magnetic Fields, More On this edition of All Songs Considered: rare live recordings from Billie Holiday; remembering a classic from post-punk group The Jesus and Mary Chain that inspired new music from the Magnetic Fields; a new single from Peter Gabriel from his upcoming CD Big Blue Ball; the "Upper West Side Soweto" sound of Vampire Weekend; the wintry songs of Bon Iver; handmade music from Fire on Fire. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Mark Ronson Guest DJ Mark Ronson chats with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen and shares some of the songs that have inspired his own music over the years. Ronson is known for his horn-driven production work for artists like Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen. He also makes bold remixes of music by other artists like Cold Play and Bob Dylan. Ronson's most recent album is called Version. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR Listeners Pick the Year's Best CDs Tens of thousands of listeners voted in the All Songs Considered poll for the year's best CDs. It was tight for much of the race. Radiohead and Arcade Fire ran neck-and-neck for first place. But in the end, Radiohead's In Rainbows pulled ahead as an overwhelming winner for the most popular album in 2007. There were also some surprises: some of the year's most anticipated CDs (like Rilo Kiley's Under the Blacklight), or most popular albums (like Lily Allen's Alright, Still) barely made the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Project Song: Georgie James The Challenge: write and record a song in two days. Georgie James is a band on the rise. The duo makes smart, infectious pop with tight harmonies and jangling guitars -- an upbeat and innocent sound that's made its debut album (Places) a sleeper success. Georgie James visits NPR's Studio 4A for the Project Song challenge: Write and record a song in two days. The duo of Laura Burhenn and John Davis gathered at NPR's Studio 4A with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen and browsed a set of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Holiday Music Mix It's time to gather 'round the warm glow of your computer and get cozy with some holiday fare from All Songs Considered. On this edition we travel over the snow-covered hill and dale with Swedish electronica duo The Knife. We've got a sneak preview of the upcoming Magnetic Fields album 'Distorition,' gorgeous choral harmonies from Trio Mediaeval and more. 01. Amiina: "Hilli" 02. The Knife: "Christmas Reindeer" 03. Sally Shapiro: "Anorak Christmas" 04. The New Pornographers: "The S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 2007: The Year in Review Host Bob Boilen talks with reviewers Carrie Brownstein, Will Hermes, Tom Moon and Meredith Ochs about the year's biggest surprises and letdowns in music. Hear their picks for the year's most innovative album, the best new band of 2007, the year's best song and more. Featured songs and artists are listed below. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Balkan Electronica, Bloc Party, Chris Walla Exclusive An exclusive preview from the solo debut by Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla; Balkan-flavored electronica from Shantel; J-pop girl group Oreska Band; A new dance pop single from Bloc Party; A curious world of sound from Britain's Tunng; The Pink Floyd-inspired Radar Brothers; Japanese electronic artist Shuta Hasunuma, from our Second Stage. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Balkan Electronica, Bloc Party, Chris Walla Exclusive An exclusive preview from the solo debut by Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla; Balkan-flavored electronica from Shantel; J-pop girl group Oreska Band; A new dance pop single from Bloc Party; A curious world of sound from Britain's Tunng; The Pink Floyd-inspired Radar Brothers; Japanese electronic artist Shuta Hasunuma, from our Second Stage. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Grizzly Bear, Emma Pollock, Shocking Pinks, More Brooklyn art-rock band Grizzly Bear revisits the creepy 1962 Phil Spector song "He Hit Me"; new music from Brazilian singer Ceu finally makes it to the U.S.; Scottish singer-songwriter Emma Pollock releases her solo debut after leaving the Delgados; New Zealand rockers Shocking Pinks pay homage to My Bloody Valentine; Philadelphia's Valerie Project score a re-imagined soundtrack to an obscure 1970 Czechoslovakian film; indie outsiders Lucinda Blackbear make beautiful, rainy day music, from ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Ian Parton of The Go! Team All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with Ian Parton, frontman for the frenetic, hip-hop-cheerleader-rock group The Go! Team. Parton shares some of his favorite songs and talks about the band's new CD Proof of Youth, out now on Sub Pop records. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Live Concerts Podcast This is just a brief program note to let you know about our new All Songs Considered live concert podcast. We've just launched it with a performance by Nickel Creek. Subscribe to the concerts podcast for access to all the past live shows, including Spoon, The New Pornographers, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Project Song: Stephin Merritt Project Song: Stephin Merritt - The challenge: write, record and mix a song in 2 days. Watch this video podcast with All Songs host Bob Boilen as Stephin Merritt composes and plays all the instruments on his new song The Man of a Million Faces. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | FIXED: The New Pornographers Live 10-30-2007 The New Pornographers in concert. With host Bob Boilen. Includes an interview with the band. A full set list for this performance is available at NPR.org. (This version fixes a file error with a previous release of the New Pornographers concert). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Jens Lekman 10-26-2007 Swedish pop artist Jens Lekman talks about his latest CD, Night Falls Over Kortedala and shares some of his favorite recordings. Hear selections from his new album, plus songs and musicians he's loving now, like Kim Ki O and the Rapper's Delight Club. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Spoon in Concert 10-24-2007 Spoon in concert. With host Bob Boilen. Includes an interview with the band at the end of the show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Stars in Concert 10-22-2007 Stars in concert. With host Bob Boilen. Includes an interview with the band at the end of the show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | David Byrne, Beirut, Tender Forever, More 10-18-2007 A rare re-issue from David Byrne; Balkan Brass via the New York band Beirut; Wood spoons, laptop tunes: Tender Forever; More surprises from singer Nellie McKay; Black Flag memories from Dirty Projectors; The tainted love and fight songs of Shivaree; With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Radiohead, Neil Young, Jolie Holland, More 10-12-2007 Host Bob Boilen looks at some of the most anticipated CDs coming out before the end of the year, with NPR reviewers Meredith Ochs, Tom Moon and Robert Christgau. Hear new music from Radiohead, Neil Young, Youssou N'Dour and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | FIXED: Josh Ritter in Concert 10-10-2007 Josh Ritter in Concert. With host Bob Boilen. A set list for this performance is available online. npr.org/liveconcerts (a previous version of this podcast contained an error) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Animal Collective Live, 10-01-2007 Animal Collective in concert, with host Bob Boilen. Animal Collective makes wildly experimental sound collages its members describe as "sonic, freeform, electronic, horror, gospel, hip-hop, soul, pop madness." To some, it's more noise than music. But to the group's fans, Animal Collective is making the most inventive and playfully refreshing sounds of the year. A set list for this show is available at NPR.org. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Small Sins, More, 09-28-2007 A duet from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; Bob Dylan remixed by DJ Mark Ronson; British folk guitarist Martin Simpson; The trippy morning face of Small Sins; Artful harmonic pop from Georgie James; The beautifully depressing Doveman. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Rilo Kiley in Concert, 09-27-2007 Rilo Kiley in concert. With host Bob Boilen. The hauntingly soulful voice of singer Jenny Lewis has drawn legions of fans to the L.A. band Rilo Kiley. Since releasing its first CD in 2001, the band has gradually abandoned its weepy pop-country sound for '80s-inspired college rock and new wave, but the incandescent passion in Lewis' voice has remained, drawing comparisons to Loretta Lynn and Neko Case. Now on tour in support of 'Under the Blacklight,' Rilo Kiley visits Washington, D.C.'s 9: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bishop Allen in Concert, 09-25-2007 Bishop Allen in Concert. With host Bob Boilen. Bishop Allen is an upbeat, playful pop group based in Brooklyn, N.Y. Though not officially a duo, Bishop Allen features the songwriting of Justin Rice and Christian Rudder. The long-time friends formed the group in 2003 with a rotating cast of supporting members. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | John Vanderslice in Concert, 09-25-2007 John Vanderslice in concert. With host Bob Boilen. Vanderslice is one of the most imaginative, prolific and consistently rewarding artists making music today. He's released six mostly conceptual solo albums in about as many years, all of them widely praised for the way they reflect Vanderslice's curious world of sonic and musical experimentation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Louis Prima, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Joe Henry 09-21-2007 Jazz singer and trumpeter Louis Prima; Miles Davis live from 1963; Legendary saxophonist John Coltrane; Moody, ethereal singer Pieta Brown; A rich world of sound from Joe Henry. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Apples in Stereo in Concert 09-20-2007 The Apples in Stereo in concert. With host Robin Hilton. The Apples in Stereo first emerged in the early '90s as part of the Elephant 6 collective, a group of musicians with a shared love of lo-fi, neo-psychedelic rock. Fifteen years later, the collective has disbanded, and flagship bands like Olivia Tremor Control and Neutral Milk Hotel have stopped releasing new work. But The Apples in Stereo's members play on, returning with one of 2007's most inspired and ambitious recordings. The ban ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Nick Lowe in Concert 09-18-2007 British country-pop crooner Nick Lowe in a full concert. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Jose Gonzalez, Vic Chesnutt, More 09-12-2007 Swedish art-pop singer Jens Lekman; Distinguished country crooner Nick Lowe; Broken Social Scene presents Kevin Drew; The gentle voiced, poignant Jose Gonzalez; The political and passionate Steve Earle; Southern flavored story artist Vic Chesnutt; Brilliant psychedelic pop from Rotary Downs. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The New Pornographers, The Go! Team, Bishop Allen, More 09-06-2007 The best yet from The New Pornographers; Brilliant new art-pop by Bishop Allen; Surprises from new-folk singer Josh Ritter; Punk-inspired worldbeat artist Manu Chao; The proof of youth from The Go! Team; Kenyan dance music by Extra Golden. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Jose Gonzalez in Concert 10-06-2007 Jose Gonzalez in concert. With host Bob Boilen. A set list for this performance is available online. npr.org/liveconcerts Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | PJ Harvey, Caribou, Cass McCombs, More 10-05-2007 Mathematician turned musician Dan Snaith, a.k.a. Caribou; the sound of '70s Southern California from Cass McCombs; A delightful Sunset Rubdown; Britpop singer, guitarist Richard Hawley; The quiet side of guitar rocker PJ Harvey; A tribute to Automatic for the People. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Okkervil River Live, 10-03-2007 Okkervil River in concert. Propelled by the cryptic songwriting of frontman Will Sheff, the Austin band Okkervil River makes dark, literate rock that's as explosive as it is thoughtful and intimate. Now on tour in support of one of the year's best albums, 'The Stage Names,' Okkervil River visits Washington, D.C. for a full concert. The performance from the Rock and Roll Hotel was originally webcast live on NPR.org Sept. 30. A set list for this show is available at NPR.org. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Iron and Wine Live, 10-02-2007 Iron and Wine in concert. When soft became the new loud in indie circles a few years ago, Iron and Wine quickly stepped ahead of the pack as the most arresting of the whispery new-folk artists. Led by the gentle-voiced Sam Beam, the group makes morose and mysterious music, with impressively layered harmonies and the barest instrumentation. Hear the band in a full concert, recorded live from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, on Sept. 29. A set list for this show is available at NPR.org. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Anoushka Shankar DJs 08-30-2007 Sitar master Anoushka Shankar spins some of her favorite songs and chats with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen about her latest CD, Breathing Under Water. Hear selections from her new album, co-produced with Karsh Kale, along with music from Anoushka's sister, Norah Jones, her father Ravi Shankar, Bjork and Massive Attack. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Rilo Kiley, Stars, Maps, more 08-23-2007 80s-inspired pop from Canada's Stars; Master sitar player Anoushka Shankar with Karsh Kale; Psychedelic folk-pop from Iron and Wine; Guitarist Bill Frisell and Floratone; Jenny Lewis returns with Rilo Kiley; A feast of frenzy from Animal Collective; My Bloody Valentine-inspired rock by Maps. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dan Deacon, Queens of the Stone Age, St. Vincent, more 08-16-2007 Upper Westside Soweto from Vampire Weekend; Metal pop from Queens of the Stone Age; Absurdist electronic artist Dan Deacon; West coast power pop by Jason Falkner; "Real" power pop from The Flamin' Groovies; Sufjan Stevens singer goes solo as St. Vincent; Soulful rock from Joan as Policewoman; Australian jazz bassist Tal Wilkenfeld. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Flight of the Conchords, Charles Mingus, More, 08-03-2007 Flight of the Conchords, Swedish pop group Sambassadeur, The Real Tuesday Weld, Fats Domino, Charles Mingus, Stephen Stills, Thurston Moore. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Swell Season live, 07-27-2007 The Swell Season in concert. Playing under the name The Swell Season, Irish singer Glen Hansard and Czech new-comer Marketa Irglova sing affecting folk-rock songs with blissful harmonies. Hear the stars of the sleeper hit musical Once recorded live in concert from Washington, D.C. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Okkervil River, John Vanderslice, Architecture in Helsinki 07-26-2007 Okkervil River, John Vanderslice, Peel, choral music from Stile Antico, Architecture in Helsinki, David Dondero and guitarist Bob Brozman. With host Robin Hilton. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Gogol Bordello, Live Concert 07-23-2007 Gogol Bordello, concert FIXED. Gogol Bordello is a spectacle. The wildly exuberant, multi-ethnic group from New York City makes frenetic music that's part punk rock, part Gypsy folk, part Cabaret. Led by Eugene H?tz, a Chernobyl survivor from Ukraine, the band is famous for its costumed live shows that often stretch for more than two explosive hours. Gogol Bordello performed at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, in a full concert originally webcast live on NPR.org July 18. (The previous podcast ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Gogol Bordello, Live Concert 07-23-2007 Gogol Bordello, live in concert. Gogol Bordello is a spectacle. The wildly exuberant, multi-ethnic group from New York City makes frenetic music that's part punk rock, part Gypsy folk, part Cabaret. Led by Eugene H?tz, a Chernobyl survivor from Ukraine, the band is famous for its costumed live shows that often stretch for more than two explosive hours. Gogol Bordello performed at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, in a full concert originally webcast live on NPR.org July 18. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Travis, Live Concert 07-19-2007 Travis, live in concert. Emerging in the late '90s as one of the U.K.'s most passionate and infectious rock bands, Travis helped inspire a wave of new Britpop groups that included acts like Coldplay and Keane. The band is now on tour for its most inspired album in years. They performed at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, in a full concert originally webcast live on NPR.org July 16. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Femi Kuti Live 07-17-2007 Femi Kuti live in concert. A veritable superstar in his native Nigeria, Femi Kuti is the standard bearer for Afro-beat, the blend of American jazz and funk with African percussion and vocals pioneered by his father, Fela Kuti in the 1970s. Kuti performed at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. for a live concert webcast on NPR.org July 13. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Spoon, Interpol, The Smashing Pumpkins, 07-12-2007 Stellar new music from Austin's Spoon; Swedish minimalist electronica by The Field; A classic reissued from Laurie Anderson; Psychedelic jazz by Mushroom, Eddie Gale; New York's post-punk revivalists Interpol; A bold return for the Smashing Pumpkins. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Can Rock Save the World, 07-06-2007 Live Earth founder Kevin Wall, Paste magazine editor Josh Jackson and musician Alejandro Escovedo talk about music's role in bringing about change. They join host Bob Boilen in examining the ways rock music has helped solve problems on both a global and personal level. Below are just a few of the countless songs that have helped make a difference. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Polyphonic Spree in Concert, 07-02-2007 The Polyphonic Spree live in concert. With host Bob Boilen. With two-dozen uniformed members, The Polyphonic Spree is more like a small army than a band. True to its image, the Dallas-based group makes grand, symphonic rock with the exuberance of a heavenly choir. The band brings its epic sound to Washington, D.C. for an evening of music, originally webcast live on NPR.org Jun. 30, 2007. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Bryan Ferry, Mocean Worker: 06-28-2007 Mark Ronson, Mocean Worker, Michael Hearst, Amiina, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Bryan Ferry, Tord Gustavsen Trio. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Monday, 25 Jun 2007 Richard Thompson, live in concert. With host Bob Boilen. Richard Thompson has been making inspired music for forty years. A guitar virtuoso, early innovator of the British folk-rock movement, and one of the era's finest songwriters, his distinctive style as an artist has influenced two generations of musicians and poets. This program originally webcast live on Jun. 22, 2007 from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 21 Jun 2007 The National, live in concert. With host Bob Boilen. The National make thoughtful, mostly melancholy rock in the spirit of Joy Division or Leonard Cohen, with singer Matt Berninger's warm baritone voice set against deftly orchestrated instrumentation that's as epic as it is intimate. Hear the group recorded live in concert from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 14 Jun 2007 The National, The Polyphonic Spree, Travis, Lightning Dust, Patti Smith, John Lennon covered by Postal Service, Jakob Dylan and Dhani Harrison. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Wednesday, 06 Jun 2007 Summer music preview. All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with NPR reviewers Robert Christgau, Meredith Ochs and Will Hermes about the CDs they're most looking forward to this Summer. Hear sneak previews of new music from Spoon, Tegan and Sara, the Beastie Boys and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 01 Jun 2007 'Sgt. Pepper's' at 40. Host Bob Boilen has a remembrance. For many fans, hearing Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band for the first time was a life-changing experience. Prior to its release in June of 1967, most of music being produced was for Top 40, AM radio play and for dance parties. Kids bought 45s and never thought of a collection of songs as a "concept album" or work of art. Sgt. Pepper's was unlike anything anyone had heard before, and the day fans first dropped the needle on thei ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 25 May 2007 Paul McCartney, Art Brut, Ryan Shaw, Ian Hunter, Dntel, Phillip Bimstein, Bokoor Band. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Monday, 21 May 2007 Andrew Bird in concert. With host Bob Boilen. Andrew Bird makes the kind of music that leaves critics groping for labels. A classically trained violinist, former swing jazz musician and now art rock virtuoso, Bird is one of the most imaginative and distinctive voices making music today. This concert from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club original webcast live on NPR.org May 20, 2007. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Sunday, 20 May 2007 The Music of Portugal Pt II. Host Bob Boilen travels to Lisbon, the home of Fado, the yearning, languid music from the south of Portugal. Boilen speaks with DJ Henrique Amaro about the origins of Fado and how it's crept into the country's electronica and hip-hop. We also discover the flashpoint that music played in the country's 1974 revolution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 17 May 2007 Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard live in a solo concert from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club. Originally webcast live on NPR.org May 10. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 11 May 2007 This week's mix includes new music from The White Stripes and Rufus Wainwright, previously unreleased work from Elliott Smith, a classic reissue from Emerson, Lake and Palmer, England's folktronica group Tunng, and Battles. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Monday, 07 May 2007 Bjork, Full Live Concert. With host Bob Boilen. Hear Bjork's performance from the United Palace in New York City. N.Y., originally webcast live on NPR.org May 5. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 03 May 2007 Host Bob Boilen visits the city of Porto and meets one amazing Portuguese radio dj, Alvaro Costa. Costa takes us on a journey that includes master of the Portuguese 12-string guitar Carlos Paredes but also includes Portuguese rock, reggae electronica but also pimba, the most popular music of all. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Wednesday, 02 May 2007 Peter, Bjorn and John, Fujiya and Miyagi and Au Revoir Simone, Live Concert Sampler. With host Bob Boilen. Hear selections from the performance from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., originally webcast live on NPR.org Apr. 30. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 27 Apr 2007 The Frames, Live Concert Sampler. With host Bob Boilen. Hear selections from The Frames' performance from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., originally webcast live on NPR.org Apr. 26. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 19 Apr 2007 Bjork, Ibrahim Ferrer, Feist, Shearwater, Jacques Loussier Trio, Podington Bear, Blonde Redhead. With host Robin Hilton. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 13 Apr 2007 Low and Loney, Dear live in concert. Highlights with host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 12 Apr 2007 Antibalas, Tinariwen, The Besnard Lakes, Frog Eyes, Let's Go Sailing, Leah Siegel, Low. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 05 Apr 2007 Bob Boilen talks with legendary music producer Joe Boyd about his work with artists like Pink Floyd, Nick Drake and Eric Clapton in the 1960s. Joe Boyd has a new book detailing his lifelong work in the studio, on stage and what it was like to be part of musical revolution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 22 Mar 2007 Spring music preview: Modest Mouse, Fountains of Wayne, Bright Eyes, Wilco, Tori Amos, Elizabeth Cook, Balkan Beat Box, Richard Thompson, Kings of Leon, Mavis Staples. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Wednesday, 28 Mar 2007 Nellie McKay: Highlights from her live performance from the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA, originally webcast on NPR.org Mar. 27. Nellie McKay is a singer-songwriter known for her distinctive mix of jazz vocals and torch singing with cabaret pop, rock and a rap-inspired rants. Clever and darkly comedic, McKay layers caustic lyrics over jaunty piano lines, creating a surprising juxtaposition of conflicting moods that keep the listener guessing. Download the full show online. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 30 Mar 2007 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: Highlights from their live performance from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., originally webcast on NPR.org Mar. 29. Download the full show online. Ted Leo first emerged on the hardcore scene of the late 1980s in the bands Citizen's Arrest, Animal Crackers and Chisel. He's since become one of the most innovative and important figures in the east coast rock scene, both as a solo artist and as the front man for The Pharmacists. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Tuesday, 20 Mar 2007 Explosions in the Sky, live in concert, recorded at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. with host Bob Boilen. Explosions in the Sky is a quartet from Austin, TX making what they call"cathartic mini-symphonies."Known for wildly intense live performances, their songs are sprawling, epic pieces that build and evolve, often over a span of ten or more minutes a track. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Saturday, 17 Mar 2007 SXSW sampler featuring live performances from Fujiya and Miyagi, The Early Years, Earl Greyhound, The Apples in Stereo, Ghostland Observatory and The Holloways. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 16 Mar 2007 SXSW Roundtable discussion featuring music by Andrew Bird, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Peter Bjorn and John, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 15 Mar 2007 The Good, The Bad and The Queen Live. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 08 Mar 2007 Guest DJ Conor Oberst. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 02 Mar 2007 Rickie Lee Jones, The Knife, Amandine, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Tuesday, 20 Feb 2007 The Arcade Fire live in Concert. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 22 Feb 2007 Guest DJ Lily Allen spins her favorites. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 08 Feb 2007 Guest DJ John Waters spins his favorite songs for Valentine's Day. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 26 Jan 2007 The Good The Bad The Queen, Explosions in the Sky, Tom Brosseau, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 01 Feb 2007 Bloc Party, Deerhoof, Panda Bear, Vieux Farka Toure, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 19 Jan 2007 The Frames, Alice Coltrane, Grizzly Bear more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 12 Jan 2007 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Modest Mouse, Lucinda Williams, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 11 Jan 2007 Metric singer Emily Haines in concert. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 05 Jan 2007 The Shins, Arcade Fire, Of Montreal, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Tuesday, 26 Dec 2006 The best from 'Song of the Day.' With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 22 Dec 2006 The Beatles remixed. HIGH BIT RATE. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 22 Dec 2006 The Beatles remixed. HIGH BIT RATE. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 14 Dec 2006 Annual holiday music mix. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Wednesday, 06 Dec 2006 NPR listeners pick the year's best CDs. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 30 Nov 2006 Guest DJ Joanna Newsom spins her favorites. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Wednesday, 22 Nov 2006 Cat Power live. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Tuesday, 21 Nov 2006 OK Go, French Kicks live. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Tuesday, 21 Nov 2006 OK Go, French Kicks live. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 16 Nov 2006 Coldplay mashed with Cuban rhythms, Bright Eyes, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 10 Nov 2006 The Who, Arctic Monkeys, The Low Lows, More. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Wednesday, 08 Nov 2006 The Black Angels, Black Keys live. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 02 Nov 2006 Guest DJ Weird Al Yankovic spins his favorites. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 26 Oct 2006 Tom Waits, Damien Rice, Lily Allen, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 19 Oct 2006 Jeff Tweedy solo, The Byrds, Jay Bennett, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Wednesday, 18 Oct 2006 Jenny Lewis concert highlights. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 05 Oct 2006 Country legend Bob Wills, Etta Baker Viva Voce, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Monday, 02 Oct 2006 Guest DJs Nouvelle Vague with music from the Cramps, Nick Cave, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 21 Sep 2006 Fall preview: Beck, The Decemberists, The Be Good Tanyas, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 14 Sep 2006 Guest DJ M. Ward spins his favorites. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 07 Sep 2006 TV On the Radio, Sparklehorse, Yo La Tengo, More. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 31 Aug 2006 Sean Lennon, Bonnie Prince Billy, Nina Nastasia, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 31 Aug 2006 Sean Lennon, Bonnie Prince Billy, Nina Nastasia, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 24 Aug 2006 Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin as Tuva throat singing, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 17 Aug 2006 2006 Live Concert Highlights: Mogwai, Neko Case, Sleater-Kinney, more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 10 Aug 2006 Bob Boilen and intern Lars Gotrich discuss the differences between music made for a pop/rock audienceversus music made for its own sake. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 4 Aug 2006 Sleater Kinney, live in Concert. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 27 Jul 2006 The year's best music (so far). Cat Power, Neko Case, Gnarls Barkley, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 20 Jul 2006 Radiohead as reggae, Lambchop, Mountain Goats, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 13 Jul 2006 Remembering Syd Barrett, new music from Thom Yorke, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 7 Jul 2006 Tropicalia from OS Mutantes, Heartless Bastards, more. With host Bob Boilen. 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