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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 PortisheadGeoff 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 PortisheadGeoff 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, MoreFormer 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 MeloyColin 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 PreviewHear 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 SongSinger-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, MoreDevotchka, 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 DaviesRay 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 CellarSummerbirds 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 UpAll 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 PreviewWe'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, MoreOn 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, MoreOn 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 YorkeRadiohead 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 IslesAll 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 IIWe 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 OwnOn 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 08-09-2007We 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, MoreThis 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, MoreThe 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, MoreOn 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 RonsonGuest 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 CDsTens 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 JamesThe 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 MixIt'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 ReviewHost 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 ExclusiveAn 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 ExclusiveAn 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, MoreBrooklyn 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! TeamAll 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 PodcastThis 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 MerrittProject 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 10-30-2007The 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 10-26-2007Swedish 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 10-24-2007Spoon 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 10-22-2007Stars 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 10-18-2007A 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 10-12-2007Host 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 10-10-2007Josh 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, 10-01-2007Animal 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, 09-28-2007A 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, 09-27-2007Rilo 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, 09-25-2007Bishop 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, 09-25-2007John 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 09-21-2007Jazz 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 09-20-2007The 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 | |