Pardoner's 'Uncontrollable Salvation' Is A Punk Blessing That Bludgeons
The San Francisco band's debut album is a muscle spasm of Polvo's weirdo heft and Dinosaur Jr.'s slacker fuzz set to a disaffected punk squall.
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Songs We Love: The Isley Brothers & Carlos Santana, 'Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)'
As Santana turns 70, he's still spreading the message that music has the power to heal. With The Isley Brothers, he taps into the peaceful spirit of Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)."
Seratones On Mountain Stage
The psych-soul-rock hell-raisers from Shreveport, La., make their Mountain Stage debut.
First Listen: Vic Mensa, 'The Autobiography'
On his long-awaited major-label LP, the Chicago MC's personal pain becomes epiphany.
First Listen: Elvis Presley, 'A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings'
Stream a collection of rare early recordings, including a never-before released version of "I Forgot To Remember To Forget."
Hip-Hop Radio DJs Stretch And Bobbito Return To The Airwaves With NPR Podcast
NPR's Audie Cornish talks to New York hip-hop radio DJs Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia about their upcoming NPR podcast called "What's Good with Stretch and Bobbito."
Jon Batiste Fashions A Soulful New 'Battle Hymn' For The Atlantic
The Late Show bandleader explains how he made a quintessential American anthem forged in national divisions new and how it speaks to the strength and diversity of our own society.
Alt.Latino's Midsummer New Music Roundup
Beat the heat with this sampler of new tunes, including everything from rock to Latin jazz to electronic to cumbia and flamenco.
Producing Album From Start To Finish Is A Source Of Pride: Anna Luisa Daigneault
Anna Luisa Daigneault (known professionally as Quilla) is a vocalist, composer, and electronic producer.
Billy Bragg On Skiffle, The Movement That Brought Guitar To British Radio
The singer describes skiffle as "a bunch of British school boys in the mid '50s playing Lead Belly's repertoire ... on acoustic guitars." Bragg's new book is Roots, Radicals And Rockers.