First Listen: D∆WN, 'Redemption'
As electronic dance music continues to experiment, D∆WN stands apart by making challenging pop music with soul. Redemption radiates defiance in its celebration of the self.
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First Listen: Thee Oh Sees, 'An Odd Entrances'
The prolific psych-rock band's newest album — its second in only three months — traffics in alternately jittery and hypnotic jams.
First Listen: Pink Martini, 'Je Dis Oui!'
To take in the band's ninth album is to experience a globetrotting victory lap across eight different languages, all tackled with cosmopolitan sophistication and the playfulness of pop.
Zomba Prison Project On World Cafe
Producer Ian Brennan joins World Cafe to discuss his return to Malawi, where he's recorded the music of inmates at a maximum-security prison.
The Thistle & Shamrock: New Fall Sounds
This episode features new music from The Lost Songs of St. Kilda.
Viking's Choice: Vagabon, 'Fear & Force'
Lætitia Tamko's music exists in the seam of our own history and memory. For Vagabon's debut album, she reworks a fuzzy rocker into something more delicate and subdued.
Songs We Love: Topaz Jones, 'Motion Sickness / Grass'
The singer and rapper chooses funk music and love as means of self-care. In this video, Jones' locs are the symbolic star: a connection to his love interest and to post-relationship baggage.
Here Are The Songs The NPR Politics Podcast Team Never Wants To Hear Again
And it's not just "Fight Song." Sam Sanders, Asma Khalid and Susan Davis run down the music they heard most often on the campaign trail this year.
The Stray Birds On World Cafe
Taking chances made a big difference for the Pennsylvania folk trio on its third album, Magic Fire. Hear the session and watch a performance of "Shining In The Distance."
Songs We Love: Lorenzo Senni, 'Rave Voyeur'
The Italian producer evokes the spiritual elation of '90s rave music along the edge of his Roland JP-8000 Supersaw synth.