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Tame Impala Returns With The Luxurious Single 'Patience'

2:20pm March 22, 2019

by Joshua Bote

After nearly four years, during which Kevin Parker's central musical project went from respected to ubiquitously adored, the Australian shows he's been iterating on his beautiful sound, too.

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Remembering Dick Dale, 'King Of The Surf Guitar'

1:36pm March 22, 2019

by Terry Gross

Dale told Fresh Air in 1993 that his distinctive guitar style came, in part, from the ocean waves he surfed: "The waves did create my feelings of that sound." Dale died March 16.

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Jenny Lewis returns with On The Line, out now.

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Jenny Lewis Puts Her Emotions 'On The Line': 'It Can Get Ugly Sometimes'

1:05pm March 22, 2019

Lewis speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about the catharsis of making her latest album, On the Line, and grappling with accusations made against her album collaborator, Ryan Adams.

Alih Jey was one of the artists interviewed on Alt.Latino at this year's SXSW.

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Alt.Latino Food Truck Chats: Musicians Tell Their Own Stories At SXSW 2019

12:38pm March 22, 2019

Over breakfast tacos and barbecue, Team Alt.Latino sat down with musicians at SXSW for interviews about their music.

Duster was one of hundreds of bands in the late 1990s who made music that was loved by a small audience, then disbanded and assumed its story was over. Then a new generation of fans discovered the band.

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The Old Disappearing-Reappearing Band Trick

11:10am March 22, 2019

by Marissa Lorusso

Duster released a few space-rock records at the turn of the millennium then nearly disappeared. Then, somehow, a small, devoted group of fans from an entirely different generation found the band.

Leikeli47 performing live at the Tiny Desk Family Hour

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Tiny Desk Family Hour: Leikeli47

10:15am March 22, 2019

by Stephen Thompson

The charismatic, genre-smashing masked rapper closes NPR Music's big night with intensity, joy and free-wheeling fervor.

Lafawndah's Ancestor Boy is on our short list for the best new albums out on March 22.

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New Music Friday: Our Top 8 Albums Out March 22

5:00am March 22, 2019

Hear rock guitar heroics from Ex Hex, Andrew Bird's "finest work yet," mind-blowing sonics from Lafawndah, Emily Wells and much more on our sprint through the week's best new albums.

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Maroon 5's Halftime Show Was Forgettable, Excluding All The FCC Complaints Filed

4:31pm March 21, 2019

The past Super Bowl was largely forgettable, as was the halftime show starring Maroon 5. But, that didn't stop viewers from complaining to the FCC about Adam Levine taking off his shirt.

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An Andrew Bird's-Eye View Of His Latest Album

3:11pm March 21, 2019

The indie rock artist zooms way out on humanity across history's timeline, seeking insight about our current age with his latest album My Finest Work Yet.

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Greensky Bluegrass On Mountain Stage

3:01pm March 21, 2019

by Adam Harris

With endearing, richly-orchestrated songs from its album All For Money, the Kalamazoo-based quintet Greensky Bluegrass returns for a third appearance on Mountain Stage.