Scream In Solidarity To The Aces' Breakup Song 'Just Like That'
The band's glittery new track is a slow-burning pop jam in muted pastels.
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Kuinka: Tiny Desk Concert
Each year we get thousands of submissions for our annual Tiny Desk contest. Seattle's Kuinka was one of last year's entrants. While they didn't win, we loved them so much we invited them to come play.
Brent Cobb's 'King Of Alabama' Choogles For A Fallen Road Dog
The country-rock troubadour pays tribute to a friend and mentor. Providence Canyon is out May 11.
Michael Tilson Thomas: Why Is Music So Good At Conveying Emotion?
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas traces the history of classical music, revealing its power to present a variety of complex human emotions.
Eddie Kramer Completes Posthumous Jimi Hendrix Trilogy With 'Both Sides Of The Sky'
Producer and engineer Eddie Kramer brings continuity and freshness to Hendrix's posthumous canon with a new album.
Flasher's Stylish 'Skim Milk' Escapes To The Unknown
The D.C. post-punk trio's first single as a newly-signed Domino Records group sounds like an ecstatic hall of mirrors.
Wax Idols Fight Against The Dying Of The Light In 'Scream'
As the first single off the band's upcoming album, Happy Ending, "Scream" is an empowered thesis statement on mortality writ in thundering dream-pop.
BØRNS On World Cafe
The avant-garde electro-pop artist talks about getting praise from Prince and working with Lana Del Rey.
The Early-Bird Tiny Desk Contest Entries We Love
You can still enter the Tiny Desk Contest for a few more weeks, but here are some entries that have caught the eyes — and ears — of NPR Music already.
Beach House Ventures Beyond The Velvet With 'Dive'
On "Dive," the conception of Beach House — golden and celestial — gets torn up and rearranged into another, messier composition. It's a glorious evolution.