First Listen: Hot Snakes, 'Jericho Sirens'
On its first new album in 14 years, Hot Snakes delivers a collection of 10 bent and bruised punk songs alive with the sound of an itch impossible to scratch.
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First Listen: PRhyme, 'PRhyme 2'
Royce 5'9" and DJ Premier bridge the ageist divide with a sophomore release worthy of definitive hip-hop statesmen.
Songs We Love: Grouper, 'Parking Lot'
Liz Harris tugs at the faded melody like a kite flying through fog, her voice pushing and pulling at the piano's whims.
First Listen: Mount Eerie, 'Now Only'
Where A Crow Looked At Me dealt with the shattering experience of Phil Elverum losing his wife to cancer, Now Only ponders how, when, and why one might carry on.
First Listen: Meshell Ndegeocello, 'Ventriloquism'
The cover album becomes an unlikely site for deconstructing gender norms — and R&B's staid '80s tropes — in Ndegeocello's genre-bending care.
Nathaniel Rateliff Keeps Secrets For Himself On 'Tearing At The Seams'
Rateliff discusses his songwriting process on Tearing at the Seams, the latest album with his band, the Night Sweats.
The Thistle & Shamrock: Swannanoa Gathering's Traditional Song Week
This week's episode features music from Cathie Ryan, Sheila Kay Adams and Brian McNeill.
Un Mundo Raro: Rocking Out Mariachi On Both Sides of the Border
Latin indie artists celebrate mariachi icon Jose Alfredo Jimenez, led by Camilo Lara and Sergio Mendoza.
World Cafe Nashville: Caitlyn Smith
Smith's high register conjures thoughts of purple mountain majesty and when she drops into a murmur, it feels like she's telling you a secret she's never told anyone before.
Songs We Love: Anderson .Paak, "Til It's Over'
In a Spike Jonze-directed video, Anderson .Paak's glowing "Til It's Over" vicariously amplifies FKA Twigs' movements.