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Boards Of Canada Share New Video, Song
by Otis Hart
After weeks of anticipation and cryptic messages the Scottish electronic duo finally shares a new song, and an eerie video.
What's A Modern Music Snob To Do?
Even in an age of instant online gratification, you can still stay a step ahead of your friends.
Author & Punisher: The Man, The Machine And The 'Melee'
by Lars Gotrich
Mechanical engineer and sculptor Tristan Shone, who records as Author & Punisher, is a master of machines. He's built a robotic entourage — throttles, knobs, rails and all — that responds to MIDI/USB controllers and makes for-real industrial doom metal.
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New Music: Mount Kimbie, Laura Mvula, Jagwar Ma, More
On this week's All Songs Considered, a musical sampler of styles from around the world.
Do You Really Listen To Full Albums?
by Robin Hilton
With so many distractions and different ways to hear songs, it's getting to be pretty impossible to give full albums the attention they deserve. When was the last time you actually listened to one all the way through, without any interruptions?
Listen To Laurel Halo's 'Sex Mission'
by Otis Hart
The title may sound explicit, but the new techno track by Laurel Halo keeps things at a tantalizing simmer.
Can You Build The Perfect Cover Song?
The best cover songs, the ones that endure, bring out something that wasn't already there in the original.
Possessed Banjo Leads Man On Magical Journey
by Robin Hilton
In an absorbing and comical new video, Vermont folksinger Sam Amidon finds himself in some strange woods inhabited by the creatures of his own imagination — including a knobby, human-like tree and a bearded siren.
Do You Have A Favorite Record Label?
by Bob Boilen
A record label used to actually be a label: a small, circular piece of paper that could represent a sound, an aesthetic and a standard. But if you only listen to MP3s, do labels matter to you?
Exitmusic Battles Inner Demons In Arresting New Video
by Robin Hilton
In the band's latest video, singer Aleksa Palladino embraces and then drowns her own likeness in a dark and strange struggle with herself. The gorgeously shot short film is a transfixing exploration of rage, fear and despair.
New Music: Baths, Jim Jarmusch, Sam Phillips, More
If the experimental, idiosyncratic filmmaker Jim Jarmusch formed a band, what kind of music would it play? On this week's show you can hear the answer with a new song and EP from the group Jarmusch calls SQÜRL. Plus some remarkable new electronic music from Baths, Sam Phillips and more.
Jeri-Jeri Is Playing At Baaba Maal's House
by Otis Hart
A new video set at a backyard party in Dakar highlights a collaboration between the famous Senegalese singer Baaba Maal, a drum ensemble and a German techno producer.
Prescription To Bang: Kyle Hall's 'Dr. Crunch'
by Otis Hart
One of Detroit's youngest stars unleashes one of the year's great dance tracks, and reveals a connection to a founder of his hometown scene.
How Can A Vinyl Lover Start Over From Scratch?
To the vinyl lover who dumped her collection years ago: First off, we feel terrible for you, but we're here to offer some tips on how to rebuild.
Watch Telekinesis Revive An Old Vinyl-Pressing Factory
by Robin Hilton
The relentlessly propulsive beats and sense of urgency in the Telekinesis song "Empathetic People" strike the perfect tone as we look in on one of the last gasps of industry keeping music tethered to the physical world.
