All Songs Considered on HD2

New Music: Baths, Jim Jarmusch, Sam Phillips, More

editor — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:50:00 +0000

We kick this week's show off with a lot of noise from filmmaker (and past guest DJ on All Songs Considered) Jim Jarmusch and his gloriously gritty side project called SQÜRL. The band, with Carter Logan and producer/engineer Shane Stoneback, originally formed to score the 2009 Jarmusch film The Limits Of Control.

New Music From The Polyphonic Spree, Jon Hopkins, Eleanor Friedberger, More

editor — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:33:00 +0000

This week, All Songs Considered goes big with massive, heart-thumping new music from the gloriously exuberant, sprawling pop group The Polyphonic Spree, and the brilliantly experimental folk-rock band Akron Family.

New Music From Iggy Pop, Tricky, The National And More

editor — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:52:00 +0000

He's 66 years old, has beaten his body beyond belief and Iggy Pop will still out-rock you. We kick this week's All Songs Considered off with a cut from his new record with The Stooges, Ready To Die. Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton chat about Iggy and the rest of this week's mix from different cities.

New Mix: Cyborg Love, Heartbreak And A Mystery

editor — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:07:00 +0000

On this week's All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton settle into the new NPR Music offices and discover that it comes with their very own butler. After bumbling around in the studio, they also manage to figure out all the new gear and share some great new music.

Things kick off with a strange tale from the playful pop group Sonny and the Sunsets about a man who falls in love with a cyborg.

New Building, New Mix: Songs About Change

editor — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:26:00 +0000

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The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, Guest DJ

editor — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:10:00 +0000

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A Song About Sex, Redemption For A James Brown Impersonator, And A Major Heartbreaker

editor — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:17:00 +0000

This week on All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton go on a haphazard musical journey across the globe to share their favorite new discoveries. Manchester's The 1975 start things off with the band's punchy song called "Sex." Then we head to Brooklyn for soul singer Charles Bradley, who keeps things heated with "You Put The Flame On It," a track from his upcoming album Victim Of Love.

New Mix: Vampire Weekend, Savages, Giant Drag, Eluvium And More

editor — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:51:00 +0000

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Electronic Edition: James Blake And Brian Eno, DJ Koze, Bonobo, More

editor — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:40:00 +0000

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SXSW 2013: Day Five Highlights

NPR Staff — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:34:00 +0000

As the 2013 South by Southwest festival was winding to a noisy end — sirens, car horns and even a helicopter passed could be heard on the streets of Austin, Texas — there were plenty of smaller, quieter moments worth singling out.