Review: The Foreign Exchange, ‘Tales From The Land Of Milk And Honey’
The duo delivers an R&B album that is as fun as it is grown-up.
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First Listen: Advance Base, ‘Nephew In The Wild’
Once known as Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Owen Ashworth explores vivid and morose detail in the second album by his newest project.
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Review: Mick Jenkins, ‘Wave[s]’
The Chicago rapper’s latest H2O-themed project is evidence that being smart doesn’t have to mean being stiff.
First Listen: Arturo O’Farrill, ‘Cuba: The Conversation Continues’
The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra’s perfectly timed collaboration between U.S. and Cuban musicians features cutting-edge works by a carefully selected group of composers.
First Listen: Nathaniel Rateliff, ‘Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats’
Rateliff is an accomplished solo singer-songwriter of the introspective, acoustic variety. The Night Sweats’ music is where he unleashes his swaggering, after-dark persona.
‘8 CDs For A Penny’ Company Files For Bankruptcy
The parent company of Columbia House, the music-subscription king of the ’80s and ’90s, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Two NPR music editors remember the good and the bad.
Song Premiere: GEMS, ‘Living As A Ghost’
This is a duo meant to make music together. And a song from their debut album is their shimmering dream come true.
Sean Price, Well-Loved Brooklyn Rapper, Dies At 43
The death of the highly respected hip-hop figure prompted an outpouring of tribute and personal stories from his community this weekend.
Review: Teen Daze, ‘Morning World’
After recording a string of albums in his bedroom, Teen Daze emerges as a full-fledged indie-pop frontman on his new album, produced by John Vanderslice.
Review: Palehound, ‘Dry Food’
Ellen Kempner and her band document a fraught transition from childhood to adulthood — and do a great job, in part because they’re still living through the process.
Review: Grace Potter, ‘Midnight’
On the singer’s new album, a departure from the rootsy sounds of her albums with the Nocturnals, pop-rock music gets a real kick in its cherry-red pants.
First Listen: CFCF, ‘The Colours Of Life’
On his new album, Montreal musician and producer Michael Silver brings his diverse sounds together to form a sumptuous whole that draws extensively on the music of the 1980s.
Terence Blanchard Feat. The E-Collective: Tiny Desk Concert
The New Orleans trumpeter wasn’t thinking about Eric Garner, Michael Brown or #blacklivesmatter when he first assembled this funky new band. But then it became a way to ward off despair.
SOAK: Tiny Desk Concert
Performing three songs from Before We Forgot How To Dream, Irish singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson makes the most of a single voice and an acoustic guitar.
First Listen: Pavement, ‘The Secret History, Vol. 1’
In the early 1990s, Pavement was especially rough around the edges. A new collection of unreleased recordings from the era captures the band’s absurd charm.
Shamir: Tiny Desk Concert
The singer’s disco-infused funk and soul gets stripped down to a lone voice with a guitar, surrounded by an admiring throng of NPR staffers, interns and friends.
First Listen: Night Beds, ‘Ivywild’
Winston Yellen’s folk project dims the lights on a new collection inspired by electronic pop and R&B.
Review: HEALTH, ‘Death Magic’
Grandiose, industrial pop scaled to match the band’s all-caps name: What Mad Max: Fury Road is to the road movie, Death Magic is to synth-pop.
Review: Worriers, ‘Imaginary Life’
On a razor-edged LP produced by Laura Jane Grace of Against Me!, Brooklyn punks stare down the judgment of peers, the corruption of institutions and the clumsiness of gendered language.
First Listen: Chelsea Wolfe, ‘Abyss’
Darkness is never far behind Chelsea Wolfe; if anything, the metallic Abyss chases it with a tenderness that understands the beauty therein.