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Friday January 29, 2010

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Video Premiere: Fredrik's 'Viskra'

by Robin Hilton

January 29, 2010 • by Robin Hilton The Swedish band Fredrik just posted an amazing new video for the song "Viskra," from the duo's new album Trilogi: The video was directed by Dutch filmmaker Iris Piers. I suggest watching it in "full screen" mode. Fo...

Thursday January 28, 2010

The Knife On Its Darwin Electro-Opera

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The Knife On Its Darwin Electro-Opera

by Lars Gotrich

January 28, 2010 • What does Charles Darwin, a Swedish synth-pop duo, a Danish performance group and an opera singer have to do with each other? Find out in an interview roundtable featuring The Knife and its collaborators Mt. Sims and Planningtorock about their new...

The Knife On Its Darwin Electro-Opera

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Wednesday January 27, 2010

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New Video: Broken Bells Take "The High Road"

by Will Butler

January 27, 2010 • Broken Bells has released its new music video for "The High Road." In the video, DJ Danger Mouse and The Shins' James Mercer wander all night along a desolate roadway, armed only with flashlights, while encountering oddities such as a...

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You've Never Heard U2's 'The Joshua Tree'?

by Will Butler

January 27, 2010 • Note: This is a recurring series in which we ask our unimaginably young interns to review classic albums they've never heard before. Our current intern at All Songs Considered is Will Butler. by Will Butler I've never been a real U2 fan. But an...

Tuesday January 26, 2010

Music In 2510: How Will It Sound?

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Music In 2510: How Will It Sound?

by Robin Hilton

January 26, 2010 • The other day, Bob and I were gazing out the window by our desks, watching several layers of winter clouds glide silently by. (These are billable hours under the "inspiration" budget line). Things got heavy pretty quickly when we began to ponder w...

Second Stage: Little-Known Bands You Should Hear

Second Stage: State Champion

by Will Butler

January 26, 2010 • by Will Butler Download "Come See What I Have done (Right-click or control click to save to your computer) I like a clean, polished product as much as the next music fan, but I'm also the first to admit to having a soft spot in my heart for the ...

Second Stage: State Champion

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Monday January 25, 2010

A Pink Floyd Cover From The Hotrats, Sounds From Sweden, Surfer Blood And More

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A Pink Floyd Cover From The Hotrats, Sounds From Sweden, Surfer Blood And More

January 25, 2010 • On this All Songs Considered, we've got Sweden's jj and Fredrik. Plus The Besnard Lakes, Surfer Blood, Midlake, singer-songwriter Josiah Wolf and The Hotrats covering a classic from Pink Floyd.

A Pink Floyd Cover From The Hotrats, Sounds From Sweden, Surfer Blood And More

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Wilco Post Free Live Concerts For Haiti

by Will Butler

January 25, 2010 • by Will Butler Wilcoworld just posted two live shows, from Brooklyn and London, as free downloads. They are doing so to raise money for the Oxfam and Doctors Without Borders emergency relief funds to Haiti. While the downloads are free, Wilco is...

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Radiohead Performs New Song For Haiti Benefit

by Will Butler

January 25, 2010 • Last night, Radiohead performed a whopping 24-song set at the Music Box in Los Angeles to benefit the Oxfam Haiti relief fund. The band had announced the show on its official Web site last Thursday morning. At 8 PM that day, a 39-hour ticket auc...

Sunday January 24, 2010

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Exclusive Video: The Last Songs From An African Legend

January 24, 2010 • Ali Farka Toure died of cancer in 2006. Shortly before his death, he got together with his young friend, the kora player ToumanI Diabate, and made his what would be Toure's final record. That record, Ali and Toumani, will be released on Februar...

Thursday January 21, 2010

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Peter Gabriel's Orchestral Arcade Fire Cover, More To Come

by Will Butler

January 21, 2010 • by Will Butler I was pretty excited to hear about Peter Gabriel's new, relatively low-profile project. The legendary musician and former Genesis frontman is releasing an all-orchestral, no-guitars-allowed covers album. A few of his choices were...

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See A Show For Haiti

by Will Butler

January 21, 2010 • by Will Butler There's been no shortage of benefit concerts and performances to raise money for earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Haitian-born artist Wyclef Jean and George Clooney are set to co-host Hope For Haiti, a massive global telethon. The concer...

Wednesday January 20, 2010

Second Stage: Little-Known Bands You Should Hear

Second Stage: Andrew Morgan

by Robin Hilton

January 20, 2010 • by Robin Hilton Download "As Long As We're Together" by Andrew Morgan (Right-click or control-click to save to your computer) About five years ago, a little-known singer-songwriter named Andrew Morgan put out a CD that become one of my favorites...

Second Stage: Andrew Morgan

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Tuesday January 19, 2010

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Your Favorite Side Project

by Will Butler

January 19, 2010 • by Will Butler Remember when Thom Yorke did The Eraser? For a minute there, everyone thought Radiohead was done for. There was no cause for panic, though — Yorke's decision to go solo was part of a natural musical evolution, known as the fabled ...

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Shearwater Passes Funding Goal For New Album

by Robin Hilton

January 19, 2010 • The band Shearwater has surpassed its funding goal for a special, limited edition collection of color photos to go with its latest album, The Golden Archipelago. As we noted in an earlier post, Shearwater wanted to include the unbound book of im...

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