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All Songs Considered
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:12 pm
Host Bob Boilen and NPR Music reporter Sami Yenigun look back at the 24-7 dance party that was Detroit's Movement Festival.
Full ArticleTuesday, May 22, 2012 11:36 am
Prepare your skull goblets: Bob Boilen gets a doomy, crusty earful of the metal bands at Maryland Deathfest. With names like Extermination Angel, Autopsy and Eyehategod, it's going to be a dark, twisted and awesome time.
Full ArticleWednesday, May 16, 2012 10:26 am
On this week's show hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton begin their summer-long quest to pin down the most universally loved albums.
Full ArticleTuesday, May 8, 2012 12:40 pm
Hear the latest recommended listening from Bob Boilen, Jacob Ganz and Robin Hiltonborg 2.0, plus a few musical surprises.
Full ArticleTuesday, May 1, 2012 11:04 am
On the latest episode of All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton take a circuitous route through this week's recommended listening, starting with two randomly paired videos from the WFMU blog, and ending with angular electronica from Squarepusher.
Full ArticleTuesday, April 24, 2012 12:32 pm
This week: Hear Apple's new single, epic Exitmusic, and Bob and Robin on rock 'n' roll baby names.
Full ArticleTuesday, April 17, 2012 12:26 pm
This week: blistering rock from Jack White, Yuck gets inspired by My Bloody Valentine, and Bob and Robin try to get to the bottom of last week's Dirty Projectors mystery.
Full ArticleTuesday, April 17, 2012 4:35 am
All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen and Jack White discuss the making of White's new album, Blunderbuss. Plus, the difference between playing with men and women, why hipsters are scary and what major labels do that indies can't.
Full ArticleTuesday, April 10, 2012 9:04 am
On this week's show, Bob Boilen and Jacob Ganz discuss music that wants to punch you in the face, finding inspiration for song in a pawn shop and why the band Hot Chip reminds Jacob of the classic slacker film Dazed and Confused.
Full ArticleTuesday, April 3, 2012 5:03 am
Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton come to blows over the polarizing and hard-to-define art of "speak-singing."
Full ArticleTuesday, March 27, 2012 10:49 am
Iceland's dreamscape sound artists Sigur Ros went on indefinite hiatus after scrapping the band's sixth album in 2010. But the group is back now with plans for a new record this year. Hear a sneak preview of the new music, plus a collaboration between Danger Mouse and Norah Jones, and more.
Full ArticleTuesday, March 20, 2012 7:11 am
The stars of the IFC comedy series discuss the music they grew up with, the sounds of Portland and how spooky Glenn Danzig's house is.
Full ArticleTuesday, March 6, 2012 9:01 am
On this week's show, host Bob Boilen, producer Robin Hilton, editor Stephen Thompson and NPR Music critic Ann Powers talk about the bands they're most excited to see this year at South by Southwest.
Full ArticleTuesday, February 28, 2012 12:24 pm
Hear new music from Spektor's upcoming album What We Saw From the Cheap Seats, a collaboration between Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and Polish avant-garde composer Krzysztof Penderecki, joyful electronic pop from Kishi Bashi and more.
Full ArticleTuesday, February 21, 2012 8:05 am
This week All Songs Considered: an exclusive premiere from M. Ward's upcoming album, an electronic maven with a knack for pop songcraft, and a surprise pick from NPR's backyard.
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