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<p>Connecticut-based power-rockers play at Cake Shop. Download "Where's My Dini?"</p> (article)
In this episode: Lead singer of The National Matt Berninger and his brother Tom talk about Tom’s new film Mistaken for Strangers. It started as a documentary about the band, but becam... (episode)
According to the streaming music service Spotify, nearly 20 percent of its catalogue -- close to four million songs -- have never been played. But now, a new service called Forgotify ...
On its latest album, Fellow Travelers, Shearwater turns to reinterpreting other musicians' songs, enlivening songs from Sharon Van Etten, Xiu Xiu and even Coldplay with operatic grand...
Songwriter Dan Wilson is best known for fronting Semisonic and writing songs for everyone from Adele to Taylor Swift. Hear him perform material from his new solo album, Love Without F...
<p>Hear <em>The Future's Void</em>, the ambitious new album from songwriter and producer EMA, in its entirety.</p> (article)
In this episode: Soundcheck wraps up our week of New York nostalgia with a look back at the music of the 1940's with New York magazine's Mark Jacobson. Then, we try to answer the que... (episode)
All this week on Soundcheck, we're talking about nostalgia and New York music in collaboration with New York magazine, which this week is presenting their annual "yesteryear" issue --...
We've spent the past week documenting nostalgia for bygone eras of the New York music scene. But one thing we haven’t tackled yet: Why do we get nostalgic in the first place? And why ...
In her solo debut, Sabina Sciubba -- the singer best known for her work with Brazilian Girls -- embraces the rock and pop of the 1960s and '70s. Watch her perform songs from Toujours ...
<p>Hear classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein perform works from her latest album of J.S. Bach compositions, in the <em>Soundcheck</em> studio.</p>
<p>Shimmering synth-pop group plays Webster Hall. Download "Paia."</p> (article)
In this episode: Soundcheck continues our decade-by-decade look back at the highlights of New York music in the past 100 years with the music of the 1970's. Then: Hear songwriter Daw... (episode)
All this week on Soundcheck, we're talking about nostalgia and New York music in collaboration with New York magazine, which this week is presenting their annual "yesteryear" issue --...
<p>Hear folk songwriter Dawn Landes perform songs from her latest album, <em>Bluebird</em>, in the <em>Soundcheck</em> studio.</p>
<p>Portland-based indie-rockers open for Dum Dum Girls tonight. Download "No Shelter."</p> (article)
In this episode: Soundcheck's week-long look back at various eras of music in New York continues with the 1960's. New York magazine editor Lane Brown talks about his nostalgia for the... (episode)
All this week on Soundcheck, we're talking about nostalgia and New York music in collaboration with New York magazine, which this week is presenting their annual "yesteryear" issue --...
Gary Numan has been creating genre-expanding electronic music for three decades, but many of those years have involved personal struggles with depression and feelings of rejection. He...
Kris Bowers won the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition Award. Hear him play songs from his debut album Heroes + Misfits -- which blends together jazz, hip hop a...
In this episode: Soundcheck's week of nostalgia continues, with a fond look back at the 1920's -- a decade when duos like Rodgers and Hart and George and Ira Gershwin were cranking ou... (episode)
All this week on Soundcheck, we're talking about nostalgia and New York music in collaboration with New York magazine, which this week is presenting their annual "yesteryear" issue --...
Legendary trumpeter, flugelhornist, songwriter, and South African musical ambassador Hugh Masekela turns 75 years old in the first week of April. He tells host John Schaefer how he ke...
<p>This shapeshifting group combines a flavorful blend of jazz, reggae, funk, R&B, hip hop and pop.</p> (article)