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Week of Sept. 30: Two different takes on “spiritual jazz”: one by Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, and Jesse Paris Smith and one by The Comet Is Coming, plus new The New Pornographers. (article)
Love Fame Tragedy, led by Matthew “Murph” Murphy of The Wombats (and notable guests), deals in synth-pop confessionals, electro-blues and industrial pop. They join us in-studio. (episode)
Prolific chamber sextet yMusic and pop-soul songwriter Emily King, present a one-of-a-kind collaboration that might meld orchestral instruments with contemporary R&B, in-studio. (episode)
Folk troubadour and visual artist Devendra Banhart makes tender, intimate, and somewhat unusual songs, which on his latest 'Ma,' allude to maternal themes and space. He plays in-studio. (episode)
Week of Sept. 23: This week, new music from guitar hero Gary Clark Jr., psychedelic disco cumbia outfit Locobeach, Chicago heroes Wilco, and rapper Danny Brown is living his best life. (article)
Seratones sears earholes with their electrifying Southern punk rawness meets soul power, topped with a bit of blues swagger. They play music from their latest, ‘Power,’ in-studio. (episode)
Week of September 16: This week, new music from FKA twigs, Angel Olsen, Perfume Genius, and Luke Temple. (article)
Gruff Rhys, a solo Super Furry Animal, shares music from his latest, "Pang!" - a record of day-glo futuristic Welsh pop, partly inspired by Prince's 'Around the World in a Day'. (episode)
Sometimes manic, sometimes melancholy, the "Danish giants of Klezmer" Mames Babegenush play their Balkan and jazz-inflected music for dancing, in-studio. (episode)
Week of Sept. 9: This week, new music from Iggy Pop, production duo The Knocks, Brazil's Guaxe, Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective, and Death Cab For Cutie. (article)