Jacob Ganz
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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Careful displays of sophisticated musicality sit next to wobbling, monstrous sounds on the band's new album of instrumental broken-robot rock.
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The lived-in, sun-bleached songs on Another One explore adjacent angles on love that's simply not going to work out.
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The strange story of a made-up pop star who managed to keep an album on iTunes for six weeks and get 64,000 followers on Twitter, without recording a note of new music.
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NPR's favorite albums of the year so far range from hip-hop to Latin music.
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The tech giant, whose iTunes store is the recording industry's largest retailer, finally unveiled its streaming service, which will cost $9.99 a month for unlimited access to music.
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This week's +1 podcast wrestles with what we gain — and what we lose — when we use streaming services.
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A hi-def test for your ears (and your audio equipment): Listen to these songs and see if you can tell the difference between an MP3 and an uncompressed audio file.
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Over the next week, in a series called Streaming At The Tipping Point, we'll look at how streaming music services are reshaping the way we find, hear and experience music.
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The subject of Van Etten's new EP, I Don't Want To Let You Down, is the same doomed relationship she detailed on her devastating album, Are We There. Here, she explains the story behind the songs.
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On this week's show, we focus on discovery, with new songs by six acts that have never been played on All Songs Considered before.