Melody Prochet's wildly imaginative "Cross My Heart" is set to a surreal animation like something out of a Moebius comic strip, bubbling vegetation, cosmic deer and glowing ocarinas included.
Start your summer with the first installment in a weekly Spotify playlist of Latin music, featuring new songs from reggaeton reina Ivy Queen, Cuban hip-hop gods Orishas and more.
Death Cab for Cutie is coming out with a new album called Thank You For Today. Lead singer Ben Gibbard talks with All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen about the first single, "Gold Rush."
Kadhja Bonet grew up in a family surrounded by music — she learned to play the violin and the viola, studied music theory, but then pursued a degree in film. After graduating, she dove back into music. Her sophomore album, Childqueen shows Bonet's idiosyncratic talent.
This week's show features exhilarating art-rock from saxophonist and Bowie backer Donny McCaslin, subtle shade from M. Ward's surprise album, buoyant, heartwrenching pop from Sad Baxter and more.
Kanye West and Kid Cudi's first joint album is stirringly reminiscent of each man's creative peak, but somehow lacks the luster or beautiful oddity, of what this moment should feel like for rap fans.