Music & Culture

Music & Culture

St. Vincent Announces New Album 'Masseduction,' Releases New Single 'Los Ageless'

9:45am September 06, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

This morning, St. Vincent released the details about her new album, a new single, and held a press conference in a display of media wrangling prowess.

Gun Outfit's new album, Out Of Range, comes out Nov. 10.

Music & Culture

Gun Outfit's 'Strange Insistence' Is Cowboy Poetry Set To A Postmodern Honky-Tonk

9:24am September 06, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Gun Outfit's cactus-chewing, smoke-signaled rock music perpetually rolls towards sundown. The band's new album, Out Of Range, comes out Nov. 10.

Music & Culture

A Man In Japan Plays 'Despacito' On Calculators

6:33am September 06, 2017

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee had the song of the summer with "Despacito." In an unusual cover of the song: two calculators are used to play the tones on each key that mimic the notes of the hit song.

Queue Listen Now

Music & Culture

Run The Jewels On Empowerment And Shared Humanity

6:00am September 06, 2017

by Sami Yenigun

El-P and Killer Mike talk to Stretch and Bobbito about how they turned slang into a slogan, homophobia in hip-hop, and the importance of cherishing shared humanity over political differences.

Gordi performs at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia for a WXPN Free At Noon concert.

Music & Culture

Gordi On World Cafe

2:35pm September 05, 2017

by Talia Schlanger

The Australian singer-songwriter's music is what you might call "folktronica" — a sound that's miraculously analog and human.

Taylor Swift attends the Met Gala on May 2, 2016. Her recent single "Look What You Made Me Do" has broken several chart and streaming records in the week and a half since its release.

Music & Culture

Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do' Breaks Records, Stops 'Despacito' Short

1:51pm September 05, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Since its release on Aug. 25, the first single from Reputation has broken records all over the place — and cost the year's biggest single a historic notch in its belt.

A still from Charlie Parr's "Peaceful Valley" video.

Music & Culture

Charlie Parr's Raucous Junk-Rag 'Peaceful Valley' Is Anything But

10:00am September 05, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

With fingers flying like a hornet's nest knocked on its side, the guitarist's "Peaceful Valley" is a song for devil-may-care hermits and hoarders. Watch the animated video.

Jidenna performs a Tiny Desk Concert on July 6, 2017. (Photo: Liam James Doyle/NPR)

Music & Culture

Jidenna: Tiny Desk Concert

9:00am September 05, 2017

by Bobby Carter

The Nigerian-American MC and his band perform three reworked selections from Jidenna's impeccable debut album, The Chief.

Music & Culture

First Listen: Hüsker Dü, 'Savage Young Dü' (Disc Two)

8:46am September 05, 2017

Through the '80s, Minneapolis three-piece Hüsker Dü helped broaden the ambitions and parameters of punk rock. Now, after years of work, its early recordings have been rebuilt from the ground up.

Hüsker Dü. From left: Greg Norton, Grant Hart and Bob Mould.

Music & Culture

First Listen: Hüsker Dü, 'Savage Young Dü'

8:17am September 05, 2017

by Michaelangelo Matos

Through the '80s, Minneapolis three-piece Hüsker Dü helped broaden the ambitions and parameters of punk rock. Now, after years of work, its early recordings have been rebuilt from the ground up.