With 'Still Summer,' Matt Pond PA Announces Its Final Album
If "Still Summer" had been recorded by The Cars in 1984, it'd already be a classic.
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Big Thief's 'Mary' Is A Meditation On Resilience And Recovery
"First it sounds and then it means," Adrianne Lenker tells NPR of the piano ballad. "That song feels like crying and laughing at the same time."
World Cafe Nashville: Valerie June Helps Celebrate Sun Records' Legacy
She covers the Carl Perkins song "Sure To Fall (In Love With You)" for the new compilation Red Hot: A Memphis Celebration of Sun Records, co-produced by Luther Dickinson.
Inside The Remixing Of 'Sgt. Pepper's'
The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was just remixed for a 50th anniversary release. How exactly does one improve on perhaps the greatest album in rock history?
alt-J Talk Chasing Excitement And Magic On A Confident New Album
Gus Unger-Hamilton and Joe Newman tell Ari Shapiro about their songwriting process, how alt-J put its spin on a classic folk song and how the band has progressed over the years.
Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus To Perform At One Manchester Benefit Concert
Pop star Ariana Grande will return to Manchester this Sunday, June 4, as part of a concert called One Manchester, to be held at a famed cricket field southwest of the city.
A Music Video's Message Of Religious Tolerance Runs Into Criticism
With lines like "Let's bomb hatred with love," a Kuwaiti company's holiday video is being praised for urging peace. But critics say it shouldn't include a famous young victim of airstrikes in Syria.
Saxophonist Sonny Rollins On His Colossal Archive
The jazz giant reflects on his decision to release a sprawl of writings, recordings and other material to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, in his old neighborhood of Harlem.
How The U.S. Military Used Guns N' Roses To Make A Dictator Give Up
Panama's dictator, Manuel Noriega, surrendered to the invading U.S. military in 1989. He holed up at the Vatican Embassy, and gave up after being subjected to days of deafening music.
For 'Normal,' The Homeless Gospel Choir Re-Creates Alanis Morissette's 'Ironic' Video
Derek Zanetti's anthemic rocker tells the story of a weird 11-year-old who discovers punk rock. It comes, naturally, with a shot-for-shot remake of the "Ironic" video.