Songs We Love: Close Talker, 'Afterthought'
Despite its name, the Saskatoon trio gives you plenty of space to breathe. You can hear the simplicity and vastness of the Canadian prairies in its new single.
Music & Culture
Watch Bellows' Playful Pop Video For 'Thick Skin'
This song and video from Oliver Kalb's eerie pop project have a playful sense of purpose. "Thick Skin" espouses the notion that the most freeing part of life is the search, not the arrival.
World Cafe Next: Walker Lukens
The Austin artist's inventive new EP, Never Understood, was produced by Spoon drummer Jim Eno. Hear two songs.
Drive-By Truckers: Tiny Desk Concert
The long-running rock band holds a mirror to the hard realities of America right now on American Band. Watch Drive-By Truckers' emotional performance at the NPR Music office.
Lil Wayne's Rikers Island Memoir Only Tells Half The Story
Gone 'Til November, transcribed from the journal he kept while at Rikers, isn't particularly revealing, but it offers a chance to stop and take stock of where the rapper has been since.
Whitney On World Cafe
Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek's new band has won over music lovers with its warm, woozy sound. Hear Whitney play songs from Light Upon The Lake live in Philadelphia.
Metropolis: 10/22/16
KCRW's Jason Bentley spins new music from Machinedrum, KDA, Justice and more in a two-hour EDM mix.
Drake Shares New Songs, Announces 'More Life'
The Canadian rapper and singer debuted "Two Birds, One Stone," "Sneakin'" and "Fake Love" Sunday night on his Beats 1 radio program.
Run The Jewels Announces New Album, Shares 'Talk To Me'
The duo announces RTJ3 with a single from Adult Swim. With spooky production, low-end piano and John Bonham-size drum fills, "Talk To Me" sounds like John Carpenter took his synths to Valhalla.
Joanna Newsom Shares Unreleased Song, 'Make Hay'
Newsom celebrates the one-year anniversary of Divers with a song recorded during that album's sessions.