First Watch: Deap Vally, 'Gonnawanna'
In the L.A. duo's sun-dappled world, everyone is free to be anyone or anything they want — even if that's a neon-pink yeti strutting on the beach with a surfboard.
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Songs We Love: Noura Mint Seymali, 'Na Sane'
The vocalist from Mauritania intertwines heritage and innovation in the first song from her new album, Arbina. The video gives audiences abroad a glimpse of her homeland in all its melancholy beauty.
Check Out This 1999 Profile Of The Late, Great Juan Gabriel
Juan Gabriel stayed true to his roots, even when it wasn't easy. This Los Angeles Times piece takes a look at why that was.
For River Whyless, Songwriting Is 'A Good Way To Wash The Soul'
Ari Shapiro chats with the North Carolina folk band about some of the personal stories behind its album We All the Light.
Viking's Choice: Slow Mass, 'Bruce Lee'
The Chicago band exists somewhere between Hoover's post-hardcore heft and Braid's weird hooks.
A Museum With Nearly 300 Brass Horns: You've Gotta See It Tuba-lieve It
Vincent Simonetti started playing tuba in high school in the 1950s. It was love at first puff. Now he and his wife, Ethel, have filled a house in Durham, N.C., with tubas for the public to tour.
Oh Pep! On World Cafe
Hear the Melbourne duo perform three songs from its debut full-length, Stadium Cake.
Parker Millsap On Mountain Stage
Hear a live set of songs from the Oklahoma native's apocalyptic new album, The Very Last Day.
Nashville's New Country Cousin
Tara Thompson comes from a long line of women who find humor in life's messier situations, including distant relative Loretta Lynn.
Songs We Love: Martha Wainwright, 'Around The Bend'
"I'm trying to not be so revealing," Wainwright says of the song, an air that evokes both Kate Bush and lounge singers. "I've written a lot of songs that were so personal they got me into trouble."