First Listen: Eli Paperboy Reed, 'My Way Home'
The gospel-inspired soul singer has a knack for imbuing narrative tropes with new meaning, transforming them into stories that couldn't be anyone else's.
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Parker Millsap On World Cafe
The Oklahoma songwriter's new album, The Very Last Day, lays bare his blues influences. Hear him play live in the studio.
Naftule's Dream Returns, With A Fleshy, Folkie New Album
After a long absence, the klezmer-fusion band Naftule's Dream turns introspective on it's new release, Blood. Music critic Milo Miles says the band's warmth and cohesion is as rich as ever.
Pill's Hallucinogenic Punks Get Dose Of Own 'Medicine' In New Video
Animated eyes peer out of nipples in the playfully weird new video by a band that knows its way around playful weirdness.
Shura's 'What's It Gonna Be' Video Celebrates Teen-Crush Teamwork
The British electro-pop singer's newest song is a high-energy plea to a crush, and its video is replete with kitschy-sweet moments of teen affection.
The Thistle & Shamrock: Song Beat
On this week's episode, hear music that lightens workloads and keeps its singers going.
Watch: One Of The Year's Best Kiss-Off Songs
New York singer Margaret Glaspy's "You And I" is one of the year's best earworms. Now it has an equally striking video, set in a monochromatic but vivid world.
Viking's Choice: VHÖL, 'Dispatch'
"Dispatch" is the meanest and bloodiest VHÖL track to date, a nod to Pooch-era Discharge for the 2016 Adult Swim Singles Program.
Song Premiere: Blind Pilot, 'Umpqua Rushing'
The first song from And Then Like Lions (out August 12) is a hazy, quiet beauty that builds slowly but persistently.
Songs We Love: Ian William Craig, 'The Nearness'
Listening to the music of Canadian singer and composer Ian William Craig is like watching a classic black-and-white movie slowly fade, decay and disintegrate.