'It Bathes The Pleasure Centers': BORNS Channels 'Dopamine'
The pop singer-songwriter and longtime performer has been endorsed by Taylor Swift. His debut album, Dopamine, looks to capture longing and fantasy.
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With 'Stereotypes,' A Duo Raised On Hip-Hop And Classical Has It Both Ways
As Black Violin, Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste say they're merely demonstrating what two music styles with traditionally disparate audiences have in common.
Bob Boilen's Top 10 Discoveries From The 2015 CMJ Music Marathon
The All Songs Considered host saw more than 60 bands at the annual New York City music festival. Here are 10 that rose above the fray.
Songs We Love: Jus Now Feat. Bunji Garlin & Ms. Dynamite, 'Cyah Help It'
The UK/Trinidad production duo enlists one of London's finest MCs and a soca superstar for a bashment banger.
Poetry Is Set To Melody In Iris DeMent's 'The Trackless Woods'
Poems by the Russian writer Anna Akhmatova form the basis of singer Iris DeMent's new album. Critic Ken Tucker says Akhmatova and DeMent share an urge to articulate "sorrow, sacrifice and gratitude."
Metropolis: 10/17/15
Guest host Raul Campos spins music by St. Germain, Claptone, Frankie Knuckles and more in a two-hour EDM mix.
Paolo Angeli: Tiny Desk Concert
The Sardinian guitarist has a whole toy shop aboard his instrument, from hammers and pedals to springs and a couple of cell-phone ringers.
World Cafe Next: Ben Caplan
Hear two new songs from the stylistically freewheeling Canadian singer and bandleader.
One For The Ages
Joanna Newsom's new album, Divers, is novelistic, with recurring musical themes, memorable characters and a preoccupation with the change brought on by passing time.
KEXP Presents: Mike Krol
Watch a live performance of "Left Out" that captures the punkish brevity of Krol's new album Turkey.