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The art of record digging: Rediscovering lost music and giving it a second life

11:00am November 04, 2022

Music curator Alexis Charpentier hunts for forgotten records around the world. He shares the story of rediscovering a Swiss band from the 80s — and how he helped give their music a second life.

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Natalia Lafourcade's newest album has been a long time coming

9:44am November 04, 2022

by A Martínez

NPR's A Martinez talks to singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade about her new album, heartbreak and caring for your inner garden.

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NoSo: Tiny Desk Concert

5:01am November 04, 2022

by Elle Mannion

The former Tiny Desk Contest entrant performs three sentimental, compassionate songs from their debut album.

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D.H. Peligro, drummer for punk band the Dead Kennedys, died Friday at age 63

6:40pm November 03, 2022

D.H. Peligro, the longtime drummer for the iconic punk band the Dead Kennedys, died Friday at age 63.

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L.A. rapper Yungmorpheus releases two new songs, "Figure-Four Leg Lock" and "Sonny's Triangle."

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Heat Check Roundup: Yungmorpheus, Marlowe, Dee Watkins and more

4:00pm November 03, 2022

In this week's Heat Check selects, an insular rapper reestablishes the terms of his savvy music, a hotshot gets schooled by his OG, a singer-songwriter neutralizes a source of her depression and more.

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Jazz trio Thumbscrew celebrates 10 years together on 'Multicolored Midnight'

1:38pm November 03, 2022

by Kevin Whitehead

From the beginning, Thumbscrew has had a thing for off-kilter rhythms and shifting accents. This new album is filled with idiosyncratic tunes — music befitting of the idiosyncratic band.

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Terre & Maggie Roche, 'Moonruns'

11:09am November 03, 2022

by Ann Powers

The Roches' blend of distinctly slanted harmonies, vaudevillian humor and poignancy can all be heard in this Seductive Reasoning outtake.

Endure, the third album from New Orleans band Special Interest out Nov. 4, is an album marked by juxtaposition and contrasts.

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Special Interest dances on the edge of collapse

10:33am November 03, 2022

by Mia Hughes

The New Orleans dance-punk band's energetic third album Endure pushes the listener into sweaty nightclubs, rat-infested apartments and burning warzones.

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Evgueni Galperine, 'Loplop im Wald'

9:31am November 03, 2022

by Tom Huizenga

If you could hire a composer to score your dreams, Evgueni Galperine just might be your man.

Drake performs in concert as part of the Summer Sixteen Tour in New York on Aug. 5, 2016.

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No, Drake has not done a Tiny Desk, though we're open to the possibility

6:19am November 03, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Rappers Drake and 21 Savage, who are releasing a joint album Friday, posted a spoof of the segment to their social media accounts, and the Internet has largely mistaken it for the real thing.