New Mix: Future Islands, The Black Angels, Jacaszek, More
On this week's All Songs Considered we've got everything from effervescent pop to Polish ambient music and Japanese psych-rock.
Music
Meet Fragile Rock: Almost Definitely The World's First Puppet Emo Band
Watch the puppets sport eyeliner and sing a song called "I Am Sad And So Am I."
Japanese Psych-Rockers Sundays & Cybele Share 'Chaos & Systems'
Lean into a kaleidoscopic trance with kalimba and synths until the band hits a motorik groove.
A Lullaby For Beyoncé (By Beyoncé)
Songs from across the singer's catalog are transformed into tinkling, instrumental lullabies on a new album from the Rockabye Baby! series.
Harmonies To Fall For: All Our Exes Live In Texas
These four fabulous singers are from Australia, contrary to their name — All Our Exes Live In Texas. It's a wink at a George Strait song, but this is a band with their own country flair.
Songs We Love: Charly Bliss, 'Glitter'
The band excels at crafting impossibly memorable pop songs, and it does so here with a capital P.
In 'Universal Harvester,' Mountain Goats Lyricist Reaps A Creepy Crop
John Darnielle used some tricks of the horror trade to write his latest novel, which is set in 1990s Iowa and involves some cornfields. What's scary about cornfields? Mostly, the unknown.
Should Anyone Expect Pop Stars To Lead The Resistance?
Lady Gaga's Super Bowl halftime performance was possibly progressive, definitely patriotic and ultimately open-ended. Gaga played to the masses, and left the messages mixed.
LP On World Cafe
She's written songs for Christina Aguilera and the Backstreet Boys, but now LP's work as a solo artist is finally getting heard. Watch her perform "Lost On You."
Puppets Join Chance The Rapper In 'Same Drugs' Video
The wistfully nostalgic cut from Coloring Book gets a wistfully nostalgic video, featuring Chance The Rapper at the grand piano with a few furry friends.