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.
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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."
See A Raging Sleigh Bells Video For The New Song 'It's Just Us Now'
The new video from the Brooklyn noise duo throbs with rage and fiery defiance. The song is from the band's upcoming full-length, Jessica Rabbit, due out in November.
Moving Sketches: In A New Video, Joan Shelley Gets Animated
The Kentucky singer-songwriter's 2015 album Over And Even was a year-end favorite. Now, she's got a new 7" single and a gorgeous, subtly animated video for "Cost Of The Cold" to go with it.
All Songs Rewind: Breaking Up With Your Favorite Bands
All Songs Considered heads to Splitsville with a look at some of the bands they've broken up with or grown apart from over the years, along with some of the artists they'll stand by no matter what.