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Ed O'Brien of Radiohead performs in 2017.

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Radiohead Guitarist Ed O'Brien Announces First Solo Album, Shares New Song

10:46am February 06, 2020

by Lars Gotrich

Earth comes out April 17 under the name EOB. Radiohead's Colin Greenwood, Portishead's Adrian Utley, Wilco's Glenn Kotche and Laura Marling contribute to the album.

Puerto Rican artist Draco Rosa previews his upcoming album with "Quiero Vivir."

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Alt.Latino Playlist: Meet Us In Our World

3:49pm February 05, 2020

The enigmatic Draco Rosa immediately returns after a Latin Grammy, Lido Pimeinta celebrates the beauty and resilience of Afro-Colombian communities and Orquesta Failde covers a Camila Cabello hit.

"People, I've been sad" is Christine and the Queen's first solo single since her 2018 album, Chris.

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Christine And The Queens' New Single Lets Us Know: 'People, I've Been Sad'

1:11pm February 05, 2020

by Cyrena Touros

Chris catalogs the shades of melancholy in her gooey synth-pop single.

The autobiographical tale of Squirrel Flower's en caul birth, her emergence into the world floating in an amniotic sac, gives her first full-length album its name.

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Squirrel Flower's Debut Finds The Beauty In Transient Things

10:37am February 05, 2020

by Cyrena Touros

Both in sound and scope, I Was Born Swimming centers on impermanence and solitude.

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Sufjan Stevens To Release New Age Album 'Aporia' With Lowell Brams

10:18am February 05, 2020

by Andrew Flanagan

The 21-track album, patchworked from years of jam sessions, is a swan song, of sorts, for Lowell Brams, Sufjan Stevens' stepfather and business partner.

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Some Favorite Things From Sharon Van Etten's New Video

10:00am February 05, 2020

by Marissa Lorusso

A mountainous landscape, a flowy jumpsuit, serene horses and a beautiful song: What more could you want?

Tré Burt is featured on this month's Station Breaks.

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Station Breaks: The Best New Songs From NPR Member Stations

7:01am February 05, 2020

Hear exciting new tracks from Philadelphia's rising one-woman project Orion Sun, Chicago multi-instrumentalist NNAMDÏ, Californian folkster Tré Burt and more.

Goblinsmoker's grubby artwork really just sets the vibe, you know?

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Viking's Choice: Skull-Melting Feedback, Free-Jazz Psych, Experimental Lute

11:25am February 04, 2020

by Lars Gotrich

You can absolutely judge an album by its cover, especially when it involves a possessed Toad King surrounded by dead toad soldiers. Plus new music from Sunwatchers, Jozef Van Wissem.

"The political becomes personal really quickly," Drive-By Truckers co-founder Patterson Hood says. The Unraveling is out now.

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From White Supremacy To Opioids, Drive-By Truckers Confronts 'The Unraveling'

10:07am February 01, 2020

NPR's Renee Montagne speaks to songwriter Patterson Hood about his band's new album, which threads dark tales of our perilous times and tries to end on a note of optimism.

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Kaytranada's song "What You Need" is featured in this month's edition of Heavy Rotation.

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Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

6:01am February 01, 2020

Hear the latest from Doja Cat, Tame Impala, a collaboration between Leon Bridges and Khruangbin and more.