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Cruel songs for the cruelest month
Taylor Swift's new album, The Tortured Poets Department , immediately became one of the most anticipated releases of 2024 when she announced it on stage at the Grammy Awards in February.
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New Music Friday: Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets' and the best albums out April 19
The shoegaze artist known as Wisp
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The Contenders, Vol. 7: The songs we can't stop playing this week
Shabaka Hutchings has released a fantastic new album under his first name titled Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace .
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New Music Friday: The best albums out April 12
Kyle Gass and Jack Black of Tenacious D performing live.
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Songs to make you laugh, with 'Weird Al' Yankovic
Texas funk trio Khruangbin are back with A La Sala this week.
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New Music Friday: The best albums out April 5
Gary Clark Jr.
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The Contenders Vol. 6: The songs we can't stop playing this week
New Music Friday: The best albums out March 29
Image from the cover to Laraaji's 2023 album, Segue to Infinity.
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Relax: Songs to calm the nerves
Waxahatchee's Tigers Blood is one of the best releases out March 22.
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New Music Friday: The best albums out March 22
Cellis Maya Beiser offers a remarkable interpretation of Terry Riley's In C on her latest album.
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The Contenders, Vol. 5: Our running list of the year's best songs
Kacey Musgraves' album Deeper Well is one of a number of anticipated releases out March 15, 2024.
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New Music Friday: The best albums out March 15
Fabi Reyna of Reyna Tropical
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Kim Gordon's new album, The Collective , is out March 8.
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New Music Friday: The best albums out March 8
Madi Diaz's new album, Weird Faith , includes the deeply affecting song, "God Person," one of our best-of-the-year contenders.
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The Contenders, Vol. 4: Our running list of the year's best songs
Faye Webster's latest album, Underdressed at the Symphony, is out March 1, 2024.
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New Music Friday: The best albums out March 1
Beck as seen in his 1994 video for the song "Loser."
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Beck's 'Loser' at 30 and the golden age of slacker rock
With The Past Is Still Alive , Hurray for the Riff Raff's Alynda Segarra has created a epic tale of life on the road, a nearly mythic version of their own life story that stands alongside other great American musical travelogues.
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New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 23
Composer, singer-songwriter and producer Julia Holter joins us to play some of her favorite music ahead of her latest album, Something in the Room She Moves , due out in March.
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The Contenders, Vol. 3: Our running list of the year's best songs
Our hosts are digging the new album by Gaby Moreno.
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New Music Friday: 5 albums out Feb. 16, plus 'Rhapsody in Blue' still thrills at 100
Mix messages: Listeners share the songs that say 'I've got a crush on you'
Brittany Howard is back.
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New Music Friday: Brittany Howard and a new era of musical masters
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