NPR Programs: All Songs Considered

The Magnetic Fields, Giant Drag, The Knife, And More

Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:35:00 -0500
After releasing the appropriately titled Distortion in 2008, The Magnetic Fields' members return with a cleaner, mostly acoustic sound. The new album is Realism, and we've got the opening cut, "You Must Be Out Of Your Mind." Also on the show: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band resurrects the voice of Louis Armstrong, a strange new opera from The Knife, the surprising string quartet Brooklyn Rider, Giant Drag and The Heligoats.

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A Pink Floyd Cover From The Hotrats, Ethereal Sounds From Sweden, Surfer Blood And More

Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:22:00 -0500
On this edition of All Songs Considered, we're featuring two bands from Sweden that make gorgeous, otherworldly music: the duo known as jj and a band called Fredrik. We've got selections from both on the program, along with new music from The Besnard Lakes, Surfer Blood, Midlake, singer-songwriter Josiah Wolf and a group called The Hotrats covering a classic from Pink Floyd.

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Sigur Ros Frontman Jonsi Goes Solo, Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum, And More

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:05:00 -0500
All Songs Considered's latest mix features new solo music from Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi. Also included: Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum on a new benefit CD called Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox, the T. Rex-inspired garage-rock group Smith Westerns, Louisiana's Givers, the folk duo Drug Rug and New Zealand pop from Lawrence Arabia. Plus, we remember the music of Jay Reatard.

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GlobalFEST 2010: A World Music Showcase

Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:24:00 -0500
All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with Banning Eyre (Afropop) and Rob Weisberg (WFMU's Trans Pacific Sound Paradise) about some of the standout artists at this year's GlobalFEST. The annual world-music and cultural festival, held each winter in New York City, is a brief but intense one-day event featuring more than a dozen international bands and artists.

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New Music From Danger Mouse And The Shins' James Mercer, Shout Out Louds, More

Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0500
Danger Mouse has produced some of the most memorable music of the past decade, collaborating with the likes of Sparklehorse, Beck and The Black Keys. Now comes a new project with James Mercer, frontman for The Shins. Danger Mouse and Mercer are calling their venture Broken Bells. The duo's new, self-titled CD isn't out until March, but you can hear a sneak preview in this edition of All Songs Considered.

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