Stephen Thompson appears in the following:
First Listen: St. Paul & The Broken Bones, 'Young Sick Camellia'
Thursday, August 30, 2018
The Alabama band keeps getting weirder, more inventive and, in danceable ringers like "Apollo," more committed than ever to the pleasures of sprightly, joyous funk.
Dermot Kennedy: Tiny Desk Concert
Friday, August 24, 2018
Backed for the first time ever by members of the Howard Gospel Choir, the Irish singer-songwriter shows off a voice built to fill stadiums in more ways than one.
First Listen: Saintseneca, 'Pillar Of Na'
Thursday, August 23, 2018
The Ohio folk-rock band matches fatalistic, ruminative rambles to arrangements that sparkle and surprise.
The MTV VMAs Celebrate Camila Cabello And Cardi B, While Madonna Celebrates Madonna
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Camila Cabello won the night's two biggest prizes, while Nicki Minaj, Jennifer Lopez and Ariana Grande gave splashy performances.
Cat Power Combines Her Powers With Lana Del Rey In 'Woman'
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Chan Marshall's first album in six years, Wanderer, has spawned its first official single. "Woman" is a duet that mixes icy defiance with fogbound mystery.
At Long Last, Iron & Wine Drops 'Waves Of Galveston'
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Iron & Wine has been performing the song live since at least 2013, but has just given it its first proper release ahead of the band's upcoming EP, Weed Garden.
First Listen: Death Cab For Cutie, 'Thank You For Today'
Monday, August 13, 2018
On the band's ninth album, Ben Gibbard addresses an array of life's aftermaths, set against propulsive arrangements that know just when to sparkle and sway.
Mountain Man Announces 'Magic Ship,' Its First Album In Eight Years
Thursday, August 09, 2018
The vocal trio's members have kept busy with other projects, including Amelia Meath's star turn in Sylvan Esso. Now, you can hear three songs from Magic Ship, out Sept. 21.
Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker Releases 'Cradle,' From New Solo Album 'Abysskiss'
Tuesday, August 07, 2018
After three busy years with her main band, Lenker will release abysskiss on Oct. 5. Hear its tender, gorgeous first single, "cradle."
Loretta Lynn Celebrates Roger Miller With The Weary Grace Of 'Half A Mind'
Thursday, July 26, 2018
On a new tribute album, Lynn taps into the central tension of Miller's lament, radiating resignation over an arrangement straight out of an antique jukebox.
This DJ Wants To Twerk, Squawk And Shimmy His Way Into Your Cold, Dead Heart
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Will you let him? "Sacha Baron Cohen channeling the spirit of Andy Kaufman to make fun of EDM concerts" just about sums up his performance style.
'November Rain' Is The Oldest Song With A Billion YouTube Views – What's That Mean?
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Guns N' Roses' 1992 video recently joined 112 others in the billion-views club, but there's more to the milestone than that.
You Get The First 78 Seconds Of Cat Power's New Album
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Hear a brief but transporting introduction to Chan Marshall's first new album in six years: Wanderer, due out Oct. 5.
Ben Stiller Was A Punk Rocker — Here's Proof
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Inspired by Can and Throbbing Gristle, the movie and TV star's early-'80s post-punk band Capital Punishment conjured something dizzy and warped.
Justin Vernon And Aaron Dessner's New Band, Big Red Machine, Announces Debut Album
Thursday, July 12, 2018
The pair has already released four songs from the self-titled set, which comes out August 31.
Dessa Extols The Virtues Of Wandering And Getting Lost On 'Fire Drills'
Thursday, July 12, 2018
The singer, rapper, author and mogul unleashes a righteous rebuttal to the limitations placed on women traveling alone in the world.
Tom Petty's 'Keep A Little Soul' Is The First Taste Of A Vault-Busting New Box Set
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
The release, An American Treasure, is due out Sept. 28 and will include more unreleased songs, outtakes, alternate versions, rarities, live tracks and deep cuts.
First Listen: Luluc, 'Sculptor'
Thursday, July 05, 2018
The Australian folk duo's follow-up to 2014's wonderful Passerby broadens Luluc's palette and subject matter in rewarding ways.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: Road-Testing The Songs Of Summer
Friday, June 29, 2018
NPR Music takes over the show to stump for summertime pop hits by the likes of Cardi B, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Drake, Hayley Kiyoko and more.
Hear A Never-Before-Heard, Piano-Only Demo Of Guns N' Roses' 'November Rain'
Thursday, June 28, 2018
The 10-minute recording, from a new box set, finds Axl Rose alone at a piano, banging out the bones of what would become one of his biggest hits five years later.
