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Beck's 'Loser' at 30 and the golden age of slacker rock

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Beck's 'Loser' at 30 and the golden age of slacker rock

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Nothing on mainstream radio sounded like Beck's "Loser" when it dropped in 1994. Thirty years later, we explain why, look at its impact on the rise of slacker rock and how we still hear it today.

Beck's 'Loser' at 30 and the golden age of slacker rock

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Friday

New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 23

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. Denny/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 23

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Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen discuss Hurray for the Riff Raff's career-defining new album The Past Is Still Alive, along with a trio of other thrilling new releases that reveal the distinct strengths of the musicians behind them.

New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 23

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Tuesday

The Contenders, Vol. 3: Our running list of the year's best songs

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. Camille Blake/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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The Contenders, Vol. 3: Our running list of the year's best songs

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Host Robin Hilton hangs with composer and artist Julia Holter and NPR's Lars Gotrich to gab about their favorite new music, including the calming sounds of Helado Negro, Daisy Rickman and more.

The Contenders, Vol. 3: Our running list of the year's best songs

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Friday

New Music Friday: 5 albums out Feb. 16, plus 'Rhapsody in Blue' still thrills at 100

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New Music Friday: 5 albums out Feb. 16, plus 'Rhapsody in Blue' still thrills at 100

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NPR Music's Felix Contreras and WRTI's Nate Chinen run down new albums by Gaby Mareno, Les Amazones d'Afrique and more. Then, Nate Chinen is joined by NPR Music's Tom Huizenga to discuss the legacy and controversy around George Gershwin's masterpiece, "Rhapsody in Blue," which celebrated its centennial this week.

New Music Friday: 5 albums out Feb. 16, plus 'Rhapsody in Blue' still thrills at 100

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Tuesday

Mix messages: Listeners share the songs that say 'I've got a crush on you'
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Mix messages: Listeners share the songs that say 'I've got a crush on you'

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We asked listeners to tell us about a time they put a song on a mixtape or playlist to woo a crush. On this week's show, we share some of those songs ... and find out if they worked.

Mix messages: Listeners share the songs that say 'I've got a crush on you'

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Friday

New Music Friday: Brittany Howard and a new era of musical masters

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New Music Friday: Brittany Howard and a new era of musical masters

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Ann Powers and Sheldon Pearce listen to the new albums out on Feb. 9 — including Brittany Howard's What Now — and find themselves wondering about the cultural value of virtuosity in 2024.

New Music Friday: Brittany Howard and a new era of musical masters

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Tuesday

The Contenders, Vol. 2: Our running list of the year's best songs

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The Contenders, Vol. 2: Our running list of the year's best songs

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Host Robin Hilton hangs with NPR's Hazel Cills and Sheldon Pearce to geek out about the new Billy Joel, Kim Gordon, Shygirl, Nia Archives and more.

The Contenders, Vol. 2: Our running list of the year's best songs

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Saturday

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New Music Friday: What Were The Grammys Made For?

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New Music Friday: What Were The Grammys Made For?

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Ann Powers, Sidney Madden and Stephen Thompson make predictions ahead of Sunday night's 66th annual Grammy Awards.

New Music Friday: What Were The Grammys Made For?

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Tuesday

Why we still love Green Day

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Why we still love Green Day

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With Green Day's stellar new album, Saviors, the 20th anniversary of American Idiot and 30th anniversary of Dookie, NPR's Daoud Tyler-Ameen, Stephen Thompson and Robin Hilton look at the band's legacy.

Why we still love Green Day

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Friday

New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 26 (and why they deserve reviews)

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New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 26 (and why they deserve reviews)

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There's plenty about Wall of Eyes, the new album by the British rock trio The Smile, to remind you of Radiohead, the band with which The Smile shares Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood. But there's something about The Smile that resists feeling like Radiohead redux, and on this week's episode Ann Powers, Tom Huizenga and Sheldon Pearce get to the bottom of what makes Wall of Eyes so satisfying on its own terms.

New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 26 (and why they deserve reviews)

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Friday

New Music Friday: 21 Savage's 'American Dream'
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New Music Friday: 21 Savage's 'American Dream'

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NPR Music's Sheldon Pearce, Rodney Carmichael and Sidney Madden dig into hip-hop superstar 21 Savage's new album, his notorious ICE arrest and what it means to capture the American dream.

New Music Friday: 21 Savage's 'American Dream'

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Tuesday

The Contenders, Vol. 1: Our running list of the year's best songs

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The Contenders, Vol. 1: Our running list of the year's best songs

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Host Robin Hilton hangs with NPR Music's Anamaria Sayre and Tom Huizenga to share their current musical obsessions, from the solo piano of Philip Glass to the garage punk of Sprints, Spain's super chill Club del Rio and more.

The Contenders, Vol. 1: Our running list of the year's best songs

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Friday

Setting our sights on the biggest music stories of the 2024

Dua Lipa, whose 2020 album Future Nostalgia produced multiple '80s and '90s pop-inspired hits, has released a new single, "Houdini," that hints at another layer of retro revival. Tyrone Lebon/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Setting our sights on the biggest music stories of the 2024

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To ring in the new year, NPR Music's critics take over the latest episode of New Music Friday to offer predictions about the artists, genres and stories that might dominate conversations about music in 2024.

Setting our sights on the biggest music stories of the 2024

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Tuesday

2024 Preview: The year's most anticipated albums

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2024 Preview: The year's most anticipated albums

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We take a spin through the albums we're most excited about for this year, including Sleater-Kinney, Brittany Howard, Hurray for the Riff Raff and more, plus a few rumored releases.

2024 Preview: The year's most anticipated albums

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