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Thursday April 29, 2010

Before illustrating the new Wildwood books with Colin Meloy, artist Carson Ellis created images for several Decemberists album covers, including The Crane Wife. Carson Ellis/Courtesy the Artist hide caption

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Colin Meloy To Pen Children's Novels

by Robin Hilton

April 29, 2010 • HarperCollins has signed Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy to a deal to write three novels for middle-school students. Meloy is calling the series Wildwood.

Wednesday April 28, 2010

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Make Music With Flying Lotus

by Bob Boilen

April 28, 2010 • If you have plenty of time to kill and a computer with a camera, and a decent graphics card, then go to the Flying Lotus website and download an application he's calling the 'Cosmogramma Fieldlines' augmented reality app.

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Second Stage: Little-Known Bands You Should Hear

Second Stage: Summer-Winter

by Will Butler

April 28, 2010 • Summer-Winter frontman Terry O'Hara has been a dishwasher, a farm hand, a graveyard security guard, a vacuum repairman and a political aide. Now he channels The Flaming Lips on his folk-flavored album Alone Is Yes.

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Tuesday April 27, 2010

The Apples In Stereo, Caribou, Dr. Dog And More

Joshua Kessler

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The Apples In Stereo, Caribou, Dr. Dog And More

April 27, 2010 • Twenty years after The Apples in Stereo first formed, the band is back with its best album yet.You can hear the first single from the album on this edition of All Songs Considered.

The Apples In Stereo, Caribou, Dr. Dog And More

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Friday April 23, 2010

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Watch The xx's 'Islands' Video, Listen Live This Weekend

by Will Butler

April 23, 2010 • Yet again The xx have tapped into beautiful, spacious simplicity, this time for a music video to the band's song "Islands." The group's logo looms large in the video, which documents an ever-so-coordinated dance party. If you come to Washington D....

Thursday April 22, 2010

Make Music With Your (Wait For It) Shoes

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Make Music With Your (Wait For It) Shoes

by Mike Katzif

April 22, 2010 • Footwear has clearly come a long way since the primitive days of just being used to, you know, cover your feet. Sure, they can make you run faster and jump higher, measure your distance and heart rate, even make phone calls. They can now make musi...

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Second Stage: Little-Known Bands You Should Hear

Second Stage: Malgre Lui

by Will Butler

April 22, 2010 • Jamison Lee, a.k.a. Malgre Lui, has a soulful, unpretentious songwriting style that really caught our attention. His lyrics are vivid and imaginative, and each of his offbeat ballads could easily double as a singalong.

Second Stage: Malgre Lui

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Tuesday April 20, 2010

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Guru, Of Gang Starr And Jazzmatazz, Dies At 43

by Will Butler

April 20, 2010 • It's been only six weeks since we reported that ailing rapper Guru was recovering well from surgery to revive him from a heart-attack-induced coma. But now, MTV is reporting that Guru, born Keith Edward Elam, died Monday. A statement from his coll...

String Metal, A Country Legend, LCD Soundsystem

Riki Feldmann

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String Metal, A Country Legend, LCD Soundsystem

April 20, 2010 • Hear a preview cut from what's rumored to be the last LCD Soundsystem album. Plus Merle Haggard, Judgement Day, Radar Brothers, Cornershop, and more.

String Metal, A Country Legend, LCD Soundsystem

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