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All Songs Considered Robin Hilton spins new music from emerging bands and musical icons.
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Mike Hill (center) says Tombs won't have a prog-rock period, but that he wants a career trajectory akin to Swans and Neurosis. Jason Hellmann/Courtesy of Relapse Records hide caption
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Thursday
David Bazan (right), with bassist Andy Fitts (middle) and drummer Alex Westcoat (left). JUCO hide caption
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Karen & Mike Wedding Song
Wednesday
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Poly Styrene in 1978 — the same year X-Ray Spex's album Germ Free Adolescents came out. Falcon Stuart/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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With drums, woodwinds and brass, acoustic guitarist Cian Nugent's 24-minute "Sixes & Sevens" studies a soul in rapturous torrent. Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Wednesday
For those who hope to one day see a video in which "Weird Al" Yankovic adopts many satirized Lady Gaga personas, all's well that ends well. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bon Iver's Justin Vernon D.L. Anderson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Austin-based duo Zorch, as surf and turf. Laurel Barickman, RecSpec/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tuesday
Laurel Sprengelmeyer of Little Scream (left); Daniele Luppi, Norah Jones, Danger Mouse and Jack White of the Rome project (top right); Ben Sollee (bottom right). Courtesy of the artists hide caption