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Thursday July 30, 2009

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National Symphony Orchestra To Tweet Beethoven

by Robin Hilton

July 30, 2009 • The National Symphony Orchestra will supplement a performance of Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony tonight with 140-character notes from the conductor, sent to members of the audience via Twitter.

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Arctic Monkeys: Live Webcast And Album Leak

by Robin Hilton

July 30, 2009 • by Robin Hilton Arctic Monkeys will perform songs from the upcoming album Humbug live online today, beginning at 4 p.m. ET. The show will stream from the group's Web site. Note that the site lists a time of 9 p.m. GMT. Members of Arctic Monkey...

Wednesday July 29, 2009

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Old Flames: Wilco

by Robin Hilton

July 29, 2009 • If the law of diminishing returns applies to music, then the more you listen to a band or an album, the less you get out of it.

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Rock 'n' Roll Summer School: Dance Craze!

July 29, 2009 • Every Wednesday this summer, we're offering a quick course in early rock 'n' roll. Your professor will be Tom Moon, NPR contributor and author of the book "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die."

Tuesday July 28, 2009

Second Stage: Little-Known Bands You Should Hear

Second Stage: The Lonelyhearts

by Robin Hilton

July 28, 2009 • Guitarist John Lindenbaum lives in Oakland, Calif., while keyboardist Andrew Perry lives in Iowa City, Iowa. But that hasn't stopped the two from making music together.

Second Stage: The Lonelyhearts

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Pixies Announce U.S. 'Doolittle' Tour

by Robin Hilton

July 28, 2009 • by Robin Hilton Pixies' members have added a number of U.S. dates for their 20th-anniversary tour celebrating the 1989 album Doolittle. The group will perform every song from the classic record, along with B-sides, live in concert. "We wanted t...

Monday July 27, 2009

Listeners Pick The Year's Best Music (So Far)

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Listeners Pick The Year's Best Music (So Far)

July 27, 2009 • NPR listeners cast thousands of votes for the year's best music (so far) and kept the race tight.

Listeners Pick The Year's Best Music (So Far)

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Poll Results: The Best Music Of 2009 (So Far)

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Poll Results: The Best Music Of 2009 (So Far)

July 27, 2009 • NPR listeners cast thousands of votes in the All Songs Considered poll for the year's best music (so far) and kept the race tight. See and hear the results.

'My Girls' by Animal Collective

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Digital Liner Notes Coming Soon

by Robin Hilton

July 27, 2009 • by Robin Hilton The Financial Times reports that Apple is working on a deal with the four largest record labels to include elaborate digital liner notes with downloaded albums. Under the plan, Apple would include a new interactive booklet, sleev...

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What's On Your Desk?

July 27, 2009 • by Bob Boilen I came to work this morning to find new CDs by The Swell Season and The Avett Brothers. Nice start to a Monday. What's on your desk?

Sunday July 26, 2009

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Faces Of Joy: The Gaslight Anthem

by Stephen Thompson

July 26, 2009 • I've spent a good chunk of this summer kicking myself for discovering The Gaslight Anthem nearly a full year after its tremendous album The '59 Sound came out. The group channels the best attributes of its most obvious influence, Bruce Springsteen...

Friday July 24, 2009

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Discoveries From The Pitchfork Music Festival

July 24, 2009 • On this episode of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen talks with freelance reporter Jacob Ganz about some of the music he discovered while at this year's Pitchfork Festival.

Discoveries From The Pitchfork Music Festival

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Second Stage: Little-Known Bands You Should Hear

Second Stage: Spirits Of The Red City

by Robin Hilton

July 24, 2009 • by Robin Hilton Download "Fire" by Spirits of the Red City (Right-click or control-click to save to your computer). Spirits of the Red City is a sprawling, nine-member collective that plays creaky but beautiful acoustic music, steeped in America...

Second Stage: Spirits Of The Red City

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Flight Of The Conchords Announces New Album

by Robin Hilton

July 24, 2009 • by Robin Hilton The live performance by Flight of the Conchords in Washington, D.C., last year remains one of the most joyful, memorable and flat-out hilarious shows I've had the good fortune of seeing. The duo's self-titled debut full-length fr...

Thursday July 23, 2009

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You've Never Heard Beck's 'Odelay'?!

by Camden Andrews

July 23, 2009 • Editor's Note: This is the first in a recurring series we're featuring on the blog, wherein unimaginably young NPR Music intern Camden Andrews — okay, he is a grown adult — reviews albums we can't believe he's never heard. To be fair, when U2 r

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