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<em>All Songs Considered</em> celebrates the return of co-host Robin Hilton with a mix of great new music.

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New Music From Wilco, Night Beds, Lianne La Havas, More

By Bob Boilen

All Songs Considered celebrates the return of co-host Robin Hilton and bids farewell to Katie Presley with a mix of great new music.

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A celebrated English playwright and rapper deploys storytelling and poetry.

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Kate Tempest: Tiny Desk Concert

See a Malian band that fuses African music with Western rock.

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Songhoy Blues: Tiny Desk Concert

A mansion caretaker's isolation gives way to paranoia in the Boston band's surreal new video.

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First Watch: Krill, 'Torturer'

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Viking's Choice: STATS, 'Countach'

by Lars Gotrich

July 22, 2015 • One of the most outrageous supercars ever made gets a chaotic math-rock party, with an assist from WFMU's Dave Perlis.

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New Music From Wilco, Night Beds, Lianne La Havas, More

by Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton, Katie Presley

July 21, 2015 • All Songs Considered celebrates the return of co-host Robin Hilton and bids farewell to Katie Presley with a mix of great new music.

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Song Premiere: Julien Baker, 'Sprained Ankle'

by Katie Presley

July 21, 2015 • A Tennessee singer-songwriter finds strength in vulnerability in her spare but rich solo debut.

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Viking's Choice: Myrkur, 'Skøgen Skulle Dø'

by Lars Gotrich

July 20, 2015 • Myrkur combines Nordic folk song and choral arrangements to make black metal both savage and sylvan.

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The Good Listener: Where Are All The Great Lullabies?

by Stephen Thompson

July 18, 2015 • Tips for finding lullabies that aren't cloying, annoying, or lullaby-themed covers of pop songs.

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All Songs +1: What's The First Song A Newborn Should Hear?

by Robin Hilton

July 17, 2015 • Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton discuss the best way to introduce your young one to the world of music.

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Don Henley's Releasing A Country Album — Hear Two New Songs

by Robin Hilton

July 17, 2015 • Eagles drummer, singer-songwriter and producer Don Henley is back with his first solo album in 15 years. Cass County is a country album featuring an all-star list of collaborators.

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Chvrches Tease New Album With 'Leave A Trace'

by Julian Ring

July 16, 2015 • The Glasgow synth-pop band explores candid emotional territory on its latest single, from the upcoming sophomore full-length Every Open Eye.

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Viking's Choice: Red River Dialect, 'Amelia'

by Lars Gotrich

July 16, 2015 • The English folk band's droning, banjo-and-strings driven "Amelia" is full of unrequited yearning and hard truths.

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Song Premiere: Soren Bryce, 'Sirens'

by Katie Presley

July 16, 2015 • The young singer-songwriter uses unique turns of phrase and idiosyncratic cadences to make sharp, winning folk-pop.

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Song Premiere: The Waifs, 'Blindly Believing'

by Katie Presley

July 15, 2015 • Twenty years after forming, an Australian folk-rock band sounds both comfortably loose and tighter than ever. The first single from their forthcoming album has echoes of mid-'90s Sheryl Crow.

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Viking's Choice: MAKE, 'The Immortal'

by Lars Gotrich

July 15, 2015 • The Chapel Hill band thrives on heavy, atmospheric jams, with lush meditations that hold off on heaviness until the moment demands an earth-rattling release.

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SOAK, Bob Boilen's Current Obsession, Plays DJ

by Bob Boilen

July 14, 2015 • SOAK, one of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen's favorite new artists for 2015, spins some of the songs that have influenced her own work, and talks about her new album.

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Song Premiere: Tunde Olaniran, "KYBM"

by Katie Presley

July 14, 2015 • A Michigan activist and rapper/singer dedicates a frenetic dance anthem to social justice workers in Detroit.

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Songs We Love: Protomartyr, 'Why Does It Shake?'

by Robin Hilton

July 14, 2015 • The band follows one of the best albums of 2014 with a behemoth single called "Why Does It Shake?"

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Song Premiere: Le Butcherettes, 'Shave The Pride'

by Katie Presley

July 14, 2015 • Pent-up frustration and explosive energy power this diatribe from a Guadalajaran rock band.

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Songs We Love: All Dogs, 'That Kind Of Girl'

by Katie Presley

July 13, 2015 • The Ohio pop-punk quartet's "That Kind Of Girl" offers an ex-lover a generous out, with some unflappable attitude to sweeten the deal.

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Songs We Love: Youth Lagoon, 'The Knower'

by Mike Katzif

July 13, 2015 • Stark intimacy gives way to a regal, celebratory fanfare in this first track from Savage Hills Ballroom.

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All Songs Rewind: The Best Opening Tracks

by Julian Ring

July 10, 2015 • All Songs intern Julian Ring picks his all-time favorite episode of the show, one that asks: Can you judge an album by its first song? For a handful of classic records, absolutely.

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Songs We Love: Sara Rachele, 'Rebecca'

by Katie Presley

July 10, 2015 • A Georgia singer-songwriter uses stark, acoustic instrumentation and heartbreaking lyrics to grapple with a major life decision.

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