Calexico Visits NPR's World Cafe

Friday's set included:

Victor Jara's Hands
Two Silver Trees
Man Made Lake
Keeper Of The Flame

Enjoy the full playback here.

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MP3: Calexico - Across The Wire (Acoustic)

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Albert Hammond Jr. Records Lillywhite Session

This week's set included:

Miss Myrtle
GfC
Rocket
Victory At Monterey

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MP3: Albert Hammond Jr. - In Transit

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NPR Streams Ra Ra Riot's DC Gig

Enjoy last night's full playback here.

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Vampire Weekend & RRR will tour the UK later this month.

MP3: Ra Ra Riot - Dying Is Fine

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NPR Streams Of Montreal's Athens Gig

Last night's set included:

Id Engager
So Begins Our Alabee
Triphallus, To Punctuate!
She's A Rejecter
For Our Elegant Caste
Touched Something's Hollow
An Eluardian Instance
Heimdalsgate Like A...
Gallery Piece
Wraith Pinned To The Mist
Women's Studies Victims
St. Exquisite's Confessions
Eros' Entropic Tundra
Nonpareil Of Favor
October Is Eternal
Wicked Wisdom
Disconnect The Dots
Knight Rider
And I've Seen A Bloody Shadow
Plastis Wafers
Beware Our Nubile Miscreants
Mingusings
A Sentence Of Sorts In Kongsvinger
Gronlandic Edit
Requiem For O.M.M.2

Enjoy the full playback here.

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MP3: Of Montreal - Bunny...

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Adele Records NPR Session

This week's set included:

Hometown Glory
Chasing Pavements
Right As Rain

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MP3: Adele - Hometown Glory (Remix)

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Okkervil River Frontman Guest DJs On NPR

This week's session included:

Carlton & The Shoes - Never Give...
Dion - Your Own Back Yard
Selda - Ince Ince

View all of Will Sheff's picks here.

MP3: Okkervil River - Live On WOXY

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Bon Iver Visits NPR's World Cafe

Yesterday's set included:

Lump Sum
Flume
For Emma

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Bon Iver recently covered Okkervil River.

MP3: Bon Iver - Skinny Love

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Spiritualized Visits NPR's World Cafe

Yesterday's set featured:

Sitting On Fire
Sweet Talk
Death Take Your Fiddle
Soul On Fire

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MP3: SPZ - You Lie You Cheat

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Cold War Kids Interviewed By NPR

Yesterday's Q&A session touched upon:

-Personal politics
-Atypical rock 'n roll
-Creative spaces

Enjoy the full feature here.

CWK recently performed on Jimmy Kimmel.

MP3: Cold War Kids - Die Die Die

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Doveman Records Lillywhite Session

Yesterday's set featured:

Footlose
Dancing In The Streets
Almost Paradise

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MP3: Doveman - Medley

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Conor Oberst Visits NPR's World Cafe

Yesterday's set featured:

Sausalito
Get Well Cards
I Got The Reason 2

Enjoy the full appearance here.

Conor recently unveiled a clip for 'Souled Out!!!'.

MP3: Conor Oberst - Danny Callahan

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The Old 97's Visit NPR's World Cafe

This week's set included:

The Fool
My Two Feet
Dance With Me
Barrier Reef

Stream the full appearance here.

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MP3: The Old 97's - Live On 'The Interface'

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NPR Shares Radiohead's Santa Barbara Gig

The evening's set featured:

Reckoner
Optimistic
There There
15 Step
All I Need
Nude
Talk Show Host
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
The Gloaming
Morning Bell
The National Anthem
Faust Arp
No Surprises
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
The Bends
Karma Police
Bodysnatchers
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Cymbal Rush
House Of Cards
Paranoid Android
Go Slowly
Everything in Its Right Place
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Videotape
Lucky
Idioteque

Enjoy the full playback here.

MP3: Radiohead - Jigsaw...

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NPR's Sound Opinions Select Fave Back To School Ditties

Amongst their picks:

Mission Of Burma - Academy Fight Song
The White Stripes - We're Going To Be Friends
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual

View all the rest here.

MP3: The White Stripes - 7 Nation Army (Remix)

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Thao Visits NPR's 'Tiny Desk'

Last week's mini gig featured:

Bag Of Hammers
Beat
Big Kid Table
Feet Asleep

Enjoy the full appearance here.

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MP3: Thao - Beat

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The Ting Tings Visit NPR's World Cafe

Last week's set featured:

Great DJ
Shut Up & Let Me Go
We Started Nothing
That's Not My Name

Enjoy the full appearance here.

MP3: The Ting Tings - Great DJ

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Paul Weller Visits NPR's World Cafe

His set included:

Light Nights
Why Walk When You Can Run?
All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)
Pretty Flamingo

Enjoy the full appearance here.

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MP3: Paul Weller - Kosmos (Remix)

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Beck Interviewed By NPR

Topics he discusses:

-Everyday Influences
-Modern Guilt
-Humor

Listen to the feature here.

MP3: Beck - Nausea (XXXchange Mix)

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Dr. Dog Records Lillywhite Session

Their brief set featured:

The Ark
Talk
The Old Days
Hang On

Enjoy the full appearance here.

MP3: Dr. Dog - Worst Trip

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NPR Selects 'Top Crushingly Sad Songs'

Some of their selections include:

The Frames - Locusts
Stars - Your Ex Lover Is Dead
Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day

View the full piece here.

MP3: Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter

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