After working on his darkly dreamy new album in nigh-reclusion, we asked indie synth-pop musician Jeremy Jay for songs to play at a party.
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Playlist: Episode 234
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Rosanne Cash Shares a Song with President Clinton
Rosanne Cash is a dedicated activist and fund-raiser for charitable causes and she finds herself performing at numerous benefit concerts. One such night in 2012, she performed a cover of a ballad she loves – and found out she shared her affinity for the song with a particularly famous audience member, who decided to pay […]
Diane Coffee Pours Breakfast (Lunch and Dinner) Music
Shaun Fleming's Foxygen side-project Diane Coffee has just released a debut album. He and bandmate Steve Okonski travel the musical world to offer a soundtrack for parties - or doing taxes.
Rosanne Cash Learns About Partying with William Faulkner
Rosanne Cash's new record is inspired by the culture and history of the American South. She began her research at the most storied pottery shop in Mississippi.
Playlist Episode 223
The Sea & Cake – “The Argument” Aphex Twin – “Boy/Girl Song” Tipsy – “Liquordelic” Rica Monsumoto – “Mezase Pokémon Masutā” Mobb Deep – “Shook Ones Part II” Tito Puente – “Japan Mambo” Ron Sexsmith – “Maybe This Christmas” The Silvertones – “Bling Bling Christmas” Johnnie Allan – “It’s Christmas Time in Louisiana” Nick Lowe – […]
Love You, Beyoncé, “XO”
Beyoncé's new album, released by surprise last week, is experimental, boundary-nudging pop distinguished by her most mature songwriting to date - candidly personal yet politically charged. In a year rich in statement-making releases, the record immediately inserted itself on many critics' best-of lists and has become an essential pop culture touchstone.
“Archery” – Austin Brown
Parquet Courts' singer and guitar player Austin Brown aims for laughs with a one-liner.
Keeping Cool, Calm, and Coiffed with Nancy Sinatra
Sixties pop icon Nancy Sinatra advises on flattering make-overs, flattering musicians' egos, and the "Frank Story" she doesn't really want to hear.
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s Runaway Fingers
Book critic Liesl Schillinger reads a darkly comic excerpt from a newly-published short story collection by early-20th century Russian author Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky.