listen party // Indians : “Somewhere Else”
Indians // Somewhere Else : 2013.01.28 : 4AD : streaming in its entirety on NPR
listen party // Bat for Lashes : “The Haunted Man”
Bat for Lashes // “The Haunted Man” : 2012.10.12 : Parlophone : streaming in its entirety on NPR :
listen party // Beachwood Sparks : “The Tarnished Gold”
Beachwood Sparks // “The Tarnished Gold” : 2012.06.26 : Sub Pop : streaming in its entirety on NPR
listen party // Liars : “WIXIW”
Liars // “WIXIW” : 2012.06.04 : Mute : streaming in its entirety below and on NPR :
listen party // Beach House : “Bloom”
Beach House // “Bloom” : 2012.05.15 : Sub Pop : our current (and strongest) front runner for album of the year is streaming in its entirety below as well as on NPR and on Spinner.
listen party // Santigold : “Master of My Make-Believe”
Santigold // “Master of My Make-Believe” : 2012.04.24 : Atlantic : streaming in its entirety below and on NPR // Disparate Youth :
listen party // Spiritualized : “Sweet Heart Sweet Light”
Spiritualized’s best album in over a decade. Spiritualized // “Sweet Heart Sweet Light” : 2012.04.02 : Double Six : streaming in its entirety on NPR
listen party // Neon Indian : “Era Extraña”
Neon Indian // “Era Extraña” : 2011.09.13 : Static Tongues : streaming in its entirety here and here and here
listen party // Givers : “In the Light”
The recent show-stealing Givers (see video below) have a new album on its way and it’s being streamed on NPR’s First Listen series. You can listen to it in its entirety here. Givers // “In Light” : 2011.06.07 : Glassnote : streaming in its entirety on NPR Also, check out this video we produced including [...]
listen party // Cults : “Cults”
It’s about time—Cults are on the verge of releasing their debut lp and in the meantime NPR is streaming it in its entirety. Oh, and on first listen—it’s super fun! Cults // “Cults” : 2011.06.07
listen party // Thurston Moore : Demolished Thoughts
Thurston Moore // Demolished Thoughts : 2011.05.24 : Matador : streaming in its entirety on NPR.
listen party // Panda Bear : “Tomboy”
NPR is streaming the forthcoming Panda Bear album in its entirety here.
listen party // Vivian Girls : “Share the Joy”
NPR Music is streaming the forthcoming Vivian Girls album in its entirety. Vivian Girls // Share the Joy : 2011.04.12 : Polyvinyl Records
listen party // Wire : "Red Barked Tree"
Wire // “Red Barked Tree” : 2011.01.11 : Pink Flag Two Minutes : Peter doesn’t just like Wire, he loves Wire. Chairs Missing changed his life. This album probably won’t change his life again. But that won’t stop Peter from listening to it repeatedly as it streams in its entirety on NPR.
peter likes music // 2010
Peter’s grandfather regularly remarks that he believes music continues to get better and better. Peter has to agree. Peter liked a lot of things in 2010. Mostly he liked the music. let me count the reasons: favorite songs favorite 20 albums top 5 albums top 5 eps favorite official videos favorite live videos favorite concerts [...]
radness // Hauschka : various songs on NPR
One of those cases of highly-recommended musicians that sound too obtuse for my tastes, I’ve not given Hauschka the slightest chance—too busy looking for the latest pop fix. However, that changed after a few seconds of this video . . . I’ve got a new musician to explore. Oh, and there are a few more [...]
listen party // Avey Tare : "Down There"
NPR is streaming the forthcoming Avey Tare album in its entirety here.
listen party // Belle & Sebastian : "Write about Love"
NPR is streaming Belle & Sebastian‘s forthcoming album in its entirety here.
listen party // Blonde Redhead + Of Montreal
NPR is streaming two highly-anticipated albums in their entirety before they’re released: Blonde Redhead // “Penny Sparkle” : 4AD : 2010.09.14 : streaming here Of Montreal // “False Priest” : Polyvinyl : 2010.09.14 : streaming here
coming soon // listen party // Arcade Fire : “The Suburbs”
NPR is streaming the new Arcade Fire album in its entirety prior to its release here. Arcade Fire // “The Suburbs” : “Sprawl II (Mountains beyond Mountains)” :
coming soon // listen party // Arcade Fire : "The Suburbs"
NPR is streaming the new Arcade Fire album in its entirety prior to its release here. Arcade Fire // “The Suburbs” : “Sprawl II (Mountains beyond Mountains)” :
Toro Y Moi live concert via NPR
If you’re like Peter, you don’t get out to see shows as much as often . . . time was he’d go see a show or two per week. But now, a certain 3 ft tall creature keeps him home most nights . . . which is why NPR’s live concert stream series is so [...]
coming soon // Broken Social Scene : “Forgiveness Rock Record”
Broken Social Scene // Forgiveness Rock Record : 2010.05.04 release Streaming in its entirety on NPR until its release!