listen party // Warpaint : “Warpaint”

Warpaint // “Warpaint” : 2014.01.21 : Rough Trade : streaming in its entirety on NPR
Jan 13, 2014 | Categories:music | Tags: album, coming soon, favorite music, Jenny Lee Lindberg, jennylee, listen party, music, npr, rough trade, stream, streaming, warpaint | Comments Off on listen party // Warpaint : “Warpaint”
listen party // Damien Jurado : “Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son”

As he did for the brilliant “Maraqopa” (one of our top 5 favorite albums of 2012) Damien has joined forces with Richard Swift to produce its follow-up. Damien Jurado // “Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son” : 2014.01.21 : Secretly Canadian : streaming in its entirety on NPR
Jan 06, 2014 | Categories:music | Tags: album, brothers and sisters of the eternal son, coming soon, damien jurado, favorite music, listen party, music, npr, richard swift, secretly canadian, stream, streaming | Comments Off on listen party // Damien Jurado : “Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son”
listen party // Damien Jurado : “Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son”

Damien Jurado // “Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Sun” : 2014.01.21 : Secretly Canadian : streaming in its entirety on NPR
Jan 06, 2014 | Categories:music | Tags: album, favorite music, listen party, music, new music, npr, stream, streaming | Comments Off on listen party // Damien Jurado : “Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son”
listen party // Smith Westerns : “Soft Will”

Smith Westerns // “Soft Will” : 2013.06.25 : Mom & Pop : streaming in its entirety on NPR
Jun 17, 2013 | Categories:music | Tags: album, coming soon, cullen omori, favorite music, listen party, mom & pop, music, npr, smith westerns, soft will, stream, streaming | Comments Off on listen party // Smith Westerns : “Soft Will”
listen party // Indians : “Somewhere Else”

Indians // Somewhere Else : 2013.01.28 : 4AD : streaming in its entirety on NPR
Jan 07, 2013 | Categories:music | Tags: 4ad, album, coming soon, favorite music, indians, listen party, music, new music, npr, somewhere else, søren løkke juul, stream, streaming | Comments Off on listen party // Indians : “Somewhere Else”
listen party // Bat for Lashes : “The Haunted Man”

Bat for Lashes // “The Haunted Man” : 2012.10.12 : Parlophone : streaming in its entirety on NPR :
Oct 15, 2012 | Categories:music | Tags: album, bat for lashes, coming soon, favorite music, listen party, music, natasha khan, new song, npr, parlophone, song, stream, streaming, the haunted man | Comments Off on listen party // Bat for Lashes : “The Haunted Man”
listen party // Grizzly Bear : “Shields”

Grizzly Bear // “Shields” : 2012.09.18 : Warp :
Sep 13, 2012 | Categories:music | Tags: album, chris bear, chris taylor, christopher bear, coming soon, daniel rossen, ed droste, favorite music, grizzly bear, listen party, music, new song, npr, shields, song, stream, streaming | Comments Off on listen party // Grizzly Bear : “Shields”
listen party // Beachwood Sparks : “The Tarnished Gold”

Beachwood Sparks // “The Tarnished Gold” : 2012.06.26 : Sub Pop : streaming in its entirety on NPR
Jun 19, 2012 | Categories:music | Tags: album, beachwood sparks, coming soon, favorite music, listen party, music, npr, stream, streaming, sub pop, the tarnished gold | Comments Off on listen party // Beachwood Sparks : “The Tarnished Gold”
listen party // Liars : “WIXIW”

Liars // “WIXIW” : 2012.06.04 : Mute : streaming in its entirety below and on NPR :
May 28, 2012 | Categories:music | Tags: album, coming soon, favorite music, liars, listen party, music, mute, new music, npr, stream, streaming, wixiw | Comments Off on listen party // Liars : “WIXIW”
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.
May 06, 2012 | Categories:music | Tags: album, beach house, bloom, coming soon, favorite music, listen party, music, npr, song, stream, streaming | Comments Off on listen party // Beach House : “Bloom”
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 :
Apr 23, 2012 | Categories:music, video | Tags: album, atlantic, coming soon, disparate youth, favorite music, listen party, master of my make believe, music, new song, npr, santi white, santigold, santogold, song, stream, streaming, video | Comments Off on listen party // Santigold : “Master of My Make-Believe”
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
Apr 17, 2012 | Categories:music | Tags: album, favorite music, listen party, music, new song, npr, song, spiritualized, stream, streaming, sweet heart, sweet heart sweet light, sweet light | Comments Off on listen party // Spiritualized : “Sweet Heart Sweet Light”
listen party // Neon Indian : “Era Extraña”

Neon Indian // “Era Extraña” : 2011.09.13 : Static Tongues : streaming in its entirety here and here and here
Sep 06, 2011 | Categories:music | Tags: album, coming soon, Era Extraña, favorite music, listen party, music, neon indian, npr | Comments Off on listen party // Neon Indian : “Era Extraña”
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 […]
May 31, 2011 | Categories:music | Tags: album, coming soon, favorite music, filmmaking, givers, glassnote, in light, live video, music, new album, npr, streaming, video | Comments Off on listen party // Givers : “In the Light”
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
May 22, 2011 | Categories:music | Tags: album, coming soon, cults, favorite music, listen party, madeline follin, music, new music, npr, Richie Follin, streaming | Comments Off on listen party // Cults : “Cults”
listen party // Thurston Moore : Demolished Thoughts

Thurston Moore // Demolished Thoughts : 2011.05.24 : Matador : streaming in its entirety on NPR.
May 15, 2011 | Categories:music | Tags: album, coming soon, demolished thoughts, favorite music, listen party, music, npr, sonic youth, thurston moore | Comments Off on listen party // Thurston Moore : Demolished Thoughts
listen party // Panda Bear : “Tomboy”

NPR is streaming the forthcoming Panda Bear album in its entirety here.
Apr 04, 2011 | Categories:music | Tags: album, animal collective, coming soon, favorite music, listen party, music, npr, panda bear, tomboy | Comments Off on listen party // Panda Bear : “Tomboy”
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
Mar 28, 2011 | Categories:music | Tags: album, cassie ramone, coming soon, favorite music, katy goodman, listen party, npr, share the joy, vivian girls | Comments Off on listen party // Vivian Girls : “Share the Joy”
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.
Jan 03, 2011 | Categories:music | Tags: album, coming soon, favorite music, listen party, new song, npr, pink flag, red barked tree, song, two minutes, wire | Comments Off on listen party // Wire : "Red Barked Tree"
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 […]
Jan 02, 2011 | Categories:music, video | Tags: 2010, 6669, abe vigoda, all around and away we go, archy marshal, archy marshall, ariel pink, astro coast, at&t park, avi buffalo, avi buffaly, beach house, before today, best, best coast, best of 2010, big echo, bradford cox, broken bells, broken dreams club, bruce haack, casual, causers of this, chris chu, chris taylor, christopher owens, color your life, congratulations, crocodiles, crush, deerhunter, don't look down, dr, dr. dog, drums, end of year list, excuses, expo 86, favorite, favorite albums, favorite concerts, favorite music, favorite songs, favorite videos, fever dreaming, fight softly, ford & lopatin, ford and lopatin, forget, fortress, games, gamh, gemini, girls, great american music hall, halcyon digest, haunted grafitti, hauschka, here we go magic, hidden cameras, independent, innerspeaker, joel ford, king of the beach, live, lockett pundt, lopatin, luke temple, macca, mgmt, mia dai todd, michel gondry, miniature tigers, morning benders, neon indian, new chain, no age, npr, odd blood, open your heart, out getting ribs, party machine, paul mccartney, pearl harbor, pigeons, pitchfork, play it strange, pop etc, puro instinct, put the day away, rickshaw stop, round the moon, royksopp, ruby suns, shame, sleep forever, small black, solitude is bliss, something about the chaparrals, spencer krug, summer camp, sun airways, surfer blood, tame impala, teen dream, that we can play, the drug, the fresh & onlys, toro y moi, twin shadow, twin sister, underage, wavves, what's in it for, wild beasts, wild nothing, wolf parade, yeasayer, you hid, yours truly, yourstru.ly, yourstruly, zoo kid | Comments Off on peter likes music // 2010
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 […]
Nov 20, 2010 | Categories:music, video | Tags: hauschka, improvisation, live video, npr, radness, random gifts, song, video | Comments Off on radness // Hauschka : various songs on NPR
listen party // Avey Tare : "Down There"

NPR is streaming the forthcoming Avey Tare album in its entirety here.
Oct 13, 2010 | Categories:music | Tags: album, animal collective, avey tare, down there, listen party, npr | Comments Off on listen party // Avey Tare : "Down There"
listen party // Belle & Sebastian : "Write about Love"

NPR is streaming Belle & Sebastian‘s forthcoming album in its entirety here.
Oct 04, 2010 | Categories:music | Tags: album, belle & sebastian, belle and sebastian, coming soon, favorite music, listen party, npr, write about love | Comments Off on listen party // Belle & Sebastian : "Write about Love"
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
Sep 07, 2010 | Categories:music | Tags: album, blonde redhead, coming soon, false priest, favorite music, Kazu Makino, listen party, npr, of montreal, penny sparkle | Comments Off on listen party // Blonde Redhead + Of Montreal