Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy calls his new triple solo album, Twilight Override, “a response to the sensation that we’re caught within the worst a part of the day.”
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Can making and listening to music save the world? It is a lofty query and possibly simple to dismiss as overly severe. However the songs on this week’s combine contemplate the facility of creativity, the way it can result in readability and calm, or possibly simply present a brief respite from no matter ails you.
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy takes this concept to coronary heart with almost two hours of music on a brand new, triple solo album referred to as Twilight Override, an opus he says is designed to overwhelm an awesome world with goodness and lightweight.
We have additionally obtained the singer and guitarist Jay Som, who collaborates with Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World, for her first new album in additional than six years. John Vanderslice and producer James Riotto group up for a band they’re calling Google Earth and (we’re not making this up) a brand new album referred to as For Mac OS X 10.11. We have additionally obtained the sludgy, introspective rock of Goon, and drummer and producer Kassa Total reinterprets traditional hip-hop tracks by artists like Wu-Tang Clan, OutKast and Digable Planets as jazz instrumentals.
NPR Music editor Sheldon Pearce joins host Robin Hilton as they replace their working checklist of the yr’s greatest songs.
Featured artists and songs:
- Jay Som & Jim Adkins: “Float,” from Belong
- Google Earth (John Vanderslice & James Riotto): “meow meow,” from For Mac OS X 10.11
- Goon: “For Reducing The Grass,” from Dream 3
- Jeff Tweedy: “One Tiny Flower,” from Twilight Override
- Kassa Total: “Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like That),” from Cream
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Weekly reset: Twilight at Nags Head, with crickets and barking canine within the distance
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Hear new songs from previous episodes within the All Songs Thought-about playlists in Apple Music and Spotify.
