Modern Vampires of the City by Vampire Weekend
BUY: All Things Considered: Vampire Weekend on the Secrets of their New Album
All Things Considered: New Sounds Signal the End of an Era
KCRW: Vampire Weekend, LIVE in Concert
Modern Vampires of the City is Vampire Weekend’s third album, and it is a bustling world of voices and visions from the death of Henry Hudson to the Orthodox girl falling in love at an uptown falafel shop, from Hannah Hunt tearing up the New York Times on a distant beach to the lethal chandelier of “Everlasting Arms,” from the ardent yearning of “Don’t Lie” to the harmonized voice of hope in “Young Lion”. Modern Vampires of the City has a grandeur and romanticism evocative of the city where it was conceived.
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The Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurrican
Fresh Air: Keith Richards ‘Life’ with The Rolling Stones
All Things Considered: Mick Jagger on The Apocalyptic ‘Gimme Shelter’
Crossfire Hurricane, directed by Brett Morgen, is released as part of the ongoing 50th anniversary celebrations of The Rolling Stones. This superb new film tells the story of the Stones’ unparalleled journey from blues obsessed teenagers in the early sixties to their undisputed status as rock royalty. All of The Rolling Stones have been newly interviewed and their words form the narrative arc that links together archive footage of performances, news coverage and interviews, much of it previously unseen.
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The Great Gatsby Soundtrack: A Film by Baz Luhrmann
All Things Considered: ‘It Led Us On a Journey’: The Musical World of ‘The Great Gatsby’
First Listen: The Great Gatsby
Original soundtrack to the 2013 motion picture directed by Baz Luhrman. The soundtrack features songs performed by Jay -Z, Beyonce & Andre 3000, will.i.am, Florence & The Machine, Lana Del Rey and many others. The film is an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby’s nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.
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All Things Considered: Plain Truths, Sharp Humor & Three Part Harmony
Pistol Annies-comprised of Miranda Lambert (Lone Star Annie), Ashley Monroe (Hippie Annie) and Angaleena Presley (Holler Annie)-are back with Annie Up, the follow-up to 2011’s Hell On Heels, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. The Annies’ refreshing sound was met with widespread acclaim, and The New York Times’ Ben Ratliff declared Hell On Heels to be 2011’s No.1 Album of the Year. “The goal of our music is to have people feel like they’re having a conversation with us,” said Lambert. With the trio writing all 12 of the tracks on Annie Up, this sophomore collection promises to up the ante on one of the most compelling debuts in recent years.
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You Just Don’t Understand: Women & Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen
MPR News Presents: Deborah Tannen
All Things Considered: Men Talk Just as much as Women
The best-selling author of “You Just Don’t Understand” and “Can We Talk?” and Georgetown linguistics professor Deborah Tannen talks about gender, age and cultural differences in the ways people communicate and suggests ways we can make ourselves better understood.
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