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First Listen: Chelsea Light Moving, 'Chelsea Light Moving'

2.18.13 at 12:00am by Stephen Thompson

With Sonic Youth on hiatus, Thurston Moore's new band sets out to pulverize and polarize on an album of sharp left turns. Loose but jagged, playful but menacing, the music of Chelsea Light Moving still finds room for glimmers of beauty.

First Listen: Maxmillion Dunbar, 'House Of Woo'

2.11.13 at 12:15am by Lars Gotrich

House of Woo is rooted in unabashed enthusiasm for sound. Maxmillion Dunbar's base may be techno and house, but the samples are a dollar-bin dive into New Age and smooth '80s and '90s R&B.

First Listen: Ivan & Alyosha, 'All The Times We Had'

2.11.13 at 12:15am by Stephen Thompson

It's about time Ivan & Alyosha received due praise as a standard-bearer for hyper-accessible, harmony-rich roots music: The band writes gorgeous, swelling, impeccably built songs about love and faith, and performs them with real charm.

First Listen: 'Son Of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys'

2.11.13 at 12:15am by Stephen Thompson

Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Nick Cave, Beth Orton, Shane MacGowan, Courtney Love, Dr. John, Iggy Pop, Johnny Depp and more form a bleak-music Murderer's Row on this 140-minute collection of pirate-themed music.

First Listen: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, 'Push The Sky Away'

2.8.13 at 4:40pm by Stephen Thompson

The Australian singer and writer assembles a string of slow-burning ballads that seethe and surprise, punctuated by Warren Ellis' gorgeous strings and bits of Cave's own grabby, pervy innuendo.

First Listen: The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, 'The Jazz Age'

2.5.13 at 12:10pm by Bob Boilen

Ferry re-imagines his songs, both solo and with Roxy Music, as the product of a 1920s jazz band. The result is a complete joy, capturing the eccentricity of Ferry's music while still conjuring up the romance of a vintage sound.

First Listen: Ballake Sissoko, 'At Peace'

2.4.13 at 1:00am by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The Malian kora player again works with French cellist Vincent Segal in sweet and soulful ways. After all the time they've spent together in and out of the studio, the two bring a loose-limbed and relaxed spirit to At Peace.

First Listen: Thao And The Get Down Stay Down, 'We The Common'

2.1.13 at 1:20pm by Stephen Thompson

Quirky but cutting, playful but forceful, controlled but ragged, Thao Nguyen infuses everything around her with electricity and mischievous boldness. Her third album is full of tense, clattering folk-rock.

First Listen: Jim James, 'Regions Of Light And Sound Of God'

1.31.13 at 10:55am by Stephen Thompson

On his first full-length solo album, My Morning Jacket's singer makes the sound of a lost soul in search of something bigger than himself. James has always liked to let his voice echo into the void, but here, his attention seems to face inward instead of heavenward.

First Listen: Wayne Shorter, 'Without A Net'

1.28.13 at 12:45am by Patrick Jarenwattananon

The saxophonist turns 80 this year, and he's celebrating with the release of a live album. It features six new tunes from one of jazz's greatest living composers, as well as a long-running band whose uniquely intense language somehow makes a living legend more legendary.

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