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First Listen: Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory, 'Elements Of Light'

1.7.13 at 1:30am by Brandon Bussolini

A German producer teams up with Norwegian percussionists to make a sweeping, mutating composition. The ensemble setup plays up Pantha du Prince's talent for arrangements, a way of braiding electronic and acoustic sounds into a richly imagined whole.

First Listen: Erin McKeown, 'Manifestra'

1.2.13 at 12:55pm by Stephen Thompson

Manifestra often mutes the singer-songwriter's genre-shredding side in favor of pointed folk songs about foreign policy, the death penalty and income inequality. Still, there's a certain springiness to the arrangements, thanks to a crack band whose horns, keyboards and strings exude elasticity.

First Listen: Broadcast, 'Berberian Sound Studio'

12.31.12 at 12:15am by Otis Hart

Broadcast's Trish Keenan died two years ago, but she left behind this gorgeous tapestry of sound. Though it was recorded as the soundtrack to a psychological thriller, Berberian Sound Studio actually works best when the listener's eyes stay shut.

First Listen: Original Soundtrack, 'Hecho En Mexico'

12.31.12 at 12:15am by Felix Contreras

The documentary film features a mix of traditional sounds and modern Mexican alternative artists.

First Listen: KEM, 'What Christmas Means'

11.26.12 at 1:45am by Frannie Kelley

The R&B singer and songwriter's album goes down smooth. The vibe that we're used to from a lifetime of Christmas music — Eskimos figure large, children cannot sleep — is here, but these songs wear it lightly.

First Listen: Tracey Thorn, 'Tinsel And Lights'

11.25.12 at 11:45pm by Stephen Thompson

Not since Aimee Mann's One More Drifter in the Snow has a collection of seasonal music been so finely engineered to locate the holidays' melancholy side. But Tinsel and Lights is as warmly rendered as it is achingly bittersweet.

First Listen: Sufjan Stevens, 'Silver & Gold'

11.25.12 at 11:45pm by Stephen Thompson

Stevens views the holidays as a labor of love — worthy of creativity and care, hard work and an ocean of ideas. In Silver & Gold's nearly three hours of music, impeccable grace never strays far from playful ridiculousness.

First Listen: The Evens, 'The Odds'

11.12.12 at 12:45am by Daoud Tyler-Ameen

On their third album, Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina confront what it means to be a grown-up punk: how to question authority while accepting adult responsibility.

First Listen: Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin, 'Instrumental Tourist'

11.12.12 at 12:45am by Bob Boilen

Few performers manipulate sound quite as aggressively or effectively as these electronic musicians. On Instrumental Tourist, they form a single enveloping organism even as they dump their own daring and distinct ideas into the mix.

First Listen: Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch, 'The Mystery Of Heaven'

11.5.12 at 2:15am by Bob Boilen

Van Wissem plays the lute with his heart equally in the 17th and 21st century. Jarmusch is a filmmaker whose work frequently blurs the line between movies and music. Together, they make a rich, appropriately cinematic sound on The Mystery of Heaven.

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