New Mix: Cyborg Love, Heartbreak And A Mystery




All Songs Considered show

Summary: On this week's All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton settle into the new NPR Music offices and discover that it comes with their very own butler. After bumbling around in the studio, they also manage to figure out all the new gear and share some great new music. Things kick off with a strange tale from the playful pop group Sonny and the Sunsets about a man who falls in love with a cyborg. Then the fabulously quirky singer and guitarist artist Kimya Dawson of the Moldy Peaches and hip-hop producer and rapper Aesop Rock collaborate on a surprising new project they call The Uncluded. Also on the show: A richly layered cut from the remarkable guitarist William Tyler; the smoky voice of newcomer Cassandra Jenkins; a long-overdue new album from the strangely alluring rock group Snowden; and British singer-songwriter Laura Marling has a heartbreaking new song called "Where Can I Go." Keep listening: At the end of the show Bob and Robin play an audio clue that adds to a growing mystery on the web pointing to a new album from ... an unnamed band. Very mysterious. Sonny And The Sunsets Album: Antenna To The Afterworld Song: Green Blood The Uncluded Album: Hokey Fright Song: Delicate Cycle William Tyler Album: Impossible Truth Song: Cadillac Desert Laura Marling Album: Once I Was An Eagle Song: Where Can I Go? Cassandra Jenkins Album: EP Song: The Bird Snowden Album: No One In Control Song: So Red