Fresh Sounds

Hm, something else I'd meant to post earlier in the week: I discovered the concert archive on the NPR web site quite a while ago, but I hadn't visited in some time. Earlier this week I found more music goodies, including studio performances from KEXP and previews of forthcoming albums.

This week, and through the weekend until its release next Tuesday, you can listen to the entire new album American Slang from The Gaslight Anthem, a New Jersey band I discovered last year and loved immediately, along with a new album by Laurie Anderson. Next week this "First Listen" feature will be streaming The Five Ghosts, the fifth album from the Montreal band Stars, another one of my favorites.