Music

Boy On World Cafe

David Dye — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:20:00 +0000

The Swiss-German duo Boy has enjoyed worldwide success with its charming debut album, Mutual Friends. Members Sonya Glass and Valeska Steiner met in 2005 at a six-week song workshop and quickly developed a rapport.

In this installment of World Cafe, the two discuss the nuances of writing in English, and describe how their friendship grew along with their musical success.

We Get Mail: What's A Modern Music Snob To Do?

Stephen Thompson — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:28:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrEJmvuKSwo

Viking's Choice: The Man, The Machine, The 'Melee'

editor — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:07:00 +0000

Remember the slow-moving, ridiculously armed ED-209 in the first RoboCop movie? The poor thing couldn't walk down a stairwell, but boy, could that machine leave a bloody mess. Author & Punisher does much the same, for both the ears and whatever's left of the body.

Mechanical engineer and sculptor Tristan Shone is a master of machines. He's built a robotic entourage — throttles, knobs, rails and all — that responds to MIDI/USB controllers and makes for-real industrial doom metal.

Mount Moriah On World Cafe

David Dye — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:25:00 +0000

Mount Moriah is a rock band formed around the duo of guitarist Jenks Miller and singer Heather McEntire. Its second full-length album, the recent Miracle Temple, combines the strum and twang of Southern rock with vocals that hit hard emotionally.

On this installment of World Cafe, host David Dye discusses with McEntire the complexity of Mount Moriah's sound, as well as her push to explore the nuances in her vocals.

The Sea, The Sea On Mountain Stage

editor — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:40:00 +0000

The Sea, The Sea makes its first appearance on Mountain Stage, recorded live in Charleston, W.Va. The duo of singer-songwriters Mira Stanley and Chuck E. Costa first began performing and recording together in the fall of 2011. No stranger to West Virginia's most famous stage, Stanley spent much of her youth backstage at shows alongside her father, Mountain Stage bandleader Ron Sowell. She even auditioned once, as a very young girl, for host Larry Groce — "Don't call us, we'll call you," he told her.

KCRW Presents: Yo La Tengo

editor — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:59:00 +0000

Yo La Tengo has been able to stick together and make music on its own terms for more than 20 years; in today's climate, that's as rare as it is impressive. In an interview for KCRW, singer Ira Kaplan said the band likes to keep its process in the air and of the moment.

Jherek Bischoff On Q2 Music's 'Spaces'

Kim Nowacki — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:03:00 +0000

The latest episode of Q2 Spaces takes us to Washington state's Puget Sound and the small sailboat where musician, composer and producer Jherek Bischoff was raised — and to his Seattle apartment, where he surrounds himself with instruments and not much else.

"I've always worked with very little, but didn't let that stop me from trying to make big things.

Paula Cole On Mountain Stage

editor — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:23:00 +0000

Paula Cole makes her second appearance on Mountain Stage, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va. When Cole first appeared on Mountain Stage in the fall of 1996, she was still a relative unknown to the public at large, despite earning high praise from peers for her work as a backing vocalist for Peter Gabriel, as well as her debut album Harbinger.

New Music: Mount Kimbie, Laura Mvula, Jagwar Ma, More

editor — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:41:00 +0000

This week on All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton offer up a musical sampler of many styles from around the world.

Treetop Flyers, The Mountain Moves, feature CD, 5/24

Stasia Lanier — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:05:06 +0000

The debut album 'The Mountain Moves' from Treetop Flyers – who named themselves after a Stephen Stills song – effortlessly captures the spirit of late-1960s west coast pop-rock: the Byrds, America, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.