The Swell Season, best known from the movie-musical Once, are back with their first album since the soundtrack. Strict Joy will drop on October 27th, and you can hear six new songs in a set the duo recently played for NPR. If you're not up on these two or the film, change your lifestyle immediately.

Butch Walker recently sat down with NPR's "World Cafe" for an interview and acoustic performance.

Dear and the Headlights are featured on NPR's Second Stage podcast.

Listen to Ra Ra Riot on NPR right here.

Listen to an NPR feature on Girl Talk's Feed the Animals right here.

Listen to Mates of State perform some new songs live on NPR's Bryant Park Project.

Bon Iver's "Skinny Love" is NPR's Song of the Day.

Listen to Hot Chip perform on NPR here.

Watch Death Cab for Cutie play "I Will Possess Your Heart" acoustically on NPR here.

Want to hear a new Death Cab for Cutie song? Head over here to hear the album version of "Cath..." and read about Narrow Stairs.

Listen to a new song by Death Cab for Cutie called "Pity and Fear" here.

Nada Surf will be streaming their entire April 12th live performance from the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, online at npr.org. Additionally, on April 15th, Matthew Caws will appear on Letterman to perform with Rogue Wave.

NPR has an audio story discussing how the fake reviews on Maxim might be a byproduct of the record industry's fears surrounding album leaks, which are causing less and less advances to be sent out.

Stars' performance at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC on October 20th is now available as a free podcast on iTunes, courtesy of NPR: All Songs Considered.

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Voice coach Melissa Cross, the self-proclaimed "Queen of Scream" who has developed a training program that teaches proper technique to a new breed of unrestrained rock singers (a list that includes Slipknot's Corey Taylor, Randy Blythe of Lamb of God, and Keith Buckley from Every Time I Die) talked to Robert Siegel on NPR's "All Things Considered" about her techniques and the philosophy behind them. You can listen to the segment here.

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