Grayson Haver Currin
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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Thirty years after Portishead's debut, Gibbons' first solo album is the testament of an uncanny singer simply making it through each day. -
The second album from Radiohead offshoot The Smile is very good. But can its singer ever transcend his role in his revolutionary other band? -
What happens when the band that has soundtracked the milestones of your adulthood suddenly feels like it has nothing left to give you? -
For the first time, the band members, their crew and their fans tell the story of a landmark moment they didn't realize was happening. Sonic Youth's new album, Live in Brooklyn 2011, is out this week. -
On her best album to date, Feist mines age and experience, love and loss to shape 12 songs about the hard-earned insights of simply existing. -
The saxophonist and composer resisted his Japanese American heritage for decades. He now funnels that painful and triumphant personal history into a string of vital records. -
Kurt Wagner's Nashville collective has always been an expression of absolute possibility. The Bible, his best album in a decade, points that instinct at life's most inescapable truth. -
Matt Pike overcame long odds to find success in metal bands Sleep and High on Fire. But his deepening obsession with conspiracy theories has created a dissonant riff. -
This Heat lasted for less than seven years, but helped shape the future of music, from noise rock to experimental electronica. Today, its groundbreaking catalog is finally available to stream. -
At 54 years old, the dance music superstar has shifted more of his time and money toward animal rights activism and philanthropy. Does he have to change himself if he wants to change the world?
