Stephen Kallao

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100 Years of 100 Things: Women in the Military; New Yorker Magazine; Catskills Hotels; Street Photography | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYCAs we observe Memorial Day, enjoy some of our favorite recent conversations from the centennial series: Katherine Sharp Landdeck, professor of history and director of Pioneers Oral History Project at Texas Woman's University and the author of The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of …

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Franz Ferdinand says their new album revolves around the most uncomfortable of emotions. "People don't like admitting to feeling fear," says frontman Alex Kapranos. "Bob [Hardy] and I had this great conversation about how fear is often the most exciting element in life, or overcoming it."Hardy, the band's bassist, says the songs on The Human Fear are a call to action. "If you live your life without putting yourself in a situation where you ever feel afraid, then it's gonna be a pretty boring life.

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Benjamin Booker's new album pulls no punches, sonically or lyrically. LOWER is his first full-length album in eight years, and it'll occasionally disorient you, corner you and make you sit in discomfort. It's also absolutely magnetic. Booker's calling cards for the album were not an obvious pair: Mobb Deep and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Co-produced by esteemed beatmaker Kenny Segal, LOWER is a record that Booker said he couldn't have made a decade ago.

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Panda Bear Chris Shonting/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Chris Shonting/Courtesy of the artist Set List "Ends Meet" "Anywhere but Here" "Praise" Noah Lennox of Animal Collective has made a few 21st century classics performing solo under his Panda Bear moniker. Records like Person Pitch and Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper were dizzying affairs filled to the brim with ideas. On his new album, Lennox glides through different sonic textures with ease.

3 weeks ago | wshu.org | Stephen Kallao

Nels Cline is a guy you want with you in the studio. In a career that's spanned over 40 years, he's played with hundreds of musicians, dealing in anything from avant-garde jazz to lo-fi punk, alongside folks like Thurston Moore, Mike Watt, Yoko Ono and Carla Bozulich. Of course, Cline has been a cool, steady hand in Wilco for the last two decades. So when the LA-born composer and guitarist gathers some great players for a new album, you know we'd pay close attention.