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Host John Schaefer reflects on David Bowie's classic rock opera concept album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, which turned 40 earlier this year. Also, t... (episode)
Southwestern band Calexico may have recorded its latest album in New Orleans – but the group's taste for Tex-Mex hasn’t subsided. They tell us about trying out tacos from a NYC food t...
This summer marked the 40th anniversary of David Bowie's 1972 rock opera classic The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars.Soundcheck host John Schaefer reflects o...
Today on Soundcheck, a look at a new book by The A.V. Club's Nathan Rabin, Weird Al: The Book. Who better to talk about the one-of-a-kind comedian and musical parodist Weird Al Yankov... (episode)
<p>Weird Al Yankovic talks about his 30-year career making musical parodies and a new book about his life, <em>Weird Al: The Book</em>.</p>
The Portland, Oregon-based indie band Menomena returns the Soundcheck studio. The band discusses recent changes to their lineup, their latest release, called Moms -- and why drummer D...
Today on Soundcheck, KCRW's Anne Litt shares some creepy and unexpected songs just in time for Halloween. Then, blogger Val Haller talks about Val's List, her Web site that matches ... (episode)
<p>Midwestern blogger Val Haller tells us about matching up yesterday's vintage sounds with buzzworthy bands of today for <em>The New York Times</em>' Booming column. </p>
Halloween is around the corner and when we think of Halloween songs, we tend to think of classics like Bobby Boris Pickett's "Monster Mash." But, KCRW DJ and Soundcheck regular Anne L...
Today on Soundcheck, Jakob Dylan talks about getting the old band back together for the latest release from The Wallflowers. An update to our ongoing Musician In Chief series, with ... (episode)
<p>Throughout the past several weeks, Soundcheck has been accepting nominations for our first Musician In Chief. Today, Sowmya Krishnamurthy tells us why Sean "Diddy" Combs deserves your vote.</p>
After seven years break, Jakob Dylan's band, The Wallflowers, are back with an album called Glad All Over. Dylan joins us to talk about his love for The Clash (and working with Mick J...
In the latest installment of our game "One For The Aliens, One For The Sun," Billboard editor and Soundcheck contributor Joe Levy must pick two Madonna songs that will meet very diffe...
<p>Throughout the past several weeks, <em>Soundcheck</em> has been accepting nominations for our first Musician In Chief. Today, <em>Soundcheck</em> host John Schaefer tells us why Aimee Mann deserves your vote.</p>
<p>Watch Soundcheck's CMJ Showcase live from WNYC's Greene Space on Friday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. ET.</p> (episode)
<p>Today on Soundcheck, Kirk Hammett's huge horror movie memorabilia collection, Faith Salie on name songs, and Reptile Youth plays in the studio.</p> (episode)
Reptile Youth has brought its raucous live shows to stops all across Europe in the last few years. Now, the Danish dance-rock band is making its New York debut at the CMJ Music Marath...
Songs that mention you by name have a funny way of sticking around. Contributor Faith Salie talks about songs that mention her by name (actually, by noun) -- plus, we hear from the pe...
Today on Soundcheck, another installment of our ongoing series Musician In Chief. This time around, Pitchfork's Ryan Schreiber gives his case for why Jay-Z would make a great presiden... (episode)
Soundcheck is looking for the nation's first Musician In Chief. Special guests nominate musicians and make a case for why that artist should become the leader of the free world. Today...
Today on Soundcheck, comedian Dave Hill is introduced to the bands performing at the Soundcheck CMJ showcase: The Luyas, Debo Band and MNDR. Then, the latest installment of One For T... (episode)
Before his appearance at the Greene Space for Soundcheck's CMJ showcase, comedian Dave Hill joined John in the studio to preview the three bands he'll perform with on Friday evening. ...
Shemkia Copeland's latest album, 33 1/3, evokes not only the revolutions per minute of LPs, but also her current age, and the record is filled with songs that don't hold back on opini...
<p>The next installment of our game “One for the Aliens, One for the Sun” asks listeners to make tough choices about songs in Neil Young’s catalog.</p>
Today on Soundcheck, the next installment of Musician In Chief: This time Faith Saille explains why the bedazzled Queen of Country Dolly Parton would be right for the job. Then, Velve... (episode)
Anyone familiar with John Cale knows he's an artist who plays lots of types of music: Cale made rock history as a founding member of The Velvet Underground in the 1960's and he's a cl...
<p>Tonight, Anne Litt nominates Patti Smith for President. Adele returns with the latest Bond song. Marco Benevento performs live in the studio. And we get to know hip hop artist Chief Keef.</p> (episode)
Pianist Marco Benevento may be most known for his work with jazz and post-rock Benevento-Russo Duo. But for Soundcheck listeners, Benevento is the guy heard every night at the top of ...
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the first James Bond film and the franchise is being celebrated with a DVD box set, a documentary, a film festival at the Museum of Modern Art...