Radiohead's 'OK Computer' At 20, Grizzly Bear, Algiers, More

[NPR Music]( [View this email in your browser]( [All Songs Considered]( [All Songs Considered]( [Hear Radiohead Talk About 'OK Computer' In A 1997 Interview]( In the summer of 1997, when All Things Considered host Linda Wertheimer sat down with Colin Greenwood and Ed O'Brien of Radiohead to talk about the band's new album OK Computer, it sounds (in retrospect) like none of them - not our host nor the guys in the band - entirely knew what they were sitting on. [Hear The Interview]( Tiny Desk [Holly Macve: Tiny Desk Concert]( Holly Macve's voice seems to hover from era to era, coming to rest somewhere between the lonesome twang of Patsy Cline and the moodily modern slur of Lana Del Rey. Macve's songs lope and shimmer at a lazy pace, but they never lack drama, even as she holds herself motionless. [See The Tiny Desk Performance]( All Songs Considered [Algiers Unpacks Its Kaleidscopically Dense 'The Underside of Power' Track By Track]( Algiers new album The Underside Of Power is one of 2017's most ambitious and intense records. The band, now spread across three cities, have made a dense piece of work with The Underside of Power. Considering the record's sprawling scope, we asked them to help us understand it. [Read The Stories Behind Each Track]( All Songs Considered [Grizzly Bear's New Song, 'Four Cypresses,' Is A Foreboding Look At A World In Chaos]( Grizzly Bear's latest single from the band's upcoming album, Painted Ruins, "Four Cypresses," opens with a simple electronic pulse, like a musical heart monitor for a dying patient. It's soon offset by the barest drum beat before slowly blooming into a dreamy wash of vocals and synths. It's a simmering, moody reflection on the state of a displaced world, where "it's chaos, but it works." [Hear The New Song]( All Songs Considered [Blind Boys Of Alabama Announce 'Almost Home' - Hear Four Songs]( When you're a group that's performed together for more than seven decades, it might be a daunting task to keep crafting music that feels fresh. No doubt that hill is even harder to climb when you're working within a tradition like gospel, with its well-loved, and well-worn, harmonic and lyrical conventions. Yet the singers who make up Blind Boys of Alabama have always risen to the challenge with utter grace - and the group's forthcoming album, Almost Home, places a capstone on that history. [Hear The Songs]( NPR | 1111 N. Capitol St. NE | Washington, DC 20002 | [Privacy Policy]( This message was sent to {EMAIL} based on your NPR email subscriptions. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you may [unsubscribe]( at any time. [NPR](