http://www.npr.org/templates/event/embeddedVideo.php?storyId=394023874&mediaId=394023950 Thank you, NPR Music, for making my day week year. All Songs Considered  introduced me to Australian singer Courtney Barnett. For the last couple of weeks they’ve been hyping her debut LP Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit beyond the pale. Today is the release day, and man, is this …

//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/CzHUNNzfHjw I first heard of Lydia Loveless via NPR Music’s Austin 100. Her rocker “Really Wanna See You” is a great intro into her current work: The great voice, the lyrics full of honesty and wit, and her backing band that takes her “classic country music success story” and gives it more of an musical …

Yes, dear teenage self, this is a difficult Saturday evening for you. Jan Delay just opened the ARD Eurovision Songcontest Warm-Up. And the 30 year old you? Is listening to electronic dance music compiled by NPR – and is loving it. Especially the opening cut by Fatima Al-Qadiri is amazing. Later on I will sit …