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In "I Can Change," James Murphy's vocal performance helps bring his tale of salvaging a deteriorating relationship to the next level. When he sings, "Love is an open book to a verse of your bad poetry -- and this is coming from me," it's like he's written the Facebook status updates for brokenhearted smart-asses everywhere.

The band's mix of guitars, strings and Matt Berninger's coolly dreamy delivery has attracted fans from all over the demographic map; its songs seemed written specifically for lovelorn mixtapes. Hear The National perform a live concert from WXPN in Philadelphia as part of the 10th annual NON-COMMvention.

Gallagher's feuds with his brother and band mate Liam were as famous as the music they made together. Three years after Oasis' split, the guitarist and songwriter has re-emerged under the name Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

Van Etten's new album, Tramp, is titled after the touring artist's time of essential homelessness. It's full of unresolved restlessness, infinite-loop longing and expansive vocals.

With the help of longtime partner Gillian Welch, Rawlings assembles a sweetly engaging, impressively wide-ranging collection of American roots music.

Glenn Gould's Goldberg Variations; A reissued masterpiece from John Coltrane; New Orleans meets Brazil in the work of Tom McDermott; A Bossa Nova tribute by Ryuichi Sakamoto and more.

On this edition of All Songs Considered we feature a cut from the new Fool's Gold record, new music from Built To Spill, and the ethereal, ambient rock of Apse.

Vig looks back on a band eager to work and an artist struggling with his success.

Diana Krall's latest album is dominating the market for sultry Brazilian tunes. But reviewer Tom Moon recommends an alternative: the U.S. debut album of Magos Herrera, a Mexican-born jazz vocalist with a gift for understatement.

The songwriter and pianist, daughter of a globetrotting preacher, grew up with church music on Sundays and classical records in the household. Her debut album draws on all that — not to mention a teenage imaginary friend.