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– Yoni Kroll, The Key, That feeling when a song explodes into life and you’re in the middle of it, that’s what happen when Nick Sanborn’s synths kick in. The ALL-REQUEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON On WXPN. Donations from local music fans, like you, are the largest and most reliable source of funding for The Key. – Mike Vasilikos, XPN New Music Show, I was randomly scrolling on Instagram the first time I heard “Think About You (Notion Remix)” by Tiana Major9, and since that random scroll I haven’t been able to stop listening. WXPN and its many programs, including: World Cafe, XPN2, the XPoNential Music Festival, and The Key, are made possible thanks to the generous donations of music fans, like you. It’s remarkable that the song that may best personify our current collective experience was released just *before* we’d begin our descent into the depths of 2020 together. Likening love to a massive and overwhelming gorge worn down by the elements but still impressive is a beautiful way to end an honest work by Cub Sport. “29” is an incredibly complex, interesting, and powerful song. These 30 songs, hand-picked by XPN’s on-air staff and online contributors to sum up the 2020 experience, range from minute-long punk blasts to eight-minute free-jazz-and-revolutionary-poetry epics. Results for 02-09-2021 ; 01:00 am Buy Maggie Rogers - Alaska - Now That The Light Is Fading EP; 01:03 am Buy Jade Bird - Headstart - Headstart (single); 01:05 am Buy Whitney - No Matter Where We Go - Light Upon The Lake; 01:08 am Buy Wynonie Harris - Good Rockin' Tonight - Blues Masters, Volume 5: Jump Blues Classics; 01:11 am Buy Dawes - Who Do You Think You're Talking To? – Rahman Wortman, The Key, South Carolina native and current Nashvillean Adia Victoria has a complicated relationship with the Deep South. “Losing,” with its ramshackle, blue-sky piano, delicate vocals, and enigmatic sincerity is a perfect representation of Little Kid’s body of work. Will Yip launches a #StopAsianHate raffle to benefit AAPI Community Fund with help from Circa Survive, The Menzingers, Mannequin Pussy and more, Comfort, Liberation, and Reflection: How Harmony Woods’ Sofia Verbilla found strength in solitude on. Brought to you by WXPN, a non-commercial public radio station dedicated to music discovery. – Sean Fennell, The Key, A writing challenge on stage leads to one of my favorite Nada Surf songs, reminiscent of New Order’s best work and a reminder there’s hope out there. “You know the feeling,” Chris insists. These are not necessarily the songs we had in the heaviest rotation on our airwaves this year — and, full disclosure, I don’t think “WAP” has ever been played on XPN…but that doesn’t mean it’s not amazing. Over a blissful Madlib instrumental, noname lifts up the names of the fallen while conjuring a wave of righteous anger like Christ casting out the wicked from the house of the lord. Pimienta has described her shift to heavier electronic textures as a response to the limited time she can spend in the studio while raising two children. XPoNential Music Festival Summer Celebration. Timing is everything, and the title track of this album definitely was just what we needed to hear. That’s important because I remember seeing pictures from the recording session and being confused where a horn section would fit in. The Key is your source for finding it. Donations from local music fans, like you, are the largest and most reliable source of funding for The Key. The song is meditative and peaceful, and counters the songs on Like Nirvana that describe the insecurities relationships can bring. How are there so many different parts to a song that’s this short? Mon 12.04; Tue 13.04; Wed 14.04; Thu 15.04; Fri 16.04; Sat 17.04; Sun 18.04 With the help of his friends Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell and Sunny War, the four folk musicians of color recorded what will be a most enduring anthem of racial strife and the fight for justice. Thanks to all the donors who make our public service possible!GET IN TOUCH, Did you find what you were looking for? Among so many slow-turning dreams like “anything” and “zombie girl,” “half return” pushes a backbeat groove alone and awkwardly, like a wheelbarrow through mud. It’s a feeling that was hard to describe until Christine & the Queens gave us “People, I’ve Been Sad” in February. Will Yip launches a #StopAsianHate raffle to benefit AAPI Community Fund with help from Circa Survive, The Menzingers, Mannequin Pussy and more, Comfort, Liberation, and Reflection: How Harmony Woods’ Sofia Verbilla found strength in solitude on. Also, are those horns you’re hearing at the 0:50 mark? Please consider a donation to help support our reporting. A serious of automobile accidents took Crain out of the touring circuit for three years, and as she recovered from the physical and psychological trauma, she re-focused and really got to know her community of Norman, Oklahoma and her neighbors who live there. The Key covers all local music in Greater Philly and beyond. ‘Cause “WAP” is coming to save us all. I was home recovering from surgery, and every time this song was played on XPN I turned it up…loudly…I needed to hear the music, and the mantra: “Life ain’t always empty / Don’t get stuck in the past / Say your favorite things at Mass / Tell your Mother that you love her / And go out of your way for others / Sit beneath a light that suits ya / And look forward to a brighter future.” – Helen Leicht, XPN Midday Show, You’re lying on your back as the ocean’s tide rolls in, immersing you in a comfortably cool mixture of water, foam and coarse sand. Donations from local music fans, like you, are the largest and most reliable source of funding for The Key. There’s no rulebook for how to write about pain, but even if there were, Lido Pimienta wouldn’t have a need for it. Nas proves that he is capable of holding his own with the new school with his braggy and playful lyricism. This song both IS that feeling, *and* the music therapy you need for it. The 7:59 epic manages to capture the playful, arousing nature of avant garde jazz, as Luke Stewart’s bass, Keir Neuringer’s sax, Aquiles Navarro’s trumpet and Tcheser Holmes’s percussion provide the perfect sonic canvas for Moor Mother’s gentle admonishing: “No more will they divide and conquer”, she says, and as the horror, sadness, and palpable political murkiness of 2020 burns away, I believe her. But while the track steadily builds to nearly overwhelming levels, there is hope represented by quick, glimmering saxophone runs, which suggest that, maybe, we could break the cycle. And as Parker explores the temptation of nostalgia on “Lost in Yesterday” his real guidance is to embrace progress and a positive outlook. – Regina Schliep, The Key, Listening to “29” from the new Soul Glo EP Songs to Yeet at the Sun you might be struck by a number of things: How does vocalist Pierce Jordan fit so many words into a minute and 15 seconds? In a scene filled with so many local bands worth listening to, there will always be new music to discover. Try as we will to keep these as current as possible, there will be stretches where updating will lag behind what you’re hearing on air. On her latest record, this year’s A Small Death, it sounds at first like she’s elevated her game, but it was an awful lot of work getting there. Playlist: NPR Music's 100 Best Songs Of 2020 December 3, 2020 • Think of it as a silver lining playlist, a whopper of a mixtape to close out a bummer of a year. Some seven months and hundreds of listens later, I still get chills every time the song hits the 1:30 mark. If something didn’t upset you in 2020, you weren’t really here, were you? The Weather Station captures that tension in “Robber”. Then, he went to Paris to lay down another set of songs with a group of musicians, including longtime collaborator and keyboard player, Steve Nieve. But now it all makes sense, as much as anything with this long-running maverick punk/hardcore/hip hop band makes sense. We spent the first day of 2021 counting down the top 100 most played songs of 2020 all day on XPN. – Melissa Simpson, The Key, noname’s “Song 33” is subtle, understated, and only 1:09 long — and it may be the most poignant and timely piece of music released in 2020. It’s a perfect builder. Brought to you by WXPN, a non-commercial public radio station dedicated to music discovery. – Maureen Walsh, The Key, The Districts’ show at Union Transfer back in March was my last real concert of 2020, and I think at the time I was in full denial. In a scene filled with so many local bands worth listening to, there will always be new music to discover. How is it so good?! “Shameika” is beautiful. The song begins a new chapter, the beat unfolding like a slow tornado of swirling strings, horns, and a call-to-arms that eventually engulfs you into its brilliant, powerful cacophony. Songwriter Tamara Lindeman examines her own relationship with the illusions of capitalism and the way we glamourize the very people who are profiting from the exploitation of resources we need if we hope to continue as a society. We’re going to keep running collections across multiple streaming services of everything we play during the #XPN2020 — the hits, the deep cuts, the amazing covers and lesser-heard originals. It’s successful experimental for songwriter Sophie Allison, and a standout track off her second LP Color Theory. WXPN is a member-supported radio station and nationally-recognized leader in Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) music programming. A song like “Lost In Yesterday” beautifully showcases the hypnotic ambience that lures you in and the musical vibrancy that elevates your listening experience. So what happens if you miss a song? The result is a record with two very distinct moods. But where most contemporary artists stumble or fail, Tre Burt surges through to create something of enormous significance. Program Guide; XPN Morning Show w/ Kristen Kurtis & Bob Bumbera – Brian Wilensky, The Key, When the uprisings over the state murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Walter Wallace Jr, hit two blocks from my apartment on 52nd Street, when Mayor Kenny ushered in the feds to quell said uprisings, and police helped neighborhood thugs and racist proud boys patrol our streets to combat even peaceful protesters, these moments unfolded in my mind cinematically — they needed a soundtrack. Since Thursday, WXPN is broadcasting the 2020 countdown on 88.5 F.M. – Emily Herbein, The Key, This Dublin, Ireland band released their second album A Hero’s Death in the US this July. Things are broken, things have been broken for a long time. – Raina Douris, World Cafe, Philadelphia: Home to a rich musical history, a unique musical identity, and one of the nation's most thriving musical communities. You say you want a 2000+ song playlist? “Nada” is inspired by the traumatic birth of her youngest, as well as the anguish carried by women everywhere. – Rachel Del Sordo, The Key, Full of nostalgia for 90s and early 2000s indie rock, Soccer Mommy’s “Circle The Drain” pointedly channels the emotion and grit of pop-rock stars like Liz Phair, Alanis Morissette, and Avril Lavigne. “Think About You (Notion Remix)” is just one of those songs that you hear at a party that can make you want to dance with that person that has caught your eye all night. When it’s a been long winter’s night, and the sunset was at 5:30; when all you want is to curl up in to a ball because life has dealt you a hand, “WAP” will keep you warm, safe, and calm. Still, they communicate in the universal language of soaring guitar riffs, exuberant whoops, and pulse-pounding drums, a testament to the boundary-shattering power of music. Our playlist stores a WXPN 88.5 FM track list for the past 7 days. – Stephen Kallao, World Cafe, Some may argue that Nas was in his prime when he released Illmatic, regardless of what folks think, Nas, pushed through on his single “Spicy”. : World Cafe From Steely Dan's "FM" to Donna Summer's "On The Radio," from R.E.M. Support Local Music Journalism If you believe in supporting local music with quality journalism, donate to The Key today! Listen closely for a quadruple entendre referencing Nas’s silver screen release, “Belly”. – Kristen Kurtis, XPN Morning Show, Over ten years and six albums, indie-folk singer-songwriter Samantha Crain has carved out a lane as a compelling voice with a compassionate perspective. Written in the wake of the murders of George Floyd and Oluwatoyin Salau, ”Song 33” takes aim at the twin evils of racism and patriarchy. Or you come across an amazing piece of music you’ve never heard before, and you want to hear it again? WXPN and its many programs, including: World Cafe, XPN2, the XPoNential Music Festival, and The Key, are made possible thanks to the generous donations of music fans, like you. Sung in Finnish, Karina’s “Teko” is, on the surface, entirely incomprehensible for the majority of English speaking listeners. Welcome to Playlist Central for the The 2020 Countdown. PLEDGE NOW It’s only brief enough that’s there’s never a moment of where your next breath will come from. World Cafe's Latin Roots series began in 2012, celebrating the sounds of traditional and new alternative Latin music through radio, online features and … Some are simply beautiful expanses to immerse yourself in (“Grand Canyon,” “Ocean City”) and many (“Shameika,” “Lost In Yesterday”) will be quite familiar to the dedicated XPN listener. Don’t know what song’s been playing on the radio? We’re going to keep running collections across multiple streaming services of everything we play during the #XPN2020 — the hits, the deep cuts, the amazing covers and lesser-heard originals. More than anything else “WAP” is raunchy, and we all love it, whether we admit it or not. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy . This website does not rely on corporate funding, because The Key is a nonprofit public service dedicated to supporting the local music that you love with independent reporting. In case it bears repeating, let us just say that we’re going to be listening to a LOT of music over the next week and change. Underneath your body, the undertow is more massaging than it is pulling away the beach beneath. – Alex Smith, The Key, While the entirety of Finnish duo Karina’s latest album, 2, carries a wide-eyed, freewheeling energy, “Teko” is the peak of their work thus far. In a year when we’ve all been homebound and re-experiencing our personal worlds, It’s a soaring reflection on the things we take for granted, and a promise to be as present as possible. And ferocious. And on Thursday, December 10th, The WXPN 2020 Countdown begins. “WAP” is beautiful. Some of XPN's favorite artists perform for XPNFEST Weekend, live streaming from home, after the 2020 XPoNential Music Festival was canceled due to the pandemic. Actually, you’re just lying on your living room floor as Gunn-Truscinski Duo’s beautifully subdued, but never too subtle and extremely evocative Soundkeeper spins “Ocean City,” coming from stereo speakers on each side of you. It’s the greatest songs of all time! It was upon returning from a rally in support of racial justice that Tre penned “Under the Devil’s Knee” in the lyrical prose styling of Woody Guthrie or Mississippi John Hurt, or any number of influencing folk pioneers who came before. A standout track from the album is its second single “Now That I’m Back,” which takes listeners on a journey in just over three minutes, taking on an almost short-story like timeline. – Sarah Hojsak, The Key, Originally appearing on the album Pink Cadillac, “How Lucky” has been a favorite song of mine since I first heard John Prine do it circa 1980. – Thomas Hagen, The Key, Pain is not a new subject matter for songwriters. Listen to The 2020 Countdown #XPN2020 in full in the Spotify app. Singer and songwriter, Tim Nelson tells their partner in both art and life, Sam Netterfield, to forget all of the people who were not there, all of the bad memories and just focus on the here and now. Alongside Bomba Estéreo’s Liliana Saumet, Pimienta channels her anger into an energy that can (and will) topple mountains. The Key is your source for finding it. #WTFXPN: What's The Frequency -- The Music of the 90s (and beyond) on XPN. WXPN and its many programs, including: World Cafe, XPN2, the XPoNential Music Festival, and The Key, are made possible thanks to the generous donations of music fans, like you. – John Vettese, editor, The Key. In the years that followed, a Kurt Vile fan at one of his concerts said “You remind me of John Prine.” Kurt later went on to speak of Prine as “my hero.” When John and Kurt first did “How Lucky” at a New Year’s Eve performance at the Grand Ole Opry, Vile referred to it as “the single most special moment in my (musical) life.” Get ready to enjoy three-and-a-half minutes of clean acoustic Kurt Vile pickin’ and make-you-smile John Prine lyrics. Buckle in and take a spin as we guide you across 30 songs in 120 minutes; read our takes on the music below, and to keep them in your own personal rotation, bookmark our Best Songs of 2020 playlists on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Music. Support Local Music Journalism More WXPN. – Ian Zolitor, XPN Folk Show, “WAP” is bold. Please consider a donation to help support our reporting. Some picks are deep tracks from favorite artists (Phoebe Bridgers’ stunner “I Know The End,” The Districts’ soaring “Velour and Velcro”), others are introductory selections from buzzing new artists (Oceanator’s “A Crack In The World,” Tiana Major9’s “Think About You”). Or didn’t catch the name of an artist? For his new album, Hey Clockface, Elvis Costello first travelled to Helsinki, Finland to record a few songs playing all of the instruments himself. “There’s a crack in the world,” the Oceanator frontperson sings. Home; Programs. The young UK songbird’s voice reminds me of Jazmine Sullivan and the song itself sounds like a little more of an upbeat version of Estelle’s “Come Over” featuring Sean Paul. The song embodies a feeling of uneasiness and uncertainty which plagued so many of us this year with lyrics like “Voltaire’s severed head stared me back to bed, You’ve done your best all the way to the end.” Towards the end, the song breaks dramatically into a seriously danceable synth verse for something truly unique. They’re songs about losing yourself in uncertainty, and being okay with that; about learning to navigate an unforgiving world; about falling in love, deeply; about exploding with rage and demanding a change. Let us know, Copyright WXPN, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. – Eric Schuman, Indie Rock Hit Parade, The brainchild of canadian musician Keith Boothby, Little Kid have achieved their slow-burn success through a series of spell-binding home recordings, the kind that leads to a simmering cult following. This is what public stations can do that commercial stations can't. Talk about the spectrum of emotion. Listen to The 2020 Countdown #XPN2020 now. The song checks every single box – chugging bass, twinkly synths, a guitar solo that reminds me of playing Flash games on that plastic, candy-colored iMac with the handle on the back, plus a hook I can never get enough of. – Chuck Elliot, Sleepy Hollow, The rich get richer. “WAP” is brave. Built on a fervent rhythm, emphatic acoustic strums, and keyboard starbursts, the single “Pastime” could soundtrack a walk through your own hometown at sundown, and the moments you notice its subtleties that used to be invisible because they were always there. A note for the sticklers (hello, Twitter dot com): THESE ARE NOT REAL TIME PLAYLISTS. But sometimes there’s only so much you can do.” That last phrase is key; “so much” does not equal “nothing,” and while Okusami acknowledges all the things in 21st century life that conspire to weigh heavy on our shoulders, she also doesn’t allow them to bring her down to the point of wallowing. XPN Playlists are curated not encoded. “Standing in the yard, dressed like a kid, the house is white and the lawn is dead,” she rhymes again and again, and now I miss my kid friends more than ever. ... Home; Programs. – Julian Booker, Sleepy Hollow, The powerful closing track off Phoebe Bridgers’ Punisher, “I Know The End” starts off like a classic Bridgers song: soft, quiet, hypnotic. Its rolling piano blistering over drums, handclaps and airhorns, “Shameika” sees Apple’s voice flowing between spoken word, quivering ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhs,’ yelps and howls, and a deceptively soft-sung chorus about a childhood classmate (now known to be Virginia-based musician Shameika Stepney) and the power in lifting each other up, even in moments we may have thought fleeting or insignificant. Nearly every track hits like an anthem, which up until then, gave me a ton of momentum and hope for how 2020 would feel. Public station WXPN is giving you that with it's top 2020, an eclectic mix of hits and songs only known to music geeks. – Sam Kesler, The Key XPN, Folk musicians have been writing “protest songs” since the earliest recorded history of ballads. WXPN 88.5 FM playlist. “And we’re all hanging on, hanging on, trying not to fall through the void. Listener votes have been cast. Browse daily playlists from NPR Music's World Cafe - Hosted by Raina Douris and produced by WXPN in Philadelphia, PA. Public Radio Music Day Playlist: Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Queen, R.E.M. 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