Caption: The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather 

NPR's All Songs Considered: Jack White's New Band, St. Vincent, More

Series: All Songs Considered from NPR Music
From: NPR Music
Length: 00:28:59

The Dead Weather is a new super-group of sorts with members from several well-loved bands, including Jack White of The White Stripes, Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age, Alison Mosshart of The Kills and Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs. The group's new CD isn't out until June, but we've got an early single on this edition of All Songs Considered. Read the full description.

Deadweather_small  Also on the show: new music from the raucous duo Japandroids, singer-songwriter Vienna Teng, St. Vincent, lo-fi pioneer Bill Callahan, and an acoustic version of "Creep" from a new deluxe edition of Radiohead's Pablo Honey.

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Piece Description

 Also on the show: new music from the raucous duo Japandroids, singer-songwriter Vienna Teng, St. Vincent, lo-fi pioneer Bill Callahan, and an acoustic version of "Creep" from a new deluxe edition of Radiohead's Pablo Honey.

Available for free to NPR member stations. If you're not an NPR member station, contact programservices@npr.org

Broadcast History

Originally podcast Apr. 20, 2009.

Timing and Cues

00:00 IC: Support for NPR...
09:01 OC: ...I'm Robin Hilton.
09:02 *3 sec silence*
09:05 IC: When I was picking music...
28:59 OC: ...National Public Radio.

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
Hang You from the Heavens The Dead Weather Hang You from the Heavens. 00:00
Strangers St. Vincent Actor. 00:00
The Boys Are Leaving Town Japandroids Post-Nothing. 00:00
Last Snowfall Vienna Teng Inland Territory. 00:00
Too Many Birds Bill Callahan Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle. 00:00
Creep [Acoustic] Radiohead Pablo Honey [Collector's Edition] [2CD/1DVD]. 00:00

Additional Credits

Host, Producer: Robin Hilton

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