NPR Music at SXSW 2014

Our week in music looks to some of the standout artists seen at this year's SXSW festival

For music publications, SXSW is what New York Fashion Week is to the Vogue editorial staff—exciting, exhausting and ultimately a sink or swim string of parties, content and cut-throat editorial decision-making. Luckily, the deft-eared team at NPR has been live-compiling their favorites from the annual Austin festival in their Spotify playlist. Not resting on one particular genre, the playlist examines the best of the festival—from …

How To Dress Well: Words I Don’t Remember

Emoji Beyoncé, How To Dress Well, Shit Robot and more in the music we tweeted this week

It’s been a year and a half since Tom Krell released Total Loss, his second studio album under the moniker How To Dress Well. With his sensual, falsetto-style vocals set to simple beats, Krell lures listeners in track after track, and anyone who caught his intimate live act would only fall more entranced by his utterly passionate delivery. This week Krell dropped “Words I Don’t …

Shit Robot: Do That Dance

Emoji Beyoncé, How To Dress Well, Shit Robot and more in the music we tweeted this week

After lending her voice (and synth skills) to tracks for The Juan MacLean and LCD Soundsystem, Nancy Whang sings a matter-of-fact disco hook on Shit Robot’s single “Do That Dance.” The track sees classic disco elements remain through a contemporary lens that integrates aspects of industrial house and acid funk—plus the video is completely visually captivating. Whang blends in and out of vintage, color-adjusted soccer …