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New Mix: Childish Gambino, Mike Lindsay And Laura Marling As LUMP, More

By Robin Hilton,  Bob Boilen
Published May 8, 2018 at 10:23 AM PDT
This story was published more than 6 years ago.
Clockwise from upper left: Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay of LUMP, Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest, Childish Gambino, Ages And Ages
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Clockwise from upper left: Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay of LUMP, Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest, Childish Gambino, Ages And Ages

In the days since Chidlish Gambino debuted a new song on Saturday Night Live – as well as a shocking video online – fans and music critics have been trying to unspool what it all means. On this week's show, NPR Music's Rodney Carmichael joins us to try to make sense of "This Is America" and to explain why people will be dissecting both the song and video for months.

Also on the program: Pure pop joy from the Portland, Ore., band Ages And Ages; the guitar-and-pop bedroom project of Brooklyn-based artist pronoun; and Car Seat Headrest gives guitar rock a jolt of new life on the song "My Boy (Twin Fantasy)."

All that plus the soaring, multi-layered anthems of Cautious Clay; dance-pop looper and beat-maker Alice Ivy; and a new collaboration between Mike Lindsay of the band Tunng and singer Laura Marling that they call LUMP.

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Robin Hilton
Robin Hilton is a producer and co-host of the popular NPR Music show All Songs Considered.
Bob Boilen
In 1988, a determined Bob Boilen started showing up on NPR's doorstep every day, looking for a way to contribute his skills in music and broadcasting to the network. His persistence paid off, and within a few weeks he was hired, on a temporary basis, to work for All Things Considered. Less than a year later, Boilen was directing the show and continued to do so for the next 18 years.
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