Daily Newsletter, December 26, 2024

Beth Gibbons, Jack White, Nick Cave, Arooj Aftab, Waxahatchee, Mdou Moctar, The Smile, Fontaines DC and more

We asked listeners to tell us about the one song they couldn't stop listening to in 2024 because of how it made them feel. On this episode we share some of their picks and the stories behind them.Enjoy the show? Tell a friend and leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org

"Rubbish", "boring" and "appalling": just three of the word used to describe the Fab Four's self-produced TV movie, which aired on Boxing Day 1967. But why did the film get that sort of reaction?

In 1974, Television and producer Brian Eno were just starting out. It should have been a musical match made in heaven but their attempt to collaborate failed.

If you're drawn to The Doors for their dark and edgy vibe ("Father, I want to kill you..."), poetic lyrics, and fusion of rock with mysticism and theatricality,

Beck's disc Mellow Gold revisited an early cut called Loser whose bittersweet bleakness coupled to a joyous refrain made Beck an instant star.

There's been a lot to love about cinema this year, but certain movie moments manage to capture the magic of the medium better than the rest.

With the release of "The City and its Uncertain Walls," writer Nimarta Narang explores her conflicted feelings about the Japanese novelist.

We can all agree that it’s been a pretty hectic, disrupting, anxiety-filled year so maybe one way to deal with it occasionally is with some aural/visual

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