This month and next, NPR will stream in full the forthcoming releases from Camera Obscura, St. Vincent and Jason Lytle as part of their “Exclusive First Listen” series ahead of each album dedicated release date. You can head to www.NPR.org/firstlisten now to listen to Camera Obscura’s My Maudlin Career in full until its release date, April 20th.
Next up, starting on April 20th, you can catch St. Vincent’s Actor. St. Vincent is Annie Clark, also known for playing guitar for Sufjan Stevens and recording with The Polyphonic Spree.
Jason Lytle, of the now defunct Grandaddy, releases his debut solo album, Yours Truly, The Commuter, later this year and NPR will stream it in its entirety beginning May 4th. Until then, you can watch Lytle perform a track from the upcoming album, recorded for NPR Music in March at South by Southwest here.
Complete track listings and album information for all featured records are available at NPR Music, where there are also extensive archives of songs, interviews and reviews of Camera Obscura, St. Vincent and Jason Lytle.
NPR Music introduced its “First Listen†series last year, when the site offered its first pre-release album stream: Bob Dylan’s 2-CD set Tell Tale Signs, followed by Neil Young’s Sugar Mountain and an album from Paul McCartney’s project The Fireman. The impact was tremendous, with hundreds of thousands of webcasts of the albums and individual songs.
NPR: website | first listen
