The Contenders, Vol. 3: Our running list of the year's best songs

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🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Host Robin Hilton hangs with composer and artist Julia Holter and NPR's Lars Gotrich to gab about their favorite new music, including the calming sounds of Helado Negro, Daisy Rickman and more.

Featured artists and songs:
1. Jessica Pratt: "Life Is" from 'Here In The Pitch'
2. Deerlady: "Masterpieces" from 'Greatest Hits'
3. Helado Negro: "Colores Del Mar" from 'Phasor'
4. Julia Holter: "Spinning" from 'Something in the Room She Moves'
5. Daisy Rickman: "Signpost to the Stars" from 'Howl'
6. Frances Chang: "Spiral in Houston" from 'Psychedelic Anxiety'
7. Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang: "Ocean" from 'Azure'

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0:16.0	Honestly, the show could have already started the way I do this.
0:20.0	So...
0:21.0	Yeah, yeah, I'm into it.
0:22.0	This could be the show. This could be the show.
0:24.0	Well, the thing that's very special about today's episode is that we've got two former music directors for the respective college radio stations here.
0:33.7	Lars Gottrage, you were the music director of your college radio station.
0:37.6	W O. O. G. W. O. G. O. G. in Athens, Georgia.
0:41.6	26,000 watts of college radio debauchery.
0:45.0	Well, I have to say, you know, I was, I worked at the member station, WUGA in Athens.
0:50.0	Right.
0:51.0	And the signal of the student station just blasted ours off the map.
0:55.0	Like we could not.
0:57.0	Yeah, we could not.
0:58.0	You had the stronger signal and we could not get, nobody could hear us outside of Athens but I think you guys I think you like you could be heard like in Atlanta
1:07.1	Yeah, and it could be heard in some parts of Atlanta and Gwinnett County. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:13.0	Wow.
1:14.0	And then also here, Julia Holter, composer, producer, songwriter,
1:18.0	amazing artist.
1:19.0	You also were the music director for your college station.
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