This month on Heavy Rotation — the series in which public-radio hosts and DJs share their favorite new songs — we have music from all over the map. Hip-hop, punk, EDM, folk, pop: It's all here. Meet this month's panel of pickers:
David Dye, host of NPR's World Cafe
Rita Houston, program director of WFUV in New York City
David Brown, host of Texas Music Matters for KUTX in Austin
Jessi Whitten, music director at Colorado Public Radio's OpenAir indie station
Alex Ruder, DJ at KEXP in Seattle
Kim Ruehl, a writer for FolkAlley.com
Andrea Swensson, blogger for TheCurrent.org
Travis Holcombe, a new daytime host for KCRW in Santa Monica, Calif.
Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Frannie Kelley of NPR Music Radio's hip-hop station Microphone Check
Otis Hart, coordinator of NPR Music Radio
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— Har Mar Superstar's "Lady, You Shot Me" was selected by The Current's Andrea Swensson.
Har Mar Superstar's "Lady, You Shot Me" was selected by The Current's Andrea Swensson.
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— New Zealander teenage star Lorde.
New Zealander teenage star Lorde.
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— Western Massachusetts punk band Potty Mouth.
Western Massachusetts punk band Potty Mouth.
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— New York dance-rock band !!! (pronounced "Chick-Chick-Chick").
New York dance-rock band !!! (pronounced "Chick-Chick-Chick").
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— Brooklyn dance producers Archie Pelago.
Brooklyn dance producers Archie Pelago.
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— Bibio.
Bibio.
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— Boston string band Joy Kills Sorrow.
Boston string band Joy Kills Sorrow.
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— EDM producer Pretty Lights.
EDM producer Pretty Lights.
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— Quasimoto.
Quasimoto.
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— The Shouting Matches' debut album, Grownass Man, comes out April 9.
The Shouting Matches' debut album, Grownass Man, comes out April 9.
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