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The biggest election on earth is underway in India. We'll hear about the candidates and issues on the ballot. Then: U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara explains why he doesn't think the Moreland Commission on public corruption should have been disbanded, as well as possible charges against big banks. Plus: the long (really long) view of the Arab Spring; Al Sharpton's past with the FBI; and sifting through Medicare data.
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In this episode, Soundcheck looks back on three different decades of Britpop. First up, The Beatles versus The Rolling Stones is of course one of rock’s greatest rivalries. But how did the bands themselves feel about it? It’s a topic John McMillian explores in his recent book, Beatles Vs. Stones.
Then, 25 years ago, a Manchester band called The Stone Roses released an influential, self-titled debut album. A recent documentary chronicles the unlikely reunion of the group, whose rise and fall is the stuff of rock legend. The film's producer Mark Herbert and New York Times writer Jeff Gordinier talk about the band's musical and cultural legacy.
And: When Arctic Monkeys emerged in 2006, the band did more than just turn heads. The English rock band’s first album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not was the fastest selling debut record in British history. Its latest album, AM, is full of layered, energetic, and always witty electro-rock songs. Hear Arctic Monkeys perform a stripped-down set in the Soundcheck studio.
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Hear music by Serbian Aleksandra Vrebalov composed for the string quartet ETHEL on this New Sounds program, devoted to electroacoustic chamber music. Listen to a double-quartet with pre-recorded sounds, “Logbook,” which was commissioned in 2013 by Dusan Tynek Dance Theatre and is Vrebalov’s way of summing up war-time Serbia. According to ETHEL cellist Dorothy Lawson, “Logbook” contains some of the most terrifying music they play, but also has moments of innocence, such as imitating crickets chirping in a field.
