The laid-back Philadelphia guitarist has become something of a patron saint for the Great Recession’s legions of accidental bohemians, who work hard while hardly working. Kurt Vile’s transfixing new album is arguably his best yet.

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Heads up, you guys: new Jimi Hendrix is being released March 5 and NPR Music has a First Listen:

[T]he newest collection of Hendrixiana (titled People, Hell and Angels, out March 5) is a suitable addition to the guitar giant’s large posthumous output, drawn from recordings he’d made between 1968 and 1970 with a variety of co-conspirators.

Grizzly Bear’s fourth album rewards listeners with strange surprises and a few hooky, expansive ringers. Along the way, it showcases the considerable gifts of four guys willing to hover patiently through the detours, without sacrificing the beauty that makes the journey worthwhile.

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Music for your Monday: NPR Music is streaming Fiona Apple’s ‘The Idler Wheel’ in its entirety. Enjoy!

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More Music For Your Monday: NPR Music is also streaming The Tallest Man On Earth’s ‘There’s No Leaving Now’ in its entirety. Enjoy!

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Music For Your Monday: NPR Music is streaming Hot Chip’s new album In Our Heads in its entirety. Enjoy!

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More Music For Your Morning: NPR Music is also streaming Sigur Ros’ Valtari and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros’ Here and Saint Etienne’s Words And Music By Saint Etienne and The Walkmen’s Heaven. Enjoy!

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Some Music For Your Tuesday: NPR Music is streaming Regina Spektor’s new album ‘What We Saw From The Cheap Seats’ in its entirety. Enjoy!

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Music for Your Morning: NPR Music is streaming Hilary Hahn and Hauschka’s Silfra in its entirety. Enjoy!

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Music for your Morning: NPR Music is streaming Beach House’s Bloom in its entirety. Enjoy!

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Music For Your Morning: NPR Music is streaming Santigold’s ‘Master of My Make-Believe’ in its entirety. Enjoy!

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Music For Your Monday Morning: NPR Music is streaming Rufus Wainwright’s new album ‘Out Of The Game’ in its entirety. Enjoy!

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More Music For Your Morning: NPR Music is streaming Alabama Shakes’ Boys And Girls in its entirety. Enjoy!

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Some Music For Your Morning: NPR Music is streaming Bonnie Raitt’s new album Slipstream in its entirety. Enjoy!

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Music For Your Monday: NPR Music is streaming M. ward’s ‘A Wasteland Companion’ in its entirety. Enjoy!

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