The Current

Great Music Lives Here ®
Listener-Supported Music
Donate Now
Discover Music

New sounds and old masters: 5 new tracks you'll hear on The Current

by Peter Valelly

August 30, 2012

OLIVIA HARRIS/AFP/Getty Images
Bob Dylan (C) performs at the Feis Festival in London on June 18, 2011.
Bob Dylan plays the Feis Festival in London

The State Fair is the center of attention this week, and with good reason, but we've also quietly been adding some great, varied new music to our mix on The Current. This week, we've got a new tune from music legend Bob Dylan, plus great new music from Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti, Muse and more!

Kinky – "Despues Del After"


This Mexican quintet specializes in groovy, electro-tinged alt-rock. "Despues Del After," off of their fifth studio album Sueño De La Maquina, is a slick and streamlined collision of genres, wedding herky-jerky postpunk guitars with funky, danceable synth-pop hooks and a disco-esque bassline. Throw in some electronic burbles and (what else?) a few handclaps here and there, and you have song so catchy you'll want to learn Spanish just so you can sing along.