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Heavy Rotation: 11 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

Hear a selection of our member stations' favorite songs from the month by Childish Gambino, Hamilton Leithauser, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Waxahatchee and more.
Neon Indian is featured on this month's <em>Heavy Rotation</em>.

Every month, we ask radio stations around the country one critical question: What's the one song you can't stop listening to? March's lineup brings you a comeback track from The Strokes, a jazz-tinged rendition of "Jolene," a new tune from the ever-innovative Thundercat and more.

All songs from this month's Heavy Rotation are available to stream on Apple Music and the Spotify playlist at the bottom of this page.


Childish Gambino, "19.10"

Actor, filmmaker, writer and musician Donald Glover's fourthrecord,, is a challenging, genre-defying and rewarding depth probe. It's a dense album, sonically and conceptually, as songs shape-shift with experiments in sounds and textures while addressing topics like self-love, climate change, parenting and injustice. Part Prince, part Earth, Wind & Fire,"19.10" might be the most straight-ahead song, but don't let the funk

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