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Prince's posthumous release Piano and a Microphone, 1983 is on our list of the best albums out on Sep. 21.

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New Music Friday For Sep. 21: Eight Albums You Should Hear Now

5:00am September 21, 2018

by Robin Hilton

Intimate home recordings from Prince, ragged rock from Metric, the angelic harmonies of Mountain Man, and Richard Swift's final, posthumous album are among this week's essential new releases.

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Dom McLennon, Matt Champion, and Kevin Abstract of BROCKHAMPTON perform at Lollapalooza 2018. The hip-hop boy band's latest album iridescence, is out now.

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Stream Brockhampton's New Album, 'Iridescence'

1:05am September 21, 2018

by Sidney Madden

The 14-member hip-hop boy band just unveiled its first album since signing to RCA Records in March.

The 2nd South Carolina String Band in July, onstage in the main tent of the annual reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg.

The Anthemic Allure Of 'Dixie,' An Enduring Confederate Monument

6:10pm September 20, 2018

by Bilal Qureshi

Despite its origins in the popular music of the North, the song became the unofficial anthem of the Confederacy during the Civil War and still endures as a divisive symbol in modern America.

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A resident of Puerto Rico cleans up just after Hurricane Maria struck the island on Set. 20, 2017

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Puerto Rico One Year After Maria

5:29pm September 20, 2018

by Felix Contreras

A collection of stories from NPR News about the devastating storm and its aftermath.

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Between Chaos And Desire: A Conversation With Christine And The Queens

1:01pm September 20, 2018

by Talia Schlanger

Talia Schlanger chats with pop music's weird cousin about the new album Chris and its blurred distinctions between aggressive and vulnerable, masculine and feminine, identity and presentation.

Aron Hodek performs "What's the Use?" alongside Thundercat's Tiny Desk concert with Mac Miller.

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Watch A 7-Year-Old Bassist Play Along With Mac Miller

12:47pm September 20, 2018

by Bob Boilen

Slovakian 7-year-old Aron Hodek loves playing along with Tiny Desk concerts. In his latest performance, he tackles Thundercat's bass line in "What's the Use?"

Box-office giant Ticketmaster may have benefitted from looking the other way on ticket scalping-related violations of its own terms of service, a Canadian report revealed on Sep. 19.

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Ticketmaster Has Its Own Secret 'Scalping Program,' Canadian Journalists Report

11:58am September 20, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The CBC and the Toronto Star has reported that live-event box office behemoth Ticketmaster recruits professional "scalpers" into a program through which it could benefit by double-dipping on fees.

Bob Dylan, pictured in 1974, while working on what would become Blood on the Tracks.

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Hear An Early Outtake Of Bob Dylan's 'If You See Her, Say Hello'

10:58am September 20, 2018

by Robin Hilton

Bob Dylan's Bootleg series continues this fall with Vol. 14, More Blood on the Tracks, which includes the first take he ever recorded of "If You See Her, Say Hello."

Richard Swift's final album, made in the months before his death, is called The Hex.

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Richard Swift's Final Album, 'The Hex,' Will Be Released Friday

9:53am September 20, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

The announcement comes with a new track called "Sept20." According to a statement on Swift's Facebook page, it's his final song from an album he completed shortly before his death.

Restorations' LP5000 comes out Sept. 28.

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First Listen: Restorations, 'LP5000'

5:00am September 20, 2018

by Lyndsey McKenna

The Philly band distills heft and heart, cathartic choruses and gratuitous guitars into tender, explosive rock.