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Beyoncé and Jay-Z on stage in Glasgow during their On The Run II tour on June 9, one week before they released the collaborative album Everything Is Love.

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Her Devotion Weighs A Ton: Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Celebration Of 'Love'

5:03pm June 19, 2018

The collaboration between the married stars, the capstone of a trilogy of albums focused on their union, underlines the simultaneous centrality and marginalization of women in hip-hop.

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Birthplace Of Singer, Activist Nina Simone To Be Preserved

2:36pm June 19, 2018

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Father John Misty Mixes Egotism And Humor On 'God's Favorite Customer'

1:39pm June 19, 2018

by Ken Tucker

Critic Ken Tucker says Father John Misty's new album offers a "roundabout, melancholy" acknowledgement of the artistic selfishness that often accompanies confessional songwriting.

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Saintseneca's new album, Pillar of Na, comes out August 19.

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With 'Frostbiter,' Saintseneca Swings Towards Bright, Beautiful New Places

11:53am June 19, 2018

by Stephen Thompson

For Saintseneca, fatalistic gloom blends seamlessly with a kind of playful sprightliness. Hear "Frostbiter," the first single from a forthcoming album called Pillar of Na.

From left, Jesse Lafser, Brittany Howard and Becca Mancari of Bermuda Triangle.

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World Cafe Nashville: Bermuda Triangle

11:41am June 19, 2018

by Ann Powers

Jesse Lafser, Brittany Howard and Becca Mancari all maintain their own brilliant careers. What brings them together as Bermuda Triangle is friendship, pure and simple.

Prodigy, left and Havoc from the Queens, New York rap group Mobb Deep. Prodigy died June 20, 2017.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda Unearths New Mobb Deep Song For 'Hamildrop' Series

11:35am June 19, 2018

by Sidney Madden

After the death of Prodigy — one-half of the the Queens duo — last year, they bring the posthumous noise on the new track "Boom Goes The Cannon..."

Clockwise from upper left: Superorganism, MILCK, serpentwithfeet, Haley Heynderickx, Jorja Smith

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Your Favorite New Artists Of 2018 (So Far)

11:22am June 19, 2018

Many of your favorite musicians of 2018 (so far) defy genres and expectations, from the idiosyncratic wonder of Superorganism to the stirring, swirling ballads of serpentwithfeet.

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Sasha Banks (shown here at a WWE Live Duesseldorf event in 2017 in Duesseldorf, Germany) is the subject of a new song by The Mountain Goats.

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Hear The Mountain Goats' Ode To WWE's 'Legit Boss,' Sasha Banks

10:10am June 19, 2018

by Lyndsey McKenna

Banks requested the song after The Mountain Goats released Beat The Champ, a wrestling-themed album, in 2015. Now, songwriter John Darnielle has delivered.

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Khôrada, Forged From Agalloch And Giant Squid's Ashes, Burnishes 'Glacial Gold'

9:00am June 19, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

Two forces of modern metal combine to reflect on the past while looking for the means to move forward.

Rapper XXXTentacion performing at Rolling Loud Festival in Miami, Fl. in May 2018. The South Florida rapper was shot and killed on June 18, 2018.

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XXXTentacion, Controversial 20-Year-Old Rapper, Shot And Killed

9:32pm June 18, 2018

The Floridian first gained attention in 2016, when his SoundCloud single "Look At Me" went viral. He released two popular albums after, but was awaiting trial on charges brought by an ex-girlfriend.