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Music & Culture

Hatchie Spins Around Her Native Brisbane For Gaze-Pop Debut 'Try'

10:07am June 14, 2017

by Marissa Lorusso

"Try" is the first single by Harriette Pilbeam's solo project. A shimmering shoegaze debut, its video depicts the Australian musician's hometown — fireworks and all.

Solána Rowe, aka SZA, released one of 2017's most anticipated albums on Friday.

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Taking 'Ctrl': Why SZA's New Album Means So Much

9:35am June 14, 2017

The Top Dawg singer's new album is as dreamy as we all hoped it would be. Code Switch and NPR Music tapped in a few members of the NPR fam to chat with us about how SZA and Ctrl resonates with them.

The Mexico City-based Chilean vocalist Mon Laferte heats up the summer with "Amárrame."

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Songs We Love: Mon Laferte, 'Amárrame (Feat. Juanes)'

9:43pm June 13, 2017

by Marisa Arbona-Ruiz

The chemistry between the Mexico City-based Chilean vocalist and her duet partner, paired with a slinky cumbia bass line, makes this song hard to resist.

Ben Hopkins of PWR BTTM performs at the NPR Music showcase during SXSW on March 15, 2017 in Austin, Texas.

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After Fallout, PWR BTTM Seeks Control Of Its Music

4:00pm June 13, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

After allegations of sexual assault by one of its members emerged last month, the band was quickly dropped from its current label, and its two albums were pulled from streaming services.

A man watches as a meteor streaks toward earth in a scene from Johnny Flynn's new video for the song "In The Deepest."

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Johnny Flynn Ponders Fake News, Global Panic And The End Of Everything

3:55pm June 13, 2017

by Robin Hilton

It's hard to know what's real in a new video for the English actor and musician's song "In The Deepest." A meteor streaking across the sky could be the end of the world or a complete hoax.

Rhiannon Giddens' latest solo album is Freedom Highway.

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World Cafe Nashville: Rhiannon Giddens

3:50pm June 13, 2017

by Ann Powers

The singer, fiddler and banjo player performs songs from Freedom Highway, which she wrote to tell the stories of victims of racialized violence throughout American history.

The Unkindest Cut: Theater, President Trump And The Politics Of Performing Arts

2:09pm June 13, 2017

Is depicting the president as Julius Caesar fair game, or over the line?

Clockwise from upper left: Gordi, Emily Haines, Guerilla Toss, Chastity Belt.

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New Mix: Emily Haines, Mt. Wolf, Chastity Belt, Gordi And More

1:02pm June 13, 2017

This week's essential new music includes the frenetic pop of Guerilla Toss, a long-awaited solo return from Metric singer Emily Haines, bruising hardcore rock from Thoughts Of Ionesco and more.

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The Show that Never Ends, by David Weigel

Prog Rock Gets Some Respect In 'The Show That Never Ends'

12:33pm June 13, 2017

by Jason Heller

David Weigel is primarily a political reporter, but in The Show that Never Ends he spins his love of prog rock into a detailed, affectionate history of a genre that's never completely gone away.

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Worriers Doesn't Blow 3-1 Lead, Releases 'Future Me' Single

12:29pm June 13, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Worriers' Lauren Denitzio has signed to SideOneDummy for a new album due out this fall. Hear a fuzzy and forlorn new single from the punk band.