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Albums By The Murlocs And King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Explore New Sounds

2:16pm July 23, 2021

by Ken Tucker

The Murlocs are a side project of sorts to King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, where Ambrose Kenny-Smith and guitarist Cook Craig join other musicians to amalgamate all different styles of pop.

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Vince Staples performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Vince Staples: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

12:08pm July 23, 2021

by Bobby Carter

Vince Staples brings the sound of his new self-titled album to life for his Tiny Desk (home) concert.

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram is a 22-year-old blues guitarist and singer, whose debut album, Kingfish, was a chart-topping success. His second studio album, 662, is out July 23.

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Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram Reflects On Leaving – And Sharing – '662'

9:21am July 23, 2021

Clarksdale, Miss., where blues guitarist-singer Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram hails from, is "pretty much the mecca of the blues," Ingram says in an interview with NPR's A Martinez on Morning Edition.

When she first heard Fiona Apple's album 1996 Tidal, writer Lindsay Zoladz says the record stood out to her for how it "validated [her] experience of pain."

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Fiona Apple's 'Tidal' Promised Me The Unknown

6:00am July 23, 2021

by Lindsay Zoladz

When writer Lindsay Zoladz first heard 'Tidal' as a teen, it validated her pain in an uncertain time. Returning to the album decades later, it reminds her of how much our past selves can teach us.

In "Side Street," a promotional video for his new album Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator plays out a fantasy version of a narrative that appears on the album's climactic song, "Wilshire," in which he engages in a deep but doomed emotional affai

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This Song Is About You

4:03pm July 22, 2021

by Ann Powers

Confessional songs are all over the pop charts, from Tyler, The Creator's Call Me If You Get Lost to Olivia Rodrigo's Sour. What do musicians who blend fact and fiction owe their real life subjects?

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Low, 'Disappearing'

3:52pm July 22, 2021

by Lars Gotrich

On "Disappearing," Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker of Low sing in harmonies that quell the deepest doubts and soothe the savage heart.

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illuminati hotties, 'u v v p'

3:37pm July 22, 2021

by Lyndsey McKenna

On "u v v p," Sarah Tudzin dials down the energy and seeks inspiration in surf rock sounds. Featuring Buck Meek on the outro, it paints a cowpoke portrait of a Western rambler.

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Leo Sun, 'When You Wake Up'

3:29pm July 22, 2021

by Matthew Shaw

If summers are made for stories of fleeting love, "When You Wake Up" is a commentary on the resilience needed to soak it all in, the good and the bad.

Shemekia Copeland performs at the Exit Zero Jazz Festival in Cape May, NJ.

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Shemekia Copeland, Modern Guardian Of The Blues

2:07pm July 22, 2021

Watch Shemekia Copeland play the 2021 Exit Zero Jazz Festival and, on our radio episode, get inside her eclectic sound and topical lyrics, connecting her to blues icons from Ruth Brown to Ma Rainey.

Eric Clapton performs in London in March 2020, shortly before the coronavirus lockdown.

Eric Clapton Says He Won't Play Venues That Require COVID Vaccines

11:55am July 22, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

On social media late Wednesday, the musician wrote: "I wish to say that I will not perform on any stage where there is a discriminated audience present."