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Crypt Sermon's sophomore album, The Ruins of Fading Light, is featured on this week's list.

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Viking's Choice: Grandiose Doom Metal, Italian Garage-Pop, Proggy Post-Punk

12:58pm July 23, 2019

by Lars Gotrich

This week's mix features thundering doom metal, a stargazing lullaby from an oh-so-chic Italian duo and a D.C. post-punk band featuring Mary Timony and Alec MacKaye.

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Kick Off Your Shoes While CAAMP Performs Songs From 'By And By'

12:45pm July 23, 2019

From playing for free beer to appearing at massive festivals, CAAMP has come a long way.

Vocalist Jarina de Marco performs at RudioFest in Chicago.

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What We Heard At The Best Festivals For Latin Alternative Music

11:30am July 23, 2019

Alt.Latino hits the road to visit RuidoFest in Chicago, NuevoFest in Philadelphia and the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) in NYC.

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Art Neville: In Memoriam Playlist

10:16am July 23, 2019

by Lauren Onkey

Art Neville's life connected directly to rock and roll's first notes. Travel through his funky catalog with The Meters, The Neville Brothers and his own solo songs.

In less than four years, Khalid has gone from a high school student uploading songs onto SoundCloud to one of the most listened-to artists on Spotify.

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Khalid Is The Shooting Star Of The Playlist Era

9:25am July 23, 2019

by Frannie Kelley

Perhaps no contemporary musician understands the rules of the streaming ecosystem better than the singer Khalid, who emerged as a teenager and is now one of the most listened-to artists in the world.

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New Frightened Rabbit Compilation 'Carries On' The Songs Of The Late Scott Hutchison

6:20pm July 22, 2019

by Connor Donevan

Tiny Changes — a collection of covers from Frightened Rabbit — is intended as a celebration. But the project has taken on new weight after the death of the band's lead singer.

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Art Neville, A New Orleans Icon, Dead At 81

5:17pm July 22, 2019

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The keyboardist and singer was the co-founder of both the Meters and the Neville Brothers died Monday — bands that took the funk and swagger of New Orleans to a much larger world.

Jacob Collier plays a Tiny Desk Concert on May 16, 2019.

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Jacob Collier: Tiny Desk Concert

3:49pm July 22, 2019

by Colin Marshall

As the NPR staff gathered to watch his performance, Jacob Collier sprinted full bore down the hallway for his set, hardly able to contain his creative energy or enthusiasm.

Lil Nas X in April, posing backstage during the 2019 Stagecoach Festival in Indio, Calif.

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Lil Nas X Ties Chart Record For Longest Streak At No. 1

1:49pm July 22, 2019

by Emily Abshire

"Old Town Road" spent last week neck and neck with Billie Eilish's "bad guy." Both artists helped their Hot 100 numbers with strategically deployed remixes, taking advantage of a murky chart policy.

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Lukas Nelson's Message Is Simple: 'Go Play Outside'

1:46pm July 22, 2019

Lukas Nelson's latest record, Turn Off The News (Build A Garden), includes plenty of guests. Neil Young, Margo Price, and yes, Lukas' dad, Willie Nelson, all appear on the album.