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Michael Kiwanuka Wins 2020 Mercury Prize

32 minutes ago

Michael Kiwanuka has won the 2020 Mercury Music Prize, awarded every year to an outstanding album from the United Kingdom and Ireland, for his 2019 LP KIWANUKA, beating out a field of competitors including Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, Laura Marling, Porridg... more info

Homeboy Sandman & Quelle Chris – “Extinction”

1 hour ago

Queens rap veteran Homeboy Sandman announced Don't Feed The Monster, an entire album produced by his Mello Music Group labelmate Quelle Chris, earlier this month. Quelle Chris is also the only other rapper featured on the project. And today, followin... more info

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Orville Peck & Paul Cauthen Cover The Righteous Brothers As The Unrighteous Brothers

2 hours ago

Masked country singer Orville Peck and East Texas singer-songwriter Paul Cauthen have teamed up as the Unrighteous Brothers to cover the Righteous Brothers hits "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and "Unchained Melody." Recorded at RCA Studio A in Nas... more info

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We’ve Got A File On You: Thurston Moore

3 hours ago

Thurston Moore has done so much in his decades-spanning career that he can barely remember some of it. Performing with Sonic Youth on cult comedy classic The State's network television premiere? Doesn't remember it. What about when the band appeared ... more info

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MadeinTYO – “Money Up” (Feat. Toro Y Moi)

3 hours ago

Chaz Bundick, the chillwave pioneer and forever-mutating bedroom-pop traveler who calls himself Toro Y Moi, has been making occasional appearances on rap records ever since 2013, when Travis Scott recruited him to guest on the Owl Pharaoh mixtape. ... more info

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The Brothers Macklovitch – “I Can Call You” (Portrait Cover)

4 hours ago

Real-life brothers A-Trak and Dave 1 -- one half of Duck Sauce and Chromeo, respectively, among other affiliations -- teamed up as the Brothers Macklovitch back in May to release a contagiously fizzy house track called "Give Love To Get Some." At the... more info

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Watch Arlo Parks Sing A Lovely Acoustic Cover Of Billie Eilish’s “my future”

4 hours ago

Billie Eilish's slow, insular single "my future" isn't even two months old yet, and already two different artists have performed massively different covers of the song on the BBC Live Lounge. First, Miley Cyrus reinvented "my future" as a cryptic, po... more info

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Mr. Bungle – “Eracist”

4 hours ago

The Californian avant-metal band Mr. Bungle went through a whole lot of phases in between forming in the mid '80s and breaking up in the late '90s. For a while, frontman Mike Patton's success in his other band Faith No More led Mr. Bungle to become o... more info

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The Shins – “The Great Divide”

5 hours ago

After the Shins released Heartworms in 2017, they followed it up with The Heart's Worm , an album comprising "flipped" versions of the same songs. They're back today with their first new song since, and this one has a flipped companion piece too. more info

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Kurt Vile – “How Lucky” (Feat. John Prine)

5 hours ago

This steady stream of covers paying tribute to the late, great John Prine has continued this month with offerings from Califone and Wynonna. Today we hear another one, but it was recorded before Prine's death, and it features the man himself. more info

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