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Foxing's Nearer My God comes out Aug. 10.

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Hear Foxing's Soaring 'Nearer My God' In 5 Different Languages

10:00am July 18, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

Once firmly planted in emo's twinkling moods, Foxing stretches out to soaring heights. The band offers versions of its new single sung in Spanish, French, German and Japanese.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (left) takes the oath of office in August 1993 as President Bill Clinton looks on. A new album, Notorious RBG in Song sets events from Ginsburg's life to music.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life Immortalized In Song

9:35am July 18, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

Songs about the life and career of the Supreme Court justice, written in secret by her daughter-in-law, now make their debut on a very personal album called Notorious RBG in Song.

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The Midnight Hour (Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge) performs a Tiny Desk Concert on June 18, 2018 (Morgan Noelle Smith/NPR).

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The Midnight Hour: Tiny Desk Concert

8:37am July 18, 2018

by Sidney Madden

A Tribe Called Quest's Ali Shaheed Muhammad and composer Adrian Younge brought their Luke Cage-inspired collaboration to the Tiny Desk.

Eric Church's new album, Desperate Man, comes out October 5.

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Eric Church Gets Busted By His Record Label In New Video For 'Desperate Man'

6:45am July 18, 2018

by Jewly Hight

For years, Church has wagered that rewarding the devotion of highly engaged fans will serve him better than country's promotional orthodoxy. In his new video, he takes the concept to its extreme.

Crime scene tape surrounds the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on Oct. 2, 2017. The broken windows show the room where a gunman sat as he opened fire on a country music festival, killing 58 people and wounding more than 500 others.

MGM Files Lawsuits Denying Liability Over Las Vegas Shooting

6:56pm July 17, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

In October 2017, a gunman fired from his room at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds. Now MGM, which owns the hotel, is asking the courts to declare it not liable.

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First Listen: Balún, 'Prisma Tropical'

4:03pm July 17, 2018

by Felix Contreras

Balún's blend of electronic pop and traditional Puerto Rican instrumentation marks them as one the island's best musical exports in a very long time.

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Virtual Band Gorillaz Brings Intimacy And Eager Energy To 'The Now Now'

3:40pm July 17, 2018

by Ken Tucker

Co-created by visual artist Jamie Hewlett and musician Damon Albarn, Gorillaz is fronted by four animated characters — but critic Ken Tucker says there's "nothing cartoonish" about the new album.

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One Eleven Heavy features Wooden Wand's James Toth (right) and Nick Mitchell Maiato of Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura (left), plus members of Royal Trux, the Solar Motel Band.

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One Eleven Heavy 'Crosses' The Atlantic With Grateful Dead-Indebted Boogie

3:37pm July 17, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

Featuring members of Wooden Wand and Royal Trux, One Eleven Heavy pays tribute to rock bands that thrived on wild-eyed improvisation, but still knew how to write an easygoing melody.

"I don't even know if I deserve at age 51 to have this much joy on stage," Dave Matthews says.

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'Change Is Never Easy': Dave Matthews' Past Motivates His Present

3:09pm July 17, 2018

by Talia Schlanger

Dave Matthews' opinions on U.S. race relations, excitement for a new band line-up and acceptance of "Crash Into Me" are all products of reflection.

Andy Shauf plays the Woods Stage at Pickathon 2017.

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Andy Shauf, 'Quite Like You' (Live At Pickathon)

1:59pm July 17, 2018

by David Christensen

Watch this Saskatchewan singer-songwriter play a bittersweet song about betrayal.