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A still from Pussy Riot's video "Track About Good Cop."

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Pussy Riot Prevails Against Russia In European Human Rights Court Ruling

1:12pm July 17, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The European Court of Human Rights' ruling — and the release of new music from the activist and punk collective — comes two days after members of the group interrupted the World Cup final game.

A scene from the new Goon Sax video for the song "Make Room 4 Love."

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The Goon Sax Channel Talking Heads And Scott Walker In New Video

12:38pm July 17, 2018

by Bob Boilen

Fans of early Talking Heads albums, listen up. This group of teenagers from Brisbane could be your favorite new band.

The '80s VHS-style art for Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" as reimagined by YouTube user TRONICBOX.

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The Strange Magic Of YouTube's '80s Remix Culture

12:26pm July 17, 2018

by Annie Zaleski

Search the phrase "80s version" and you'll find dozens of present-day hits reworked with vintage synths and sax solos. Embedded in them is an emotional lesson on what's missing from the streaming era.

Clockwise from upper left: Villagers, Ohmme, Metric, Mirah

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New Mix: Metric, Villagers, Richard Thompson, Mirah, More

11:58am July 17, 2018

This week's episode of All Songs Considered features the return of several veteran favorites: the Canadian rock band Metric, the Irish folk group Villagers, and guitarist Richard Thompson.

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Richard Thompson Tears It Up On Two New Songs

11:42am July 17, 2018

by Bob Boilen

One of the greatest living guitarists, Richard Thompson has shared two new brilliant songs from his just-announced album 13 Rivers.

Waxahatchee's new Great Thunder EP comes out Sept. 7.

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Waxahatchee Returns To Her Folk Roots With 'Chapel Of Pines'

10:46am July 17, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

The Great Thunder EP, out Sept. 7, re-imagines songs written between Cerulean Salt and Ivy Tripp.

Sertanejo singer Marília Mendonça, 22, sings to a crowd of thousands at Expo Londrina, an agricultural fair in the southern Brazilian city of Londrina.

In 'Macho' Brazil, Fast-Rising Star Marília Mendonça Is Inspiring Women To Push Back

10:14am July 17, 2018

by Philip Reeves

Marília Mendonça has reclaimed Brazil's traditional genre sertanejo and created "feminejo," providing women with a voice in a traditionally macho society.

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An intruder, identified as a member of the Russian collective and punk band Pussy Riot, is carried off the pitch during the 2018 World Cup final game between France and Croatia on Sunday.

Pussy Riot Members Arrested For Rushing World Cup Field In Moscow

5:09pm July 16, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The activist and punk-music collective has taken responsibility for the four protesters who intruded on the tournament's final game. The four were transferred to district court on Monday.

Viv Albertine was a guitarist and lyricist for the punk band The Slits. She is also the author of two memoirs.

Punk Legend And Memoirist Viv Albertine On A Lifetime Of Fighting The Patriarchy

2:44pm July 16, 2018

by Terry Gross

"What we conjured up ... was that we weren't going to try and be this constructed ideal of femininity," Albertine says of her band's approach. She recently released a memoir, To Throw Away Unopened.

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The members of Birdtalker project balance and warmth in a way that only true friends can.

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World Cafe Nashville: Birdtalker

1:06pm July 16, 2018

by Ann Powers

There's a beautiful reflectiveness within Birdtalker's song that comes from Zack Green's soul-searching and Dani Green's skill with story and metaphor.