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A still from Tera Melos' "Warpless Run" video.

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Inspired By A Super Mario Speed Whiz, 'Warpless Run' Has Tera Melos Playing Catch Up

11:00am October 31, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Brad "Darbian" Myers, who set the world record last week in a 4:56 speedrun of "Super Mario Bros.," plays a slug-starring video game soundtracked by Tera Melos' frenetic prog-punk wallop.

Frans Francken's Death Playing the Violin. In music theory, the tritone came to be known as the devil's interval.

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The Unsettling Sound Of Tritones, The Devil's Interval

10:52am October 31, 2017

by Judith Kogan

In music theory, the tritone is an interval of three whole steps that can sound unresolved and creepy. Over time, the sound has wound up in jazz, rock and even Broadway musicals.

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Godflesh, The Mutants Of Industrial Metal, Return With 'Post Self'

10:13am October 31, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

The duo today announces Post Self, out Nov. 17, with the bruising title track.

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World Cafe Nashville: Becca Mancari

5:04pm October 30, 2017

by Ann Powers

Mancari offers stories of wandering and homecoming, colored by a determination to live, artistically, beyond the gender boundaries usually imposed on female artists.

Bootsy Collins' new album, World Wide Funk, is available Oct. 27.

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The 'World Wide Funk' Of Bootsy Collins

4:58pm October 30, 2017

The funk master is back with his first album in six years: World Wide Funk. He talks King Records and his relationship with the late Bernie Wollner in an interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

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As Ever, The Go! Team Is All About Sensory Overload

11:31am October 30, 2017

by Stephen Thompson

The video for "Semicircle Song" is a kaleidoscopic wash of bright colors and marching bands, with vocals from the Detroit Youth Choir.

Gingerlys' self-titled album is out Nov. 17.

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Songs We Love: Gingerlys, 'Let Down'

11:00am October 30, 2017

by Marissa Lorusso

The Brooklyn dream-pop band's new song is about "a relationship growing apart from itself."

Scene from Amanda Palmer's new video for the song "In Harm's Way."

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Amanda Palmer's Powerful New Song And Video On The Global Refugee Crisis

10:47am October 30, 2017

by Bob Boilen

In a new video for her song "In Harm's Way," the singer addresses a question she says is absent from current political discourse: "Have we forgotten how to be generous?"

Dorothy Fields wrote over 400 songs between 1928 and 1973, making her one of the biggest names in 20th century musical theater and beyond.

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Forbears: The Great American Songwriting Of Dorothy Fields

10:00am October 30, 2017

by Maria Sherman

It's impossible to discuss early Hollywood and Broadway hits without acknowledging Fields, who wrote over 400 songs between 1928 and 1973 and is responsible for some of the greatest tunes of our time.

The Roots featuring Bilal perform a Tiny Desk Concert on Oct. 19, 2017. (Claire Harbage/NPR)

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The Roots Feat. Bilal: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am October 30, 2017

by Abby O'Neill

Yes, it happened. Black Thought, Questlove and the entire crew packed in behind the Tiny Desk to perform a new song called "It Ain't Fair."