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A man watches as a meteor streaks toward earth in a scene from Johnny Flynn's new video for the song "In The Deepest."

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Johnny Flynn Ponders Fake News, Global Panic And The End Of Everything

3:55pm June 13, 2017

by Robin Hilton

It's hard to know what's real in a new video for the English actor and musician's song "In The Deepest." A meteor streaking across the sky could be the end of the world or a complete hoax.

Rhiannon Giddens' latest solo album is Freedom Highway.

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World Cafe Nashville: Rhiannon Giddens

3:50pm June 13, 2017

by Ann Powers

The singer, fiddler and banjo player performs songs from Freedom Highway, which she wrote to tell the stories of victims of racialized violence throughout American history.

The Unkindest Cut: Theater, President Trump And The Politics Of Performing Arts

2:09pm June 13, 2017

Is depicting the president as Julius Caesar fair game, or over the line?

Clockwise from upper left: Gordi, Emily Haines, Guerilla Toss, Chastity Belt.

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New Mix: Emily Haines, Mt. Wolf, Chastity Belt, Gordi And More

1:02pm June 13, 2017

This week's essential new music includes the frenetic pop of Guerilla Toss, a long-awaited solo return from Metric singer Emily Haines, bruising hardcore rock from Thoughts Of Ionesco and more.

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The Show that Never Ends, by David Weigel

Prog Rock Gets Some Respect In 'The Show That Never Ends'

12:33pm June 13, 2017

by Jason Heller

David Weigel is primarily a political reporter, but in The Show that Never Ends he spins his love of prog rock into a detailed, affectionate history of a genre that's never completely gone away.

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Worriers Doesn't Blow 3-1 Lead, Releases 'Future Me' Single

12:29pm June 13, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Worriers' Lauren Denitzio has signed to SideOneDummy for a new album due out this fall. Hear a fuzzy and forlorn new single from the punk band.

A still from Charly Bliss' "Westermarck" video.

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Charly Bliss Goes To Camp For 'Westermarck' Video

12:25pm June 13, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

What if we all just lived at camp and the members of Charly Bliss were the camp directors? Can this be our new reality?

James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem performs onstage in 2016 in Los Angeles.

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LCD Soundsystem Isn't Happy About These Vinyl Reissues

12:21pm June 13, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

The story of a band, a label and an explicit press release.

Slowdive plays a Field Recording at Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Slowdive Fills A Shuffleboard Parlor With Shimmering Sound

10:33am June 13, 2017

by Stephen Thompson

Fresh off its first album in 22 years, the U.K. shoegaze band performs the dream-pop ballad "Sugar For The Pill" at a Brooklyn shuffleboard parlor.

Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band's new album, Dreaming In The Non-Dream, comes out Aug. 25.

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Songs We Love: Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band, 'Dreaming In The Non-Dream'

10:00am June 13, 2017

by Laura Snapes

The 16-minute track manages to be concise and lean, almost speeding on an empty tank through a tireless groove that solders dusty Ohio punk to krautrock's soothing repetitions.