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Music & Culture

With 'Go Ahead,' Perfume Genius Dares You To Stick Around

4:53pm April 19, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Mike Hadreas has released the second single from No Shape, and it's a spare, nearly melody-free, drum-pad-driven and string-sluiced examination of confidence amidst a mire of paranoia.

Sylvia Moy and Stevie Wonder during 37th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony in 2006, at which Moy was inducted. Moy died Saturday at age 78.

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Remembering Sylvia Moy, Pioneering Motown Songwriter And Producer

4:42pm April 19, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

You might not know her name, but you know her music: Moy co-wrote hits for Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and The Isley Brothers. She died Saturday at age 78.

Lana Del Rey and The Weeknd sit together on top of the "Hollywood" sign in a new video for the song "Lust For Life."

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Listen: Lana Del Rey Shares Her 'Lust For Life' (With Help From The Weeknd)

3:58pm April 19, 2017

by Robin Hilton

The title track to Lana Del Rey's upcoming album, Lust For Life, is a hazy take on '60s doo-wop and girl groups featuring the lilting falsetto of The Weeknd.

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Alt.Latino's Spring New Music Roundup

3:03pm April 19, 2017

by Felix Contreras

Hear what's new in the world of Latin music with 22 albums that run the gamut from roots to electronic, rock, hip-hop, jazz and folk — and all the things that fall in between.

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Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears in the World Cafe performance studio.

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Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears On World Cafe

2:47pm April 19, 2017

by David Dye

In a World Cafe session with David Dye, the Austin singer and guitarist showcases his band's soulful sound and chats about the recent changes he's seen in his hometown music scene.

Kemba, in a scene from his video for the song "Greed."

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Kemba's Harrowing Take On 'Greed'

2:00pm April 19, 2017

by William E. Ketchum III

In a new video for the song "Greed," the Bronx lyricist spits pensive rhymes about capitalism's winners and losers.

Buildings' new album, You Are Not One Of Us, comes out April 21.

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Buildings, Noise-Rock Professionals, Offer A 'Mouth Gift'

1:27pm April 19, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Buildings' noise-rock is like a burrito supreme sprayed across the windshield: gross, hilarious and awesome.

Pink Martini performs on this week's Mountain Stage.

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Pink Martini On Mountain Stage

12:55pm April 19, 2017

The international sensation brings its multilingual, multi-genre repertoire back to Mountain Stage, recorded live at the Clay Center in Charleston, W.Va.

Joe Craven's "Soldiers of Joy" kicks off this week's show.

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The Thistle & Shamrock: Common Currency

11:49am April 19, 2017

Follow the musical links that connect traditions across miles and oceans with selections from Joe Craven, Pauline Scanlon, Tim O'Brien and more.

Gabrielle Smith is the songwriter behind Ó — the band formerly known as Eskimeaux.

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Eskimeaux Changes Name To Ó Following Criticism From Inuk Singer Tanya Tagaq

11:23am April 19, 2017

by Marissa Lorusso

"I have no interest in upsetting people before they even get to the point of interfacing with my art," Gabrielle Smith says.