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The R&B singer's new record is intricate and organic. It's the sum of his many influences, including pop, cumbia and childhood days spent interrupting Philip Glass' practice sessions.

Kendrick Lamar contains it all, claims it all, and doesn't have time for the single-minded platitudes people throw down upon him.

Starting with a description of the Pope's 1987 visit to the Silverdome, the Detroit rock band gives a smart and unsettling performance in the woods outside Portland, Ore.

The new theme song for 'Bill Nye Saves the World' comes courtesy the former Odd Future frontman.

Floating Points visits the Mojave Desert to rehearse and finds an unexpected collaborator.

Featuring members of noise-rock bands Harry Pussy and Little Claw, Taiwan Housing Project makes garage-rock scuzz scraped out of a demented sock-hop.

The tightly-wound single from the Brooklyn supergroup, featuring members of Porches and LVL UP, never stays in one place too long.

The Police's "Every Breath You Take" was already a pretty creepy song. Now, it and many other love songs have been re-envisioned as the covers of Stephen King-style horror paperbacks.

The album's title song chugs and pulsates to maximally infectious effect, enhanced by a swirl of synths and smooth guitar lines. Bad Baby comes out July 9.