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Watch Nine Inch Nails' Dimly Lit And Creepy Performance On 'Twin Peaks'

9:55am June 26, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Trent Reznor and crew are the latest band to play the "roadhouse" on Twin Peaks. In the TV show's most caustic performance, yet, the band howls through "She's Gone Away."

Fletcher Tucker's Cold Spring comes out June 30.

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Songs We Love: Fletcher Tucker, 'I Became Smoke'

9:10am June 26, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Tucker sinks into the redwoods and roots out something ancient and always, and this is Cold Spring's brooding, but gradually ecstatic confirmation ritual.

Phoenix's latest album, Ti Amo, is out now.

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Phoenix On World Cafe

6:00am June 26, 2017

by Talia Schlanger

Hear the band perform songs from Ti Amo — an album that's surprisingly lighthearted, given the string of attacks that struck Phoenix's French homeland as work on the record progressed.

"My father is my hero," Anik Khan says. "Because of him I have a country. Because of him I have a language."

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Rapper Anik Khan On His Father's 'Unconditional Love'

6:42pm June 25, 2017

by Dustin DeSoto

The Queens-based rapper says he draws inspiration from his father, a poetry-loving immigrant who brought the family to the U.S. after fighting for Bangladesh's liberation from Pakistan.

Jade Jackson's debut album, Gilded, is out now.

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Songwriter Jade Jackson On Her Journey To A 'Gilded' Debut

8:06am June 25, 2017

The California country-rock artist, 25, tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about the personal and health struggles that have fueled her new album, Gilded.

Imagine Dragons' new album, Evolve, is out now. Singer Dan Reynolds says it's more "minimalistic" and "colorful" than the band's first two records.

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Imagine Dragons On Catching Up To Rock Stardom

6:03pm June 24, 2017

Burnt out after years of hard touring, the "Radioactive" band hit the brakes. Now, it's bounced back with a new album, Evolve. Singer Dan Reynolds and guitarist Wayne Sermon tell Michel Martin more.

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Heavy Rotation: The 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

1:20pm June 24, 2017

Hear new songs by Chicago hip-hop artist Rich Jones, Toronto garage-rockers Alvvays and French dance-pop duo Burning Peacocks in this month's list.

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Bedouine's self-titled debut album is out now.

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On Her Quiet Folk Debut, Bedouine Wanders And Wonders

8:01am June 24, 2017

On her eponymous debut album as Bedouine, folk musician Azniv Korkejian explores her itinerant, transnational upbringing and the war in Syria, where she was born.

The Tupac biopic, All Eyez On Me, grossed $31 million in its opening weekend.

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Tupac Shakur Biopic 'All Eyez On Me' Hit With Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

6:53pm June 23, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Kevin Powell conducted Tupac's career-defining interviews; now he's suing the filmmakers behind the biopic for using them without his permission.

It's Been A Long Week. So Here's A Gorilla Dancing In A Pool

5:02pm June 23, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

We'd explain further, but really, the headline kind of speaks for itself.