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The Empire State Building's lights were synced to the encore performance of "I Will Get By" by Dead & Company at nearby Citi Field.

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The Empire State Building Synced Its Lights To The Grateful Dead's 'Touch Of Grey'

4:33pm June 26, 2017

by Felix Contreras

A partnership between the building's realty trust, reunion outfit Dead & Company and Citi Field had the Empire State Building's lights dancing along with the crowd of thousands.

Ravi Coltrane performs a Tiny Desk Concert on May 4, 2017. (Claire Harbage/NPR)

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Ravi Coltrane Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert

3:05pm June 26, 2017

by Suraya Mohamed

Artistic legacy, evolution and studied ease coalesced at this Tiny Desk Concert, with Coltrane offering four interpretations of his and others' works.

Radiohead perform on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury music festiva on June 23, 2017.

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Hear Radiohead's Incredible Glastonbury Performance

1:41pm June 26, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Exactly 20 years after it cemented its place as one of the most ambitious rock bands in history with OK Computer, Radiohead returned to Britain's most renowned festival.

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There's Plenty Of Variety On Sexmob's Scrappy 'Cultural Capital'

1:27pm June 26, 2017

by Kevin Whitehead

Since the 1990s, New York trumpet player Steven Bernstein has been the ringleader of this occasional quartet. This recent album was recorded at a home studio and its rough-hewn quality is just right.

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Let's Eat Grandma arrived last year fully formed — now they're looking beyond their beginnings.

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Let's Eat Grandma: Defying Commas And Expectations

1:05pm June 26, 2017

by Simon Reynolds

These two British teenagers arrived from out of nowhere, young in years but artistically mature and assured — and now the pair is out to reshape and retake.

Widowspeak's new album, Expect The Best, comes out August 25.

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Widowspeak Announces A New Album, Kicks It Off With 'Dog'

10:00am June 26, 2017

by Stephen Thompson

Molly Hamilton channels an animal's mindset in the dreamily yearning first single from Expect The Best, due out August 25.

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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.