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First Listen: Elliott Smith, 'Heaven Adores You'

11:30pm January 27, 2016

by Stephen Thompson

The soundtrack to a new documentary inventories the periphery of the late singer's catalog: unheard early recordings, instrumentals, collaborations, live appearances and other illuminating footnotes.

Dr. Dog's new album, The Psychedelic Swamp, comes out Feb. 5.

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First Listen: Dr. Dog, 'The Psychedelic Swamp'

11:00pm January 27, 2016

by Andy Battaglia

The Philly psych-rock band revisits some of its earliest material, now fully fleshed out. Loopy, charming idiosyncrasy abounds.

Lucinda Williams' new album, The Ghosts Of Highway 20, comes out Feb. 5.

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First Listen: Lucinda Williams, 'The Ghosts Of Highway 20'

11:00pm January 27, 2016

by Jewly Hight

The singer-songwriter's new double-length set is a road album of a sort, as well as a remarkable distillation of Williams' writerly gifts.

Sidestepper's new album, Supernatural Love, comes out Feb. 5.

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First Listen: Sidestepper, 'Supernatural Love'

11:00pm January 27, 2016

by Felix Contreras

Richard Blair reassembles his innovative Afro-Colombian pop band, and the result never looks back. Instead, it shimmers and percolates while ignoring boundaries altogether.

Junior Boys' new album, Big Black Coat, comes out Feb. 5.

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First Listen: Junior Boys, 'Big Black Coat'

11:00pm January 27, 2016

by Piotr Orlov

The long-running duo returns with another set of inventive, era-spanning, synth-driven techno-pop that sets Jeremy Greenspan's alternately husky and delicate voice against synthetic backgrounds.

KING's first full-length album, We Are KING, comes out Feb. 5.

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First Listen: KING, 'We Are KING'

11:00pm January 27, 2016

by Bobby Carter

The R&B trio, whose 2011 debut EP broke the Internet, finally follows it with an album of dreamy, idiosyncratic, self-produced soul music.

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Jaap van Zweden Named Next Music Director Of The New York Philharmonic

6:28pm January 27, 2016

by Jeff Lunden

The New York Philharmonic has appointed the 55-year-old Dutch conductor and violinist as its next music director. Does this mark a new artistic direction for the vaunted orchestra?

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New Release By Numero Revisits Ork Records' Complete Catalog

2:36pm January 27, 2016

by Ed Ward

Terry Ork was a mystery man who crashed the Warhol scene and founded his own record label. Rock historian Ed Ward traces the brief, tumultuous existence of Ork Records.

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Viking's Choice: Sunwatchers, 'Herd Of Creeps'

2:23pm January 27, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

The psychedelic New York freak-jazz band runs a James Brown rave-up through Hawkwind's space-rock machine.

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Benjamin Clementine On World Cafe

1:39pm January 27, 2016

Music and an incredible story from the Mercury Prize winner, who started on the streets of Paris.