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Allison Mahal entered the Tiny Desk Contest with the song "Superego."

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The Best 2021 Tiny Desk Contest Entries We Saw This Week: Volume 2

1:22pm June 03, 2021

This week's entries include odes to being fed up and a song inspired by silence. If you want to send us your song, don't delay: There's less than a week left to enter this year's Tiny Desk Contest.

Michelle Zauner, the singer and creative driver of Japanese Breakfast, and Craig Hendrix, the band's drummer and co-producer.

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How Japanese Breakfast Builds An Album, Sound By Sound

11:09am June 03, 2021

by Kira Grunenberg

A look inside the dreamlike new album Jubilee and the rare partnership of Michelle Zauner and producer Craig Hendrix — equals in the studio, with battle-tested chemistry.

The State Theatre in Portland, Maine, is one of the many venues that have yet to receive money from the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program.

As Grants For Shuttered Venues Trickle Out, Many Owners Are Still Waiting

9:04am June 03, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant was meant to help small independent venues, theaters and other entertainment spaces hit hard by the pandemic. But it's taken six months to get up and running.

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The Hold Steady perform a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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The Hold Steady: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

5:00am June 03, 2021

by Lyndsey McKenna

For their first-ever full-band Tiny Desk appearance, The Hold Steady squeezed behind a cramped backstage corner of the Brooklyn Bowl.

Floating Room is featured as one of Oregon's up-and-coming artists to watch in 2021.

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11 Oregon Artists To Watch In 2021

7:39pm June 02, 2021

by Jerad Walker

Featuring everything from Americana, to jazzy R&B and droning metal, there's something for everyone in Oregon's musical community.

Kraftwerk, photographed in 1977. From left: Florian Schneider, Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter and Wolfgang Flür.

Kraftwerk And Our Computer World

5:36pm June 02, 2021

In a new book, writer Uwe Schütte takes up a close examination of the unique context that gave rise to one of the century's most influential art projects.

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Allison Russell Displays A Bursting Range Of Music On 'Outside Child'

1:43pm June 02, 2021

by Ken Tucker

Russell cut her new album in a scant four days, pouring a lifetime of experiences into it. Outside Child is the confession of a woman who's faced hellish experiences and emerged with uncommon grace.

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Buzzy Lee performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Buzzy Lee: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

5:00am June 02, 2021

by Bob Boilen

Sasha Spielberg, a.k.a. Buzzy Lee, performed a playful and passionate Tiny Desk (home) concert from her childhood bathroom.

Fat Joe performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Fat Joe: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

8:13pm June 01, 2021

by Abby O'Neill

The Latino hip-hop legend plays a medley of hits from his nearly 30-year catalog.

Sinead O'Connor performs at August Hall in San Francisco, Calif., in February 2020.

Sinéad O'Connor Has A New Memoir ... And No Regrets

6:13am June 01, 2021

by Allyson McCabe

Fiery singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor became a star in the MTV era, rewriting the rules while courting controversy. Now, she reclaims an influential legacy with a new memoir, Rememberings.

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