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The slamming brutal death metal of 01101111011101100110111001101001 — that's binary for "ovni," or UFO — will make your gut drop.

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Viking's Choice: Post-Apocalyptic House, Big Twinkle Energy, Binary Code Metal

11:10am August 27, 2019

by Lars Gotrich

Viking's Choice prides itself on playlists that zonk instead of zag. This week, the throbbing first single from Moor Mother's new album, Overo's heavy throwback emo and some gut-dropping death metal.

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All Songs Rewind: This Summer, Think Pink

6:39am August 27, 2019

We fill you in on how to shade your summer pink with unapologetically good pop music that is ready for any mood.

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Faty Sy Savanet of Tshegue performs on stage during Day two of the Womad Festival 2019 in Malmesbury, England. Tshegue is featured on this week's Heat Check.

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Heat Check: Transposed Emotions And Atmospheric Plot Twists

5:43pm August 26, 2019

by Sidney Madden

This week's Heat Check playlist selects will compel your ear to stay agile and might even inspire you to do some obscure sample-digging.

Members of the 146-voice chorus, dressed as garment workers, in composer Julia Wolfe's Fire In My Mouth, which documents the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York.

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Tragic Fire Sparks Julia Wolfe's Latest Look At American Labor History

4:22pm August 26, 2019

by Tom Huizenga

On her new album, Fire in My Mouth, the Pulitzer-winning composer documents the tragedy behind New York City's 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

An audience in los Angeleles share its love for Celso Piña.

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Accordion Master Celso Piña Dead At 66

1:25pm August 23, 2019

by Felix Contreras

Piña mined the traditions of cumbia and expanded the limits of the accordion.

Melina Duterte is otherwise known as Jay Som. Her latest album, Anak Ko, is on our shortlist of the best releases out Aug. 23.

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New Music Friday: Our Top 8 Albums Out Aug. 23

12:24pm August 23, 2019

by Robin Hilton

This week's podcast includes the stadium guitar rock of Sheer Mag, country legend Tanya Tucker, the hip-hop boy band BROCKHAMPTON, a wonderfully strange turn from R&B singer Raphael Saadiq and more.

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Missy Elliott performs onstage at Something in the Water Festival in April 2019 in Virginia Beach City. The rapper's latest EP, Iconology, is out now.

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Missy Elliott Drops 'ICONOLOGY,' Her First Original Project In 14 Years

10:43am August 23, 2019

by Sidney Madden

The Virginia game-changer and Grammy winner drops a five-song EP ahead of being honored at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Taylor Swift, performing in June 2019 in Carson, Calif.

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Stream Taylor Swift's New Album, 'Lover'

9:49am August 23, 2019

by Lyndsey McKenna

The promotional campaign was protracted, the messaging confusing, and the music ... well, let's find out, shall we?

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The 1975's 'People' Thrashes With Millennial Anxiety

2:30pm August 22, 2019

by Marissa Lorusso

Notes On A Conditional Form comes out Feb. 21, 2020. On its first single, Matty Healy warns: "It's Monday morning and we've only got a thousand of them left."

Clockwise from upper left: Big Thief, Shannon Lay, Queen of Jeans, Brittany Howard

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New Mix: Brittany Howard, Big Thief, The Messthetics, More

1:47pm August 21, 2019

This week's essential mix includes stirring solo work from Alabama Shakes singer Brittany Howard, a surprise release from Big Thief, a cathartic instrumental from The Messthetics and more.

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