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Mélat's song "Push" is featured on this month's edition of Heavy Rotation. Moyo Oyelola/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"With all the compassion in my heart, I just want to say to white people sampling others' music: what you're engaging in is colonialism," Merrill Garbus says. "Name it for what it is." Eliot Lee Hazel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Tune-Yards, Caroline Says, Balmorhea, A. Savage Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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tUnE-yArDs On World Cafe
Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs, performing live at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. NPR hide caption
tUnE-yArDs In Concert
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tUnE-yArDs' new album, Nikki Nack, comes out May 6. Holly Andres/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Nikki Nack
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tUnE-yArDs' new album, Nikki Nack, comes out May 6. Holly Andres/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Nikki Nack
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Top row: F---ed Up; Bottom row, left to right: Haley Bonar, Roy Orbison, tUnE-yArDs Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A still from the video for tUnE-yArDs' new song, "Water Fountain." YouTube hide caption
"Hatari" is a noisy, threadbare patchwork, but the song shines anyway. Chrissy Piper hide caption
Hatari
tUnE-yArDs performs on the Harbor Stage at the Newport Folk Festival. Erik Jacobs for NPR hide caption
tUnE-yArDs Live From Newport
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tUnE-yArDs is one of the artists performing at this year's Newport Folk Festival. fjludo via Flickr hide caption
Merrill Garbus is the singer and songwriter behind the band tUnE-yArDs. Chloe Aftel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
tUnE-yArDs On World Cafe
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KCRW Presents: tUnE-yArDs
"Abducted," by Cults, tops the list of Bob Boilen's favorite songs of 2011. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sufjan Stevens performing at the bandshell at Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park on August 3, 2011. Ryan Muir/Ryan Muir hide caption