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Top row: Khruangbin; Middle row, left to right: Protomartyr, Lucinda Williams; Bottom row, left to right: Tenci, The Lovely Eggs Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Rock group Protomartyr. From right to left: Alex Leonard, Joe Casey, Scott Davidson, Greg Ahee. Trevor Naud/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Protomartyr performs at Pickathon 2016. Liam Gillies/Pickathon hide caption
Protomartyr's new album, The Agent Intellect, comes out Oct. 9. Zak Bratto/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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