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Backxwash, 'Burn To Ashes'

June 20, 2021 • Backxwash doesn't just want to burn down the world; she sticks around long enough to make sure the embers of her enemies have faded to grey.

Viking's Choice 2020: The Year In Loud, Weird And Wonderful

Clockwise from top row: Duma, Стереополина, Moor Mother, Meurtrieres, Maral, Backxwash. Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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Viking's Choice 2020: The Year In Loud, Weird And Wonderful

January 6, 2021 • Spanish punk, metal-sampling rap, Kenyan grindcore, Russian synth pop — this is how NPR Music's resident Viking coped, raged and soothed himself in 2020.

Viking's Choice 2020: The Year In Loud, Weird And Wonderful

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Backxwash, The Metal-Sampling Rapper, Turns Fury Into Forgiveness

"I see samples more than just sounds," Backxwash rapper and producer Ashanti Mutinta says, "they represent a slice of time." Merchant Vaporwave/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Backxwash, The Metal-Sampling Rapper, Turns Fury Into Forgiveness

October 15, 2020 • Though her music, the queer rapper explores horror and wonder, especially as horror mirrors real racial strife. Backxwash's album has been shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize.