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Hear 2 New Vampire Weekend Songs And A Conversation With Ezra Koenig

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Hear 2 New Vampire Weekend Songs And A Conversation With Ezra Koenig

January 24, 2019 • The Vampire Weekend frontman shares "2021" and "Harmony Hall" from FOTB, the band's highly anticipated new album.

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Dawn Richard

New Breed

DAWN waves a flag for the weirdness of black girls while once again asserting herself as a musical chameleon capable of an elegantly executed audible middle finger.

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Lula Wiles

What Will We Do

The Berklee-educated trio of Isa Burke, Eleanor Buckland and Mali Obomsawin deftly mine the particulars of their individual lives into a rousing, modernist adaptation of Americana music.

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Sneaks

Highway Hypnosis

Sneaks has both the punk spirit and pop sense to carve out her own path in music. Highway Hypnosis is simply the sound of her revving the engine.

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Leyla McCalla

The Capitalist Blues

On her bustling third album, the former Carolina Chocolate Drops member maps her vision of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora while gently taking Anglocentricism (and capitalism) down a notch.

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