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Turning The Tables Listening Party: A Dynamic Sister Duo

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February 9, 2018 • A discussion of two of the most powerful women to shape cultural conversations in recent years, Beyoncé and Solange.

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The Sweetness Of 'Sorry,' A New Video By The She's

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The Sweetness Of 'Sorry,' A New Video By The She's

November 6, 2017 • The San Francisco band's garage-pop progressively unravels as a beautiful duo frolics on the beach.

Liza Anne's 'Paranoia' Is Internal Warfare, Externalized

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Liza Anne's 'Paranoia' Is Internal Warfare, Externalized

October 16, 2017 • Liza Anne cracks open the cage of anxiety she says she's lived in for most of her life with a seething, slow burn of a track.

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Review: Ani DiFranco, 'Binary'

June 1, 2017 • From a musician at home in revolution, here is an album about the quiet insurgence of maturity.

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Review: Tanya Tagaq, 'Retribution'

October 13, 2016 • Tagaq, an Inuk throat singer, marries modern pop with deeply-vested tradition to gobsmacking effect. The songs on her new album, Retribution, encompass terror, rage, ecstasy and bone-leeching sadness.

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Review: Jenny Hval, 'Blood Bitch'

September 22, 2016 • On her sixth album, the Norwegian singer Jenny Hval aims for impact, surrounding her vulnerable voice with spiky, disarming instrumentation that bolsters the intensity and intimacy of her songs.

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Review: Bat For Lashes, 'The Bride'

June 23, 2016 • Bat For Lashes' new concept album, The Bride, plays with the same traditions and symbols that make weddings romantic, to dark and devastating effect.

Songs We Love: Sarah Jarosz, 'House Of Mercy'

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Songs We Love: Sarah Jarosz, 'House Of Mercy'

May 23, 2016 • The folk and bluegrass artist takes a big, bold step, writing darker, more mature material. With stylized images of her bare skin, the video reads like an exploration beyond previous comfort zones.

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Review: Bleached, 'Welcome The Worms'

March 24, 2016 • The L.A. trio's second album is a stalwartly positive collection of punky garage-pop songs, born of dire circumstances.

Songs We Love: Chris Pureka, 'Back In The Ring'

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Songs We Love: Chris Pureka, 'Back In The Ring'

February 17, 2016 • Newly relocated to the West Coast, the folk singer-songwriter releases a song of rejuvenation for her first recorded music since 2013.

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Songs We Love: Emmy The Great, 'Swimming Pool'

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Songs We Love: Emmy The Great, 'Swimming Pool'

February 1, 2016 • Technology invades Emma-Lee Moss' acoustic, confessional songwriting on her new album, Second Love.

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Songs We Love: Ane Brun, 'You Lit My Fire'

January 11, 2016 • Norwegian singer-songwriter says her new single and video is "an homage...to early women's rights activists, neglected or underestimated when we praise our heroes and heroines through history."

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Review: Hinds, 'Leave Me Alone'

December 30, 2015 • The Spanish garage-pop band's debut is the sound of youthful energy, beginners' confidence and a group settling into exactly what it wanted to be all along.

Songs We Love: Calliope Musicals, 'Party Master & The Space Brigade'

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Songs We Love: Calliope Musicals, 'Party Master & The Space Brigade'

December 30, 2015 • Hear an outer-space-fixated, electro-tinged party tune from the free EP by Austin's newest psych-pop favorites.

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First Watch: Chastity Belt, 'Lydia'

November 25, 2015 • A dreamy black and white video for the prettiest and most vulnerable song off the feminist punk band's last album, Time To Go Home.

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