Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhand) and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown). Curtis Baker/Netflix hide caption
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Haley Bonar's new album, Impossible Dream, comes out August 5. Graham Tolbert/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Kevin Durant (right) will play alongside Stephen Curry (left) after deciding to join the Golden State Warriors. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images hide caption
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The Avett Brothers' new album, True Sadness, comes out June 24. Crackerfarm/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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O.J. Simpson at the Buffalo Bills' Rich Stadium press conference circa 1975. Mickey Osterreicher via ESPN hide caption
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A still from Haley Bonar's "Kismet Kill" video. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Andy Samberg plays Conner4Real in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. Universal Pictures hide caption
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Laura Mvula's new album, The Dreaming Room, comes out June 17. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The self-titled debut album by case/lang/veirs comes out June 17. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Lisa Hannigan's new album, At Swim, comes out August 19. Rich Gilligan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Tiny Desk Concert with Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop. Brandon Chew/NPR hide caption
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Blind Pilot's new album, And Then Like Lions, comes out August 12. Eric Ryan Anderson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Song Premiere: Blind Pilot, 'Umpqua Rushing'
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Fear Of Men's new album, Fall Forever, comes out June 3. Rosie Carr/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Left to right: The Monkees' Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith, circa 1970. Jones died in 2012. Michael Ochs Archives/Courtesy of the artist hide caption