Saintseneca's new album, Such Things, comes out Oct. 9. Nick Fancher/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Vice President Joe Biden and Stephen Colbert. Jeffrey R. Staab hide caption
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Serena Williams serves to Roberta Vinci during their Women's Singles Semifinals match of the 2015 US Open on Friday. Alex Goodlett/Getty Images hide caption
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When you've got young kids, you've got to take every opportunity to listen. iStockphoto.com hide caption
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Katherine Heigl, Leslie Mann, Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd in Knocked Up. Suzanne Hanover/Universal/The Kobal Collection hide caption
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Glen Hansard's new album, Didn't He Ramble, comes out Sept. 18. Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson on Mr. Robot. Sarah Shatz/USA Network hide caption
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Low's new album, Ones And Sixes, comes out Sept. 11. Zoran Orlić/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Kanye West accepts the Video Vanguard award at Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption
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The National's Matt Berninger (left) has a new band called EL VY. Should fans of his old project fear the new one? Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Lou Barlow's Brace The Wave comes out September 4. Rachel Enneking/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Oh, sure, they got a trophy. But did they earn it? iStockphoto.com hide caption
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MC Ren (Aldis Hodge), DJ Yella (Neil Brown Jr.), Eazy-E (Jason Mitchell), Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Jr.) and Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins) form N.W.A in Straight Outta Compton. Jaimie Trueblood/Courtesy of Universal Pictures hide caption
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Beach House Shawn Brackbill/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Tiny Desk Concert with Kacey Musgraves Lydia Thompson/NPR hide caption