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Friday
Thursday
The four who tried to write and record eight songs in eight hours: Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Damian Kulash and Neil Gaiman. Phil Farnsworth/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Silos, with Walter Salas-Humara in the center. Delissa Santos/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"Getting Trashed" from The Silos' 'Florizona'
Wednesday
Tuesday
Lil B onstage at SXSW in March 2011. Roger Kisby/Getty Images hide caption
Phoebe Snow onstage at the Berks Jazz Festival in Reading, Pa., in 2009. Andrew Lepley/Redferns hide caption
Monday
The Kinks, from left to right clockwise: Pete Quaife, Dave Davies, Mick Avory and Ray Davies, front and center. Central Press/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Lee "Scratch" Perry in the mid-1990s. Des Willie/Redferns hide caption
Lee 'Scratch' Perry: Over 75 Years, From Dub To Dubstep
Hazel Dickens onstage at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco in 2008. Anthony Pidgeon/Redferns hide caption
A shot from the video for Beyonce's "Run The World (Girls)". Courtesy of Columbia Records hide caption
Thursday
The Beastie Boys, present-day. Phil Andelman/Courtesy of EMI Records hide caption
Wednesday
TV on the Radio, with bassist Gerard Smith in the center. Michael Lavine/Courtesy of Universal Records hide caption
Steve Marion, who calls his band Delicate Steve, at work. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Cover of Joanna Newsom's Ys. Courtesy of Drag City Records hide caption
Tuesday
Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs. Anna M. Campbell/Courtesy of the artist hide caption