Lars Gotrich
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Donald Glover, never one to shy away from making the Internet happy, offers a heartfelt version of the sappy love ballad by Garth Brooks' alter-ego.
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The best new albums out this week include the latest from psych-pop mainstays The Flaming Lips, singer Freya Ridings' stunning debut full-length, Houston rapper Maxo Kream and more. -
Miranda Lambert shares a cute-as-hell country bop and a total barnburner. "It All Comes Out In The Wash" and "Locomotive" are Lambert's first solo offerings in three years. -
The industrial-driven title track reveals the sleeker, darker direction on Sleater-Kinney's The Center Won't Hold,as Carrie Brownstein responds to drummer Janet Weiss leaving the band.
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When you have a voice like Brittany Howard, just about anybody looks good singing along. But when that person is Terry Crews, it's even sweeter.
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Every time she performs live, Erin Rae transforms her quiet storms into different hues of squalling introspection.
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On the first single from The Practice of Love, out Sept. 13, the avant-pop provocateur Jenny Hval channels '90s pop, from early Robyn and Everything But the Girl to Sophie B. Hawkins. -
Who would've thought that American Football's fruitful reunion would not only include some of the emo band's best songs, but also a children's choir at the Tiny Desk?
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"The band is heading in a new direction and it is time for me to move on," she writes. -
From the songs played between news stories on-air to the most essential releases out every Friday, we're committing a series of playlists on Spotify and Apple Music, updated every weekday.
