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‘More Than The Fairy’ featuring Les Claypool by Death Grips (Listen Up)

5/31/16

Primus base-player, Les Claypool, has collaborated with experimental hip hop band, Death Grips in new single.

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Stream The Strokes Latest Future Present Past EP (Listen Up)

5/29/16

The Strokes have just dropped their new EP “Future Present Past.”

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Listen to Joey Purp’s New Mixtape: iiiDrops

5/29/16

Chicago rapper Joey Purp has just released a new mixtape and it contains features from Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, Mick Jenkins and more.

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Hinds share music video for ‘Easy’ (Watch)

5/27/16

Hinds share music video for ‘Easy’ watch it below and check them out on tour this summer!

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Watch the new music video ‘No Matter Where We Go’ by Whitney (Video)

5/27/16

Watch the video for the new single ‘No Matter Where We Go’ by Whitney.

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Listen to ‘Trippin’ by Terror Jr (Listen Up)

5/27/16

Listen to the anonymous Terror Jr’s “Trippin”.

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Listen to unreleased tracks from Melody’s Echo Chamber

5/27/16

Listen to 4 unreleased tracks from Melody’s Echo Chamber…

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#tbt Fugees / The Score (1996)

5/26/16

It is difficult to comprehend why The Score had to be the Fugees last album. Did the parts start to believe they added up to more than a whole? Was it that there wasn’t enough creative airspace?

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Animal Collective x Bob Dylan’s ‘Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right’ (Remix)

5/25/16

Animal Collective has remixed Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” in honor of the artist’s 75th birthday

Radical Face, Ben Cooper
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Swimming and Touring: A Conversation with Radical Face

5/23/16

TMB sits down with Ben Cooper of Radical Face and discusses the ups and downs of touring and reaching fans across generations.

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Stream Yuna’s New Album ‘Chapters’ (Listen Up)

5/22/16

Yuna’s third album, “Chapters”, is out and available for streaming.

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Classixx Teams Up with Passion Pit in New Single #ListenUp

5/20/16

Electronic duo, Classixx has a new single out and it features indietronic band, Passion Pit.

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#tbt Happy Mondays / Bummed (1988)

5/19/16

1988’s Bummed was and still is a sophomore success. Arriving on the heels of the sub par Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People…, Bummed truly dropped a dime on what might be in store for us from both the Mondays and the Manchester scene.

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Erykah Badu Appears in Song with Miles Davis (Listen Up)

5/18/16

Producer and Pianist Robert Glasper has put together clips from Miles Davis’ studio recordings to create a collection called “Everything’s Beautiful,” which includes the soulful voice of Erykah Badu in new song, “Maiysha.”

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Peter Bjorn and John Share New song #ListenUp

5/16/16

Peter Bjorn and John have dropped a new song, “Dominos.”

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CHVRCHES Drops New Track for Video Game #ListenUp

5/13/16

Scottish synthpop band CHVRCHES has just released a new song–their first since their 2015 album Every Eye Open.

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Nico Yaryan Drops New Single, ‘You Belong To me’ #ListenUp

5/12/16

Nico Yaryan, a LA-based artist, has just dropped a new single “You Belong To Me.”

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Tame Impala Add New Tour Dates (Bulletin)

5/9/16

The opening acts include Mac DeMarco, M83, Dungen and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

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Chance the Rapper Sets the Release Date for ‘Coloring Book’ & watch Blessings from The Tonight Show w/ Jimmy Fallon (Video)

5/6/16

Popular Chicago rapper, Chance the Rapper has set the release date for his new mixtape, ‘Coloring Book’ aka Chance3.

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#tbt Primal Scream / Exterminator (2000)

5/5/16

Bridging the gap between punk, electronic, and industrial music, Primal Scream’s Bobby’s Gillespie set out to make a record that merged all of his influences, resulting in seriously one of the best album’s of the aught’s.

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Radiohead Drop New Video for Burn the Witch [WATCH]

5/3/16

After completely deleting all of their internet presence, Radiohead have released the video for their new song “Burn the Witch”, in anticipation for (possibly?) new album coming out soon.

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Ball Park Music Prepares for Album Release (Bulletin)

5/2/16

Australian band, Ball Park Music has just dropped a new single “Nihilist Party Anthem,” in preparation for their forthcoming album.

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