Catherine Zhang
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On her fifth album, Mitski isn't an inconsolable woman, leaking with grief; she's an object of her own artful construction — a woman in control.
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The Grammy-nominated British electronic producer is back with this summery dance single that cites a wide range of influences, from Jamaican dancehall to Radiohead.
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Whales swimming outside of airplanes and manta rays flying down a residential street are just a couple of the things that you you'll see in Superorganism's latest music video for "The Prawn Song."
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Charli XCX may be busy thinking about boys, but she isn't inviting them to the party.
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Love doesn't come easy. Just ask some of the artists on this week's show whose songs reflect the sour, absurd, and heartrending aspects of intimacy.
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The interns of NPR Music present their own version of roséwave: the boxed-wine, plastic cup, twist-cap version. Think Kesha and old Miley, but also Vampire Weekend's preppy, self-satisfied smirk.
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The new album preserves Florence Welch's big, torrential melodrama, but it feels less like a storm than the soft light breaking in afterward.
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In "Nobody," the deceptively up-tempo, new single from her upcoming album, Be The Cowboy, Mitski grapples with a lingering loneliness – an emptiness that even her own celebrity can't erase.
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From the sultry Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa song "One Kiss" to Korean boy band BTS's "Fake Love, NPR listeners share the songs they'll have on repeat this summer.
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Sylvan Esso's live performance is where it's at. Anyone who has seen the duo perform is immediately engrossed by their indomitable energy and raw, idiosyncratic style.