Song You Need to Know: Orville Peck, ‘Smalltown Boy’
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Masked performer turns in a claustrophobic performance of Bronski Beat's classic gay anthem
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Seventies Jazz Survivor Alan Braufman Shows His Fire Still Burns on ‘Home’
Posted in: Music FeaturesFollowing an acclaimed 2018 reissue, the saxophonist, flutist, and composer renews his commitment to a fervent and soulful sound
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Song You Need to Know: Songhoy Blues, ‘Badala’
Posted in: Music FeaturesWest African band deliver a potent blast of activist rock told from the POV of an oppressed woman
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Song You Need to Know: Dan + Shay, ‘I Should Probably Go to Bed’
Posted in: Music FeaturesCountry duo's new single is an exercise in vocal arrangement, with shades of Queen and the Beach Boys
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Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Is a Great Place to Shoot a Rap Video
Posted in: Music FeaturesDonnie Durag, Sky Johnson, and HighGrades deliver a low budget, low stakes flex in their latest video
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Song You Need to Know: Illuminati Hotties, ‘Freequent Letdown’
Posted in: Music FeaturesLos Angeles studio wiz Sarah Tudzin turns in an effortlessly refreshing blast of pop-punk inspiration
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The Godforsaken Mess of Taylor Swift’s ‘Illicit Affairs’
Posted in: Music FeaturesSwift expertly packs a tale of infidelity into just a few short verses on a highlight from Folklore
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Song You Need to Know: A Thousand Horses, ‘A Song to Remember’
Posted in: Music FeaturesNashville country-rock band deliver a quintessential summer song for a year without a summer
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Song You Need to Know: Sym Fera, ‘Little Things’
Posted in: Music FeaturesMysterious Los Angeles duo release second song that's heavy on emotion and light on identity
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Song You Need To Know: ‘Why Things Happen’ by Jimmie Allen, Charley Pride, and Darius Rucker
Posted in: Music FeaturesPart polemic, part proclamation, and part prayer, "Why Things Happen" opens up space for the artists to bear witness
