
Lars Gotrich
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As they have every year since 1986, members of the Hall will select from a group of nominees – though these days, the nominees tend to represent a wider spectrum of popular music.
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As they have every year since 1986, members of the Hall will select from a group of nominees – though these days, the nominees tend to represent a wider spectrum of popular music.
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Some of us have always loved Beauty Pill's fiercely, intricately unique debut; the rest of y'all finally caught up.
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Wheatie Mattiasich's dreamy, eerie music could fill a forest cathedral.
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The singer makes four simple words into an Escher-esque puzzle built on loops and layers of her voice.
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When the words in a song hit you in just the right way, they can stay with you. We're asking the folks at NPR Music: What lyrics did you hear in 2022 that you just couldn't shake?
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NPR Music's resident Viking shares his favorite albums and top 10 hardcore songs of 2022.
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Based out of Washington, D.C., Bartees Strange was the constellation connector of our genre-spanning celebration at the 9:30 Club.
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Featuring a dueling guest vocal from Slough Feg's Mike Scalzi, the hyperactive thrash ripper takes King Crimson to the pit.
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Costa's voice was a key part of the sound that combined Brazilian pop music, psychedelic rock and the avant-garde in the late 1960s.