ballad
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Not some of Jack’s better ballads. Entering Heaven Alive by Jack White
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Lady Gaga unexpectedly pulls off a folksy ballad with this new single from her forthcoming album Joanne, out October 21 via Interscope.
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Golden-haired pop songstress Sia drops yet another song from her forthcoming record, 1000 Forms of Fear. It’s dropping July 8th.
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The beloved Mariam The Believer drops a simple, somber organ ballad with the track “To Conquer Pain With Love,” which is set for release on a forthcoming EP titled The Wind. Not only was this track build of first takes, but it seems all the tracks on this EP will
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Queens of the Stone Age drop one of the more unsettling music videos of this year, featuring loads of stuffed animals, a toothed piano, and a vampire woman that’s gonna be haunting your nightmares for the next several weeks. Props to directors Kii Arens and Jason Trucco. Catch a
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Scottish alt-hip hop trio Young Fathers have left me pretty impressed with their creative lo-fi fusions of rap, African music, reggae, and more on the two “tapes” they’ve dropped thus far, but I’ve always thought there was more potential in what the group was offering–especially if the
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The experimental stylings of New York producer Arca comes through on this new art pop single from UK singer FKA Twigs. Enjoy!
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California lo-fi and noise rock duo No Age have a new album on the way via Sub Pop Records that’s due in August. The title is An Object, and the tracks to drop thus far from the album–including the one embedded above–haven’t really gotten me very
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Singer-songwriter Jenny Hval has a sharp, interesting voice that is equally matched by the odd beauty of the music she surrounds herself with. This adventurous personality Hval’s got was also on display through the track I previously posted on this blog, “I Called,” which is much noisier. In contrast,
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The experimental hip hop outfit Young Fathers drops a ballad that features some quiet bars and some soulful vocals via the track “I Heard.” The song is set for release on the group’s next album, TAPE TWO, which is looking at a June 11th release on Anticon. Enjoy!
