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Today Icelandic singer-songwriter, composer, and pop innovator Björk celebrates her 50th birthday. In honor of this occasion, we’ve compiled the above career-spanning playlist for newcomers or those who just would like an overview of her catalog. This set was probably the hardest one yet to sequence, as over the
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We’ve been in a pretty noisy mood lately. Last week we brought you a sprawling noise rock playlist and now you’re getting a 2.5-hour-long set of tracks from the master of harsh noise, Masami Akita (b.k.a. Merzbow). In a sense he is the perfect subject
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2015 has been a very busy year for singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek – since the release of Universal Themes (his seventh album with Sun Kil Moon), he has announced a new EP and spoken word project due out in October via his Caldo Verde label, as well as a full-length collaboration with
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Say what you will about Serge Gainsbourg, that he and his music were overly lewd or whatever; he was arguably the most significant voice in 20th century French pop music. Even when he was penning albums comprised mostly of shit humor (Vu de l’extérieur), the man was delivering some
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The beef between New York MCs Action Bronson and Ghostface Killah thankfully seems to be cooling down. In the wake of the media frenzy, as well as the recent continuation of the Twelve Reasons to Die narrative, we feel it’s as good a time as any to celebrate the
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In honor of the recent release of Frank Zappa’s 100th and final album Dance Me This, Anthony and I have compiled a career-spanning playlist to act as a gateway to the man’s music — or if you’re already into it, a celebration. For his imaginative and lighthearted approach
