Lars Gotrich
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But here it is anyway: "Ashes," from the Deadpool 2 soundtrack, and guess what? It kind of slaps! You know, if a Céline Dion ballad could slap.
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Big Freedia's forthcoming EP, 3rd Ward Bounce, features this outrageously fun '80s rap-rock resurrection.
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Karen Peris thumbs through a simple image like the thistles on a brush, dips it in ochres and greens to paint quiet beauties with the softest touch.
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Like love and sunsets, Musgraves' new video captures the moments of a broken relationship in fuzzy shades of color.
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For the "Dance AM" video, the St. Petersburg trio was inspired by both Bruegel's landscapes and the early 3D animation of video games.
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For Brandon Williams, heavy music functions as a way to ponder heavy ideas just as much as sound. Chastity's new video documents police brutality in his Ontario hometown.
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Pulsing a thick and menacing atmosphere, Maenad Veyl's industrial noise demands your body to move.
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Of course there's a hulu hoop artist named Miss Hoopdidoo. She dances to the finger-tapped guitar and crashing bass of the L.A. band's spindly track.
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The Breeders' dreamy scuzz sounds wiser and more frazzled at the Tiny Desk, featuring the same lineup behind the band's breakout, 1993 album Last Splash.
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Stephanie Richards' trumpet sounds like deep space wrapped around your head, a flood in the endless void.