Katie Presley
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The San Francisco band's garage-pop progressively unravels as a beautiful duo frolics on the beach. -
Liza Anne cracks open the cage of anxiety she says she's lived in for most of her life with a seething, slow burn of a track. -
From a musician at home in revolution, here is an album about the quiet insurgence of maturity.
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Tagaq, an Inuk throat singer, marries modern pop with deeply-vested tradition to gobsmacking effect. The songs on her new album, Retribution, encompass terror, rage, ecstasy and bone-leeching sadness.
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On her sixth album, the Norwegian singer Jenny Hval aims for impact, surrounding her vulnerable voice with spiky, disarming instrumentation that bolsters the intensity and intimacy of her songs.
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Bat For Lashes' new concept album, The Bride, plays with the same traditions and symbols that make weddings romantic, to dark and devastating effect.
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The folk and bluegrass artist takes a big, bold step, writing darker, more mature material. With stylized images of her bare skin, the video reads like an exploration beyond previous comfort zones.
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The L.A. trio's second album is a stalwartly positive collection of punky garage-pop songs, born of dire circumstances.
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Newly relocated to the West Coast, the folk singer-songwriter releases a song of rejuvenation for her first recorded music since 2013. -
Norwegian singer-songwriter says her new single and video is "an homage...to early women's rights activists, neglected or underestimated when we praise our heroes and heroines through history."
