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  • Check out NPR Music's latest batch of favorite new songs, including music from tUnE-yArDs, Dan Croll, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, SZA, Dana Falconberry, Ernest Ranglin and more.
  • What if someone held an awards show with no red carpet, no fanfare, short speeches and it finished in under the projected running time? Well, that would be the first YouTube Music Awards.
  • Freedom Schools were made popular during what's known as Freedom Summer, which took place during the civil rights movement - in 1964. They were meant to…
  • The music of Sego is frenetic and immediate. In a new video for the band's song "Whatever Forever," the group considers complacency in the anesthetized frenzy of day-to-day living.
  • As their return to Mountain Stage approaches, revisit this 1991 performance by the trend-setting "Avant Garage" rockers.
  • This week's most essential albums, out on April 27, includes the potent and political rock of Speedy Ortiz, the ethereal sounds of Grouper, Janelle Monae's Dirty Computer, Post Malone and more.
  • This week's quick run through some of the best new albums out on Apr. 20 includes primal pop from Kimbra, a collection of audio curiosities from DRINKS, the Old Crow Medicine Show, Exitmusic and more.
  • Halloween is this Saturday, and as such there is a plethora of events in the area to help you celebrate. The Scene is here to tell you about the…
  • Partly a reflection on past mistakes in romance and relationships, "Someone To Lose" perfectly captures the almost comical cluelessness that we all occasionally suffer from.
  • The Thanksgiving night incident reportedly stemmed from a dispute over a parking space.
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