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Track By Track: Stats - 'Other People's Lives'

London's Stats are a new dance pop band with a funky brand of electropop that has roots in glorious technicolor '80s synthpop, '70s art rock/Krautrock, and a bit of light disco froth on top.

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Mercury Rev Revive Bobbie Gentry by Revisiting 'Delta Sweete'

Mercury Rev have revived Delta Sweete as Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited and have enlisted a stellar cast of female singers to help, including Norah Jones, Margo Price, Beth Orton, Vashti Bunyan, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucinda Williams.

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Betty Who's 'Betty' Is the Synthpop Fix You've Been Looking For

Betty Who's heart is always in the right place, and with her newfound artistic freedom, she's is crafting the kind of pop music that she wants to make.

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Shannon LaBrie Gets to the Heart of the Matter in "All By Myself" (premiere)

Forty-four years after its original release, Eric Carmen's soft-rock sensation returns with Shannon LaBrie's up-close-and-personal take, a sparse, intimate reflection delivered with love just in time for Valentine's Day.

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Perfect Son Blows Warmly Reflective Electronic Breezes on Debut LP 'Cast'

Cast is a deeply moving and harmonious introduction to electropop mastermind Tobiasz Biliński's latest persona, Perfect Son.

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Singer-songwriter Jennah Bell Captivates with Tasteful Confessions on "Love Is My Disease" (premiere)

The latest single from Jennah Bell's upcoming Anchors & Elephants LP evokes Joni Mitchell, Sia, and Joanna Newsome with its earnest eloquence.

Jordan Blum

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Elena Setién's 'Another Kind of Revolution' Is a Stirring Signal to Defy Gender Conventions

Elena Setién's Another Kind of Revolution conceptualizes transformation as rooted in empowerment. The album is a recognition of women and their ability to act as catalysts for a popular and personal insurgency.

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The Rad Trads Offer Up Funny, Poignant Love Lost Song Via "Thumbtack" (premiere)

"Thumbtack" offers a little bit of humor, a little bit of sadness, and a whole lot of ace musicianship from the Rad Trads, a Brooklyn collective on the rise.

Jedd Beaudoin

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Maggie Rogers 'Heard It in a Past Life' But She's Okay Now

Despite the title, Maggie Rogers' Heard It in a Past Life provides a snapshot of life in America today. The past is past, the present is hard to define, but the future is coming, and it just may be awesome.

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RY X Returns With Stunning Sophomore Set 'Unfurl'

RY X's Unfurl is a hypnotic collection of quiet, indigo-hued tracks, perfectly suited for cold, wintry nights teetering on the cusp of spring.

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The Voice of an Angel: A Tribute to Valerie Carter

The late singer/songwriter Valerie Carter, whose unmistakable voice appeared on hundreds of albums over several decades, is eulogised by her close friend, Kathy Kurasch, in a new, posthumous collection. Kurasch tells us Carter's story.

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Brits in Hot Weather #11: Brand New Friend, Leisure Society, Guest Singer, Dancing on Tables, FEET

This week we have fizzing, pop-punk from Brand New Friend, candid indie from Leisure Society, '80s new wave-influenced Guest Singer, affecting indie pop from Dancing on Tables, and spiky indie from FEET.

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Leah Capelle's "Settle Down" Is a Powerful Feminist Anthem (premiere)

Leah Capelle's captivating new video "Settle Down" addresses inner and outer adversities alike, as well as a reminder that things will get better with time.

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Charlie Faye & The Fayettes Send One Out to a "Stone Cold Fox" (premiere)

The new album from Austin's Charlie Faye & The Fayettes, The Whole Shebang, arrives this Friday. Legendary players Bill Kirchen and Pete Thomas lend their formidable powers to latest tune from the LP.

Jedd Beaudoin

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Kathy Sledge on the 40th Anniversary of the Joyful Song, 'We Are Family'

You've danced to Sister Sledge's joyful "We Are Family" at high school dances and gay -- and straight -- weddings. Kathy Sledge revisits the iconic song with James Earl Hardy.

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Robert Ellis Has Transformed Into the 'Texas Piano Man'

Robert Ellis is a changed man on Texas Piano Man. Ellis has always composed sharp introspective lyrics about himself and the world. That hasn't altered, albeit his music has become more outwardly sophisticated.

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