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George Clanton’s Mutant Pop Songs Are Full of Surprises
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Lindstrøm Is Still the Nü-Disco King
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Moses Sumney’s “Rank & File” Is Protest Music at Its Most Powerful
Amnesia Scanner Only Make the Most Hardcore Party Songs
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NIKI’s Silky “Dancing With the Devil” Is a Peek Into Jakarta’s Hip-Hop Boom
Yuno’s “Why For” Is a Genre-Bending Bedroom Pop Collage
Gang Gang Dance’s First Song In Seven Years Is Reliably Weird and Futuristic