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May 5, 2015

Patrick Watson Presents Love Songs For Robots

Patrick Watson’s new album Love Songs for Robots is streaming now at NPR Music as a “First Listen.” Of the album, due May 12 via Domino Records, NPR Music explains, “an interest in mechanical function extends to curiosity about emotional wiring; about how our feelings are fueled by science as much as something more unknowable. Love Songs For Robots’ themes are a natural extension of that fascination, and of a singer-songwriter whose brain seems to overflow with wise and exacting ways to reflect on the way hearts work.”

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May 5, 2015

Air’s Virgin Suicides Goes Deluxe

Released in 2000, The Virgin Suicides was director Sofia Coppola’s first feature film, Kirsten Dunst’s first major screen role, and Air’s first foray into film scoring. Fifteen years after its initial release, Warner/Parlophone will release THE VIRGIN SUICIDES – 15TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION on June 16, featuring a remastered version of the original soundtrack, a pair of studio outtakes plus an unreleased live performance recorded at the Los Angeles American Legion Hall on January 22, 2000, and several tracks from KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic radio show with Nic Harcourt, also recorded in January 2000.

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May 5, 2015

Juan Wauters Offers Who Me?

Today, Juan Wauters has unveiled the full stream for his new album Who Me?. The Queens, New York-based troubadour spoke to SPIN about the album and called it “one of the year’s best new albums.” Who Me?, available for pre-order physically and digitally now, is out May 12th on Captured Tracks.

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May 5, 2015

Shamir Gets “Darker”

Today Shamir has shared a new music video for “Darker,” a song taken from his upcoming debut release Ratchet. It’s a change of pace from his bouncy singles “On The Regular” and “Call It Off,” and showcases the Las Vegas native’s more spiritual side: “It doesn’t get darker, unless you expect it to.” In the music video, Shamir is alone in the Joshua Tree desert, singing as night magically turns into day into night again. Anthony Sylvester, who directed the video, used high-flying drones to film the entire performance.

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May 5, 2015

Charlie Hunter Brings “Let The Bells Ring On”

Charlie Hunter, Curtis Fowlkes and Bobby Previte share a long history, but they’ve never recorded an album together as a trio until now. Their debut, Let The Bells Ring On—due June 9 via the seven-string guitarist’s own label, Charlie Hunter Music—is gritty, greasy, and downright celebratory. The album features 10 Hunter original tunes designed for the trio’s singular, deep-pocket sound.

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May 5, 2015

The Chemical Brothers’ “Go” Debuts

“Go,” the lead single from The Chemical Brothers’ new album, Born In The Echoes, is out today. The track features A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip, whom they collaborated with on the GRAMMY® award-winning single “Galvanize.” “Go” sees The Chemical Brothers at their effortless best, juxtaposing Q-Tip’s hyperactive verses against a relentless bassline before exploding into a euphoric, synth-laden chorus. The single debuted last night on BBC Radio 1 as Annie Mac’s “Hottest Record in the World.”

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May 5, 2015

Austin City Limits Music Festival Features Foot Fighters And More

Austin City Limits Music Festival is back for its 14th year in Zilker Park with one of the most exciting and diverse lineups to date, showcasing over 140 acts including Foo Fighters in their first ACL Fest appearance since 2008, Drake, The Strokes (Weekend One Only,) Florence + The Machine (Weekend Two Only), The Weeknd, Disclosure, deadmau5, Bassnectar, alt-J, Hozier, Alabama Shakes (Weekend One Only), Of Monsters and Men and Modest Mouse (Weekend Two Only).

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