ListenUp: Fiona Apple’s “Hot Knife,” ARP’s “High-Heeled Clouds,” Tiki Disco and more in this week’s music recap

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Kitten Pyramid: Uh Oh As the UK celebrated the birth of a future prince on 22 August 2013, the hilariously named British prog rock band Kitten Pyramid released their own gem when their debut single “Uh…

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ListenUp: From The Flaming Lips’ “Turning Violent” to Jesse Woods’ “Lazerburn,” our look at music this week

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The Flaming Lips: Turning Violent One of the Flaming Lips’ darkest works yet; the lyrics, instrumentation and video for “Turning Violent” are uncharacteristically reserved. Steven Drozd’s falsetto vocals and an oscillating bass synth lead you into…

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ListenUp : Nigeria’s Temi Dollface, Larry Gus’ Madlib tribute, Hecuba’s MoCA-approved video and more in our week of music

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Lil Silva: No Doubt (feat. Rosie Lowe) Rising South London singer Rosie Lowe joins British producer Lil Silva on “No Doubt”—a bass-thumping track showcasing their respective talents, while hinting at the goodness to come from each…

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ListenUp : Grateful Dead’s “Standing On The Moon,” Moderat’s “Bad Kingdom,” The xx remixed and more in our weekly of music

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Moderat: Bad Kingdom Moderat—the collaborative side project of Berlin-based artists Apparat (Sascha Ring) and Modeselektor (Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary)—takes listeners on an illustrated journey of the downfall of English aristocracy in “Bad Kingdom,” the first…

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ListenUp : Grateful Dead’s “Standing On The Moon,” Moderat’s “Bad Kingdom,” The xx remixed and more in our weekly review of music

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Moderat: Bad Kingdom Moderat—the collaborative side project of Berlin-based artists Apparat (Sascha Ring) and Modeselektor (Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary)—takes listeners on an illustrated journey of the downfall of English aristocracy in “Bad Kingdom,” the first…

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ListenUp: Bikini Kill, a new release from M.I.A., a playlist for pride and more in our recap of music we tweeted this week

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Bikini Kill: Rebel Girl If you need a break after attempting our previous week’s “Miley Cyrus challenge,” check out the other end of the spectrum with this clip from the Bikini Kill archives featuring a…

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ListenUp : From Miley Cyrus to PAPA, our look back at the songs we tweeted this week

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Arthur Beatrice: Carter (Uncut) Deftly playing with focus, Studio Moross’ video for the Arthur Beatrice single “Carter (Cut)” slowly reveals its subjects with such smoothness and sexiness, they feasibly needed to rename it “Carter (Uncut).” The…

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ListenUp : From The Lonely Island to Bonnaroo, our recap of the music we tweeted this week

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Biting Elbows: Bad Motherfucker In a video that brilliantly combines a first-person shooter perspective with a Quentin Tarantino-like narrative, Russian indie punk band Biting Elbows delivers “Bad Motherfucker”—a single that lives up to its name. While…

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ListenUp : Prince turns 55, Wu-Tang reunites, Vampire Weekend throws a dinner party and more in our weekly music recap

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Vampire Weekend: Diane Young Any music video featuring a saxophone as a giant bong is worth spending a moment enjoying, but Vampire Weekend gives plenty of reasons to stick around and put it on repeat with “…

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ListenUp: From “Bubble Butt” to “When A Fire Starts To Burn,” our look back at the music we tweeted this week

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Bijules + Leather & Porridge DC-based music and fashion blogger Leather & Porridge partnered with NYC’s beloved jewelry designer Jules Kim to create a customized mix for the relaunch of her website. The mix emanates…

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