ListenUp: Elvis Costello and the Roots, SBTRKT, Kendrick Lamar and more in our weekly music recap

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SBTRKT: IMO The typically reserved musician Aaron Jerome—better known as UK producer SBTRKT—bared a bit of himself this week with the surprise Twitter revealing of “IMO.” The unmixed and unmastered song is from new album recordings,…

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ListenUp: The music we tweeted this week had an unintentional theme: male vocalists with superb falsettos

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Active Child: Subtle (Feat. Mikky Ekko) Video-game textures and delayed synths meet choir music in “Subtle,” the first official single from Active Child’s upcoming EP. It’s an unusual departure for Active Child’s Pat Grossi, an LA-based…

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ListenUp: The Weeknd preview, Pixies’ surprise EP, the “Rappin Duke” and more in the songs we tweeted this week

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Pixies: Indie Cindy Perhaps a nod to the years during their reign, the video for Pixies’ “Indie Cindy”—a preview track from their surprising forthcoming EP—is bound by a VHS aesthetic. While the legendary Boston-based band is…

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ListenUp: Missy Elliott’s KCON debut, Wild Ones’ sporty music video and more in our look at the songs we tweeted this week

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Missy Elliott + G-Dragon: Niliria There’s more to Seoul than “Gangnam Style.” While Justin Timberlake pleased Brooklyn at the VMAs, his Korean counterpart G-Dragon (who rose to fame through his pop band Big Bang and whose solo career has been equally influential) was…

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ListenUp: The music we tweeted this week and the second installment of our #PrivateJam series

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Parquet Courts: You’ve Got Me Wonderin’ Now The four-piece band from New York has a raw punk sound that could easily have been found on the Tony Hawk Pro Skater soundtrack; the recorder line on Parquet Courts’ newest single, “,…

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ListenUp: The music we tweeted this week and the debut of our weekly #PrivateJam

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HAIM: The Wire The sisterly trio of hot rockers known as HAIM continues to leave fans wanting more with their new song “The Wire”—and the track’s brazen video shows they’re breaking a few hearts along the…

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