Listen to the sultry ambience of new Top Dawg Entertainment signee SZA on “Teen Spirit.”
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Saturday: Lollapalooza 2013 according to Reader writers
What to see on Saturday at Lollapalooza 2013
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12 O’Clock Track: Wayne Wonder and the Diwali riddim
Revisit the beat that dominated dancehall in 2002
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Robert Pollard’s not-at-all-haphazard Honey Locust Honky Tonk and 14 more record reviews
Six Reader writers fan out to consider Author & Punisher, Ciara, and more
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Saturday: Previews and live coverage of every band at Pitchfork
Saturday: Previews and live coverage of every band at Pitchfork
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The Reader’s guide to the Pitchfork Music Festival 2013
The Reader‘s guide to the Pitchfork Music Festival 2013: Reviews, itineraries, afterparties, and more
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: LaVern Baker
R&B singer LaVern Baker helped shape rock ‘n’ roll with her raucous 1956 smash “Jim Dandy.”
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The long game of soul singer Doug Shorts
Doug Shorts has been a doorman, a karate instructor, even an extra in an Adam Sandler movie—and now he might finally make it as a soul singer.
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Stream new collaborations starring The-Dream and French Montana
Sexy new jams by two artists with overdue albums
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12 O’Clock Track: JODY’s the-Drum-produced “Echoes”
Shimmering new R&B from the-Drum and the GTW
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Footage of How to Dress Well’s Tom Krell reading Wikipedia saves Red Bull’s documentary on subversive R&B artists
The best thing about that new alt R&B documentary.
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Benjamin, the R&B alter ego of Chicago Stone Lightning Band’s front man, releases an outrageous new single
Cherries Records re-presses “Love Is Gonna Let You Down” b/w “Not a Moment Too Soon.”
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12 O’Clock Track: Barbara Lewis, “Hello Stranger”
The indelible soul-pop classic “Hello Stranger” turns up on the terrific The Complete Atlantic Singles by Barbara Lewis
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One to watch this fall: The-Drum exploit the weirdness bubbling up into radio pop
One to watch this fall: Genre-blind duo The-Drum launch R&B into space
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The best Frank Ocean bootleg remix of the day
Flying Lotus gives R&B-loving stoners a nice surprise