Lars Gotrich
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Sonic Youth's co-founder took her cues from a '60s girl-group but forges a new lane. NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich functions as your antidote to the algorithm in eight tracks to know this week.
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The Polish pianist and composer blurs the lines of ambient, classical and house in this performance.
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When artists die, it can feel impossible to imagine a world without their musical guidance. Yet it's also a moment to celebrate — not just their impact on culture but also inside ourselves.
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The singer-songwriter performs songs that swoon at the wonders of love, but also deep partnership.
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At the Tiny Desk, the guitarist plays quiet, gentle melodies inspired by his Texas panhandle home.
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In his horn, subway cars rumbled, buses hissed, traffic screeched and sirens howled. Homeless for more than a decade, Gayle was forever in conversation with the streets of New York.
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In his work alongside bandmate Adam Wiltzie, McBride warped and wondered at new pathways for ambient music.
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The San Jose emo band punctuates every damning self-reflection with a hook to remember.
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Summer feels infinite, but also rushed in its impermanence. Roséwave bottles that infinity with a soundtrack that spans generations and genres of music.
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For nearly four decades, the band has terrorized planet Earth with its raucous stage shows, raunchy metal songs and grotesque satire. GWAR finally came to destroy the Tiny Desk, once and for all.