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I Listened To And Wrote About The Latest Songs Listed In Pitchfork’s “Best New Tracks” Feature Until I Couldn’t Take It Anymore

I Listened To And Wrote About The Latest Songs Listed In Pitchfork’s “Best New Tracks” Feature Until I Couldn’t Take It Anymore

Blake Butler Blake Butler
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Seems like these guys might have never eaten food in their life. Felt my arm trying to move over to the mouse just now to click next track before I even thought to do that. So much “I’m going to the beach and never coming back” in all these white kids making up songs now.

The Ultimate New Year’s Eve Playlist

The Ultimate New Year’s Eve Playlist

Ryan O'Connell Ryan O'Connell
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You’re not naked with someone yet? Maybe this song will help. It’s kind of freaky, kinky, sexy. It will come on right when your New Year’s Eve drug of choice hits you or when you’re just about drunk enough to get weird on the dance floor by yourself.

M.I.A. – ViCKi LEEKX

M.I.A. – ViCKi LEEKX

Rawiya Kameir Rawiya Kameir
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Like anything M.I.A. touches, ViCKi LEEKX is blatantly political. It is, after all, a big shout-out to WikiLeaks. And so there are references to the government and freedom and America, all concepts that fit her narrative as a so-called political artist.

Not Your Father’s Africa: 6 African Up-And-Comers To Watch

Not Your Father’s Africa: 6 African Up-And-Comers To Watch

Rawiya Kameir Rawiya Kameir
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“The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete,” said Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie in her popular TED talk “The Danger of a Single Story.” And indeed, the stories about Africa are incomplete.

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