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Mina Tindle – “My Light” (Feat. Sufjan Stevens)

French folk artist Minda Tindle released her lovely album Compass Rosa last November. A few songs on it featured Sufjan Stevens, including the single “Heaven Thunder.” Today, Tindle released an expanded version of the album with three new songs, “Ladies,” “Chant Andalou,” and

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How The Heck Does Shazam Work? “By throwing away...

How The Heck Does Shazam Work? “By throwing away almost everything and keeping only a handful of landmark peaks, a noisy 5-second clip from a coffee shop becomes a set of coordinates precise enough to pinpoint one song out of millions.” Fascinating!

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Che – “Tell U Sum” & “Nosferatu”

In the past few years, the 19-year-old Atlanta rapper Che has emerged at the forefront of the post-Playboi Carti rage-rap wave. He does the fried, chaotic bleepy-staticy thing better than pretty much anyone else, and he finds room for tiny, achy melodies in the midst of all his

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Rostam – “Back Of A Truck”

Rostam officially announced his new album American Stories a little over a month ago. It’s coming out at the beginning of May. He shared the lead single “Like A Spark,” and today he’s back with the follow-up single “Back Of A Truck.” It comes with beautiful video directed by

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Preparation, not pacifism, defines Japan’s defense policy

Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. Enough! Yes, this week’s decision by the Japanese Cabinet to relax restrictions on arms exports is a landmark in the country’s postwar history. It is not, however, the end of Japan’s pacifism as

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India knocks disparaging post shared by Trump

Officials in India knocked a recent post shared by President Trump online that referred to the country as a “hellhole,” dismissing the characterization as “obviously uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste.” Trump shared a multi-page transcript from an episode of

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When Your Digital Life Vanishes

"A broken phone or corrupted drive can mean the loss of work, evidence, art, or the last traces of the dead. But sometimes data-recovery experts can summon lost files from the void."

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Love Remain – “Paris, Forever”

London dance producer Love Remain specializes in music that’s hard and physical but that’s also trapped deep in its own memory. His mixtape With Every Cloud came out last fall, and he followed it with the single “Steppa” earlier this year. Yesterday, Love Remain released

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Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes’ independence watchdog

The Pentagon recently ousted the U.S. military newspaper Stars and Stripes’ ombudsman, the person meant to monitor the outlet’s editorial independence and report concerns to Congress. “Apparently the Pentagon also doesn’t want you to hear from me anymore about threats to the

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