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SONGS OF THE WEEK

Songs of the Week: Superchunk Go Summering, David Byrne and St. Vincent Form Like Voltron, and French Montana Kindly Requests You Pop That

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Charli XCX, “You’re the One”

Nineteen-year-old Brit would-be pop-star Charli XCX dropped a new single and a new mixtape, Heartbreaks and Earthquakes, this week. This track has a spoken-word bridge in which Charli reveals just how much "you" mean to her — "I’m drinking love potion when I’m next to you," etc. — which feels very '90s, which is comforting. I welcome her potential future radio domination.

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SONGS OF THE WEEK

Songs of the Week: DOOM, Thom Yorke, and Jonny Greenwood Walk Into a Recording Studio...

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DOOM feat. Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, “Retarded Fren”

When official word came down that underground rap’s king weirdo DOOM was actually teaming up with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood (for a track on Complex, Lex Records’ 10th Anniversary compilation), it was tough not to geek out a little bit. Which means the end result — a perfectly adequate DOOM track for which Yorkey and Greeny provide a beat that sounds like the score for a chase scene in a stylized neo-noir movie — is, through no fault of its own, just a touch disappointing. But what were we expecting? For Thom to throw down some bars? The best part is when DOOM shouts out the Lex anniversary show he’s playing with Ghostface tomorrow. That plug will age well.

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