Otis Hart
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The protest album is alive and well in 2016. Listen to a synth-pop record created to fight the rise of far-right nationalism in Sweden.
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A quiet iconoclast, McCombs has spent eight albums enshrouding powerful messages in a '70s AM vibe while always exuding steely confidence.
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The British pop-punk band writes songs from the perspective of social misfits, while remaining devoted to providing a voice for anyone who's felt like an outsider.
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Hear the Scottish queer punk band perform a moving DIY ballad about loving someone who is in love with someone else.
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NPR Music's favorite Durham County, England anarchists trade in their pop-punk sound for an acoustic heartbreaker.
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And we thought a new album of cover songs by the band was good news.
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Any chorus anchored by the words "Lay your head next to mine" is bound to tug at a few heartstrings.
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The Philly singer, once of the psych-folk band Espers, makes Sunday-morning music that sets her celestial voice against dreamy electric guitar.
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The eccentric punk-turned-poet sings as though he's finally wriggled free of received wisdom after living 30 years in someone else's shadow.
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The rising songwriter met us under moonlight on the final night of SXSW to perform "A Proper Polish Welcome."