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FROM TOP, LEFT TO RIGHT: LOGAN WHITE; ROGER KISBY; OLIVIA BEE; SPIKE JORDAN; ELISE TAYLOR

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PLAYLIST

OUR FAVORITE

SONGS AND VIDEOS

RIGHT NOW

4. Shawn Mendes
   and Camila
   Cabello
   “Señorita”
   The strummy heartthrob
   and the pop princess have
   an infectious good time
   on their latest collabora-
   tive hit, going from will-
   they-won’t-they flirting
   to dancing for hours to
   full-on window-steaming
   rapture in three chill min-
   utes. The chemistry they
   have in the video adds an
   extra level of “ooh la la.”


5. Jay Som
   “Superbike”
   We fell hard for the
   gorgeous bedroom pop
   of Som’s 2017 debut,
   Everybody Works. Her
   new album, Anak Ko, is
   just as good, especially
   “Superbike,” which evokes
   Exile in Guyville Liz Phair
   on a killer Eighties dream-
   pop binge.

landed on a song that

nails the golden mean

between hungry-hearted

Bruce Springsteen

heroism and Eagles-style

California gold.

9. Bat for Lashes
   “Kids in the Dark”
   “Let’s take it down/To
   where the loving starts/
   Where we’re just kids
   in the dark,” goth-pop
   conjurer Bat for Lashes
   sings. Sounds like a
   plan. And this gossamer
   synth-gusher is the sound
   of knocking boots in the
   graveyard.


10. Lil Nas X
    “Panini”
    Turns out the Old Town
    Road is going to roll on
    a little longer than we
    expected. Nas switches
    up his game, rips a
    melody from Nirvana, and
    whistles himself another
    cute little tune.


11. Lil Uzi Vert
    “Slayer”
    Lil Uzi Vert returns to
    the bombastic genius
    of his 2017 emo-rap
    supernova, “XO Tour
    Llif3,” wailing with freaky,
    forlorn intensity about a
    bad girl he can’t resist,
    over a track that sounds
    like Maggot Brain-era
    Funkadelic playing an
    after-hours spot on Venus.


12. Kesha
    “Rich, White,
    Straight Men”
    With wit and pissed-off
    passion, Kesha flips
    the bird to patriarchal
    corporate oppression,
    big-upping free college
    for all and common-sense
    immigration reform in the
    process. This ought to be
    Elizabeth Warren’s new
    walk-out music.


13. DJDS and Dijon
    “Magic Loop”
    L.A. production duo DJDS
    (who’ve worked with
    Kanye and Khalid, among
    many others) team up
    with R&B crooner Dijon for
    a subtle, radiantly pretty
    summer jam.


14. Rosalía
    “Aute Cuture”
    No one is making tradi-
    tional sounds echo into
    the future like Spanish
    singer Rosalía; as with
    her astounding 2018
    album, El Mal Querer, her
    latest single mutates a
    lilting flamenco melody
    into something that can
    detonate the club.


15. Sheer Mag
    “Blood From a Stone”
    This Philly retro-rock band
    proves that dirty-denim
    guitar grit never goes
    out of style. But it’s
    singer Tina Halladay’s
    hard-boiled introspection
    that really makes this Kiss-
    tinged strutter hit home.


16. Night Moves
    “Strands Align”
    Night Moves make music
    with the casual vibe of
    stoners messing around
    with some new home-
    recording gear in their
    basement. Yet they’ve

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ROCK & ROLL

CAMPS

TAKE OFF

Want to write songs

like Steve Earle or play

guitar like J Mascis?

Head to upstate New

York this summer,

where the Full Moon

Resort is hosting these

cool music camps.

CAMP COPPERHEAD

Steve Earle, Anders Osborne,

Tift Merritt

SEPTEMBER 3RD-6TH

For the sixth year, Steve

Earle leads a retreat in Big

Indian, New York, holding

songwriting workshops

where he analyzes great

writing from Shakespeare

to Townes Van Zandt. He

also plays a concert in a

tiny roadhouse with friends

Anders Osborne and Tift

Merritt, while students can

play open mics. “I love

this camp because I like to

teach,” says Earle. “As long

as I’m teaching I never stop

learning.”

CAMP FUZZ

J Mascis, Lou Barlow,

Kevin Shields

JULY 30TH-AUGUST 2ND

This “all-inclusive adven-

ture” offers classes with

indie-rock heroes J Mascis

and Lou Barlow of Dinosaur

Jr., and other “counselors,”

like My Bloody Valentine’s

Kevin Shields. Barlow

teaches a four-string guitar

and ukulele class, and

you can also sign up for

intriguing activities like

“Financial Planning With

Fred Armisen.”

CAMP CRIPPLE

CREEK

Former members of the Band,

Rick Danko Group, Levon

Helm Band

AUGUST 19TH-23RD

Musicians who used to

play in the Band’s orbit host

this gathering. Nineties

Band member Jim Weider

gives guitar tips, and for-

mer Levon Helm sideman

Brian Mitchell leads a New

Orleans piano seminar. This

year, Little Feat members

Paul Barrere, Fred Tackett,

and Kenny Gradney return

to teach and play a con-

cert. Says Barrere, “Spend-

ing the days with a small

group of fans is special.”

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