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Tegan and Sara. Their new album, Hey, I'm Just Like You, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on Sept. 27. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out On Sept. 27

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Tuesday

Koenjihyakkei's 2005 album Angherr Shisspa, just recently reissued, makes progressive music simultaneously challenging and fun. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Clockwise from upper left: (Sandy) Alex G, Leonard Cohen, Soccer Mommy, Fran, Chastity Belt Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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New Mix: Soccer Mommy, Chastity Belt, Leonard Cohen, (Sandy) Alex G, More

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Friday

Tove Lo. Her latest full-length, Sunshine Kitty, is on our shortlist for the best new albums out Sept. 20. Moni Hayworth/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out Sept. 20

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Tuesday

Be it prog-rock, free jazz, musique concrète, Krautrock, deranged punk or psych-rock, the experimental music found on the Nurse With Wound List from 1979 could split open a third eye. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Hobo Johnson is otherwise known as Frank Lopes Jr. His new album, out now on Warner Records, is The Fall of Hobo Johnson. Jade Ehlers/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Hobo Johnson's Journey From Homelessness To A Major Label Contract

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Charli XCX. Her latest release, Charli, is on our shortlist for the best new albums out on Sept. 13. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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New Music Friday: Our Top 8 Albums Out On Sept. 13

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Tuesday

San Francisco's Aquarius Records wrote over 500 New Arrivals lists from 1995 until the store closed in 2016. Courtesy of Aquarius Records hide caption

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Clockwise from upper left: Arthur Moon, Overcoats, Wynton Marsalis, Thom Yorke, Ride Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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New Mix: Thom Yorke, Wynton Marsalis, Ride, Overcoats, More

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Monday

Pusha T performs at the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in April 2019. Push's latest single, "Coming Home" is on this week's Heat Check. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

The band, photographed in 1969. The photo is just one of the images included in the upcoming 50th anniversary edition of Abbey Road. Bruce Mcbroom/Apple Corps ltd hide caption

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