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10/30/2015
Britta Plyler
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  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O has shared "I Shall Rise." her contribution to the video game Rise of the Tomb Raider. It builds steady into a forceful and empowering anthem. Karen O herself calls the song her version of Gloria Gaynor's classic "I Will Survive." Check it out below. [Stereogum]

  • Grimes is gearing up for the release of her fourth studio album, Art Angels (out digitally on November 6). She's been teasing the album for a while now, and today she's shared a new song called "SCREAM." The track, which features Taiwanese rapper Aristophanes, is just as intense as the title suggests. [Pitchfork]

  • Arcade Fire's Will Butler has debuted the video for the Policy track "What I Want." Butler and Once Upon a Time actress Jennifer Morrison attend a bizarre house party full of rambunctious children The duo is able to tame the wild youths by using ray guns that turn them into old people. Seems legit. [CoS]

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