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It's not really the drastic pivot to indie that it looks like on the surface, but it does find Taylor continuing to progress her sound and take artistic risks eight albums and 14 years into her career.

The National's Aaron Dessner co-wrote or produced 11 of the 16 songs, Justin Vernon co-wrote and sings on one, and the album also features Doveman, Jack Antonoff, and members of Bonny Light Horseman, yMusic, and more...

NOUS' trilogy gets completed this Friday, but you can hear the final installment in full right now.

The avant-garde/contemporary classical collective's new album also features contributions from Laraaji, members of ACME and yMusic, and more...

The 2019 edition of Knoxville, TN's Big Ears Festival happens March 21-24 and also features Spiritualized, This Is Not This Heat, Béla Fleck, Mercury Rev, serpentwithfeet, Harold Budd, Moor Mother, Sons of Kemet, and lots more.

Some fans of ’The Leftovers’ dressed all in white as members of the show's "Guilty Remnants" group, and there were other nods to the series in addition to Max playing the score.

Big Ears also includes Sons of Kemet, Bill Frisell, Jlin, Vijay Iyer, Meredith Monk, Stephen O'Malley, the music of Harold Budd, and more.

Plus: listen to Max's score to new film ’White Boy Rick.’

Village club Le Poisson Rouge is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a series of special shows including Thomas Bartlett & Nico Muhly, Olafur Arnarlds, Pere Ubu, Matthew Sweet, Marc Ribot, Vijay Iyer Trio & Mantana Roberts, and more.

Plus: the band's Simone and Amedeo Pace will be live-scoring experimental films in Brooklyn this weekend as well.