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Ethereal offerings from Massive Attack, The White Stripes and De La Soul, and more music this week

Mac Miller feat. Anderson .Paak: Dang! Thanks in no small part to a sublime hook from Anderson .Paak (whose gorgeous LP Malibu was released in January), Mac Miller’s new track “Dang!” is probably his best yet. The super-groovy tune (which is the lead single from his upcoming record The Feminine Divine) taps into some timeless funk to deliver a summery, breezy vibe. The colorful, retro-tinged …

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Virgin sharks, President Obama's playlist, Stranger Thing's font and more in our look at the web

1. 1,007 Dancing Robots Set Guinness World Record Sometimes one isn’t aware of Guinness World Record categories until they’ve been broken. This just might be the case surrounding the 1,007 dancing robots that took the title of “most robots dancing simultaneously” at the recently held Qingdao Beer Festival in Shandong, China. The previous record stood at 540 dancing robots and had been set in China …

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New music from Warpaint and Ben Ross, plus a handful of stunning animated music videos this week

Warpaint: New Song When Jenny Lee Lindberg made her solo debut last year as jennylee, and with Theresa Wayman in a side project called BOSS, we thought it was silently signaling an end to Warpaint. That said, the LA-based rock band has finally announced a follow-up to their second LP from two years ago. Heads Up releases 23 September 2016 off of Rough Trade—the band …