Katie Olsen

Editor at Large

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Mabel: Finders Keepers

The first track from her Bedroom EP, Mabel’s “Finders Keepers” certainly has some ’90s R&B influences but it’s decidedly current-day—thanks to modern pop flourishes. With an intro from MC Kojo Funds, the …

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Here We Go Magic: D

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Song number 53 of the Our First 100 Days album featuring Angel Olsen, Toro Y Moi and more, Here We Go Magic’s “D” is a slow-burning tune with Luke Temple’s familiar, sublime …

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Lego’s “Women of NASA” Set

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MIT News science editor and writer Maia Weinstock created a project that feels like it’s a very, very long time coming. As part of Lego Ideas (the company’s very dope branch that …

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Vagabon: Cold Apartment

On her slowly building track “Cold Apartment” Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) creates tremendous fervor thanks to her unfaltering vocals and the triumphant guitars and booming drums. A heartbreakingly lonely mood rises to …