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Four Tet's jazz interpretation, Paul McCartney goes big with Kanye and more in our weekly look at the week in music

Rihanna feat. Paul McCartney and Kanye West: FourFiveSeconds It’s not every day Kanye West teams up with Sir Paul McCartney, though lately it’s been a fortnightly affair and recent developments suggest the Beatles frontman is producing West’s next album. The latest release in the admittedly odd yet harmonious partnership features Rihanna and a folksy, Western-tinged guitar riff. “FourFiveSeconds” is about as stripped-down as a pop …

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Stevie Wonder's tribute to MLK, the return of Björk, a South African supergroup and more in our weekly music review

Stevie Wonder: Happy Birthday Introduced by American Congressman John Conyers in 1968, it wasn’t until 1986 that the third Monday of every January would come to celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. The ridiculously long process for passing a bill which would honor the civil rights leader saw many people speak out on its importance, but Stevie Wonder’s pronounced crusade and musical tribute, …

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Winter playlists, a bizarre Outkast mix, Prince's female protégés and more in the music we featured this week

Panda Bear: Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper Citing ’90s hip-hop and R&B as influences, and sampling material from Debussy and even Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker suite (heard in “Tropic of Cancer”), Panda Bear‘s new album is all about rhythmic swings. Matthewdavid: “Even The Sun Goes Down” OUTKAST MIX Inventive, high energy and wholly cosmic and bizarre, adventurous lovers of electronic and southern hip-hop alike will find …