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We've mentioned a time or two what an unreal year 2015 has been for new music, and that was certainly reflected in our recent lists of the best albums, songs, videos, and Young Thug tracks of the year. Today, we've teamed up with Spotify in collaboration with their Year in Music — where they're highlighting the top music + culture stories of 2015, as well as the year's most streamed artists, songs

Alan Palomo hooks up with one of his musical heroes, as Neon Indian's "Annie" (one of the best songs of 2015) gets a wavy remix from Martin Rev of legendary electro-punk pioneers Suicide. Listen below, and if you've got an hour to kill, we also highly recommend this insightful conversation between Alan + Martin, where the two talk the history of electronic music, the state of New York Ci

Erykah Badu does the Rundgren/Nazz/Isley Brothers classic with 3 Stacks, taken from Badu's new mixtape. Listen to the whole tape below + download BUT YOU CAINT USE MY PHONE now on iTunes.

Leon Bridges shares his new track "So Long", written for the upcoming Will Smith vs. the NFL movie:

Scenes from the 10th annual edition of the best music festival in the world, Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest, featuring Grimes, Schoolboy Q, Neon Indian, GZA, Rae Sremmurd, Toro y Moi, Ty Segall in a creepy baby mask + more. Plus photos of TOPS, Pure Bathing Culture, and Shamir, from our official GvsB-presented FFF Nites show, made possible by #Grammyamplifier, a Hyundai Music initiative...

Another track taken from Ms. Badu's BUT YOU CAINT USE MY PHONE mixtape, dropping Thanksgiving weekend. "this ones for Aubrey…"

Here's a soaring, dreamily hypnotic new jam from Texas shoegaze mainstays Ringo Deathstarr: the swirling and shimmery "Stare at the Sun" is taken from the group's forthcoming record Pure Mood, out in December via our friends at Austin's own the Reverberation Appreciation Society in North America and AC30 in the UK/EU...

Lower Dens perform two highlights from their incredible record Escape From Evil, live at Pehrspace in L.A. Directed by Erik Barnes. Download the recordings for free here. Catch Lower Dens live in the UK starting on Sunday, as they start their massive world tour with a handful of shows with the also amazing Fear of Men...

Visuals by Sabrina Ratté.

Montreal's TOPS will descend upon Texas this fall for a handful of shows in November, including a stop in Dallas on the 5th before heading down to Austin for this year's insane Fun Fun Fun Fest and a very rad FFF Nites show (that we'll be able to share details for soon). In anticipation of their FFF show, the group put together a sweet little mix featuring some jams they're listening to at the mo