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Videos of the Day – week of 12/4/17

12/4: ICYMI: before U2 did 2 songs on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, they did a song on Facebook Live under the Highline on 26th Street in Manhattan…and just today, the BBC posted this preview of a 12/19 special that airs in the UK, “a one-off special programme packed with classic hits, songs from their new album and revealing chat about how four school friends spent the last four decades as one of the biggest rock bands in the world.”

12/5 – the newest single from UK rockers Wolf Alice describes the sounds on their 2nd album perfectly:

12/6 – Nigerian born, UK-based artist Jacob Banks released 2 videos from the 5-song The Boy Who Cried Freedom EP that came out this spring & now here’s his new track.  You can hear why The New York Times, The FADER, Vogue and Time (among others) have been singing his praises…and you may have seen him perform this song on Seth Meyers’ Late Night show recently

12/7 – Django Django’s new album comes out 1/26…here’s the new video

12/8 – Lissie has a new album due in March!  Here’s the new video

 

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