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Discover new music from artists we think you'll like. Refreshed every Friday.

Whether it’s a weekday morning or Saturday night, get going with this personalized mix of upbeat music. Refreshed every Monday.

Songs to help you relax and unwind. Updated every Sunday.

For the rockers who swaggered and strutted through the ’70s, bigger nearly always meant better. Songs that were built to have maximum impact in stadiums and arenas somehow sounded even larger on home hi-fis thanks to multitrack recording technology and other studio advances that made the drums of Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham and The Who’s Keith Moon sound like cannon fire. Even the mellower, headphone-ready sounds of Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, and the Eagles boasted unprecedented breadth and richness. Yet the decade’s sound was defined just as much by leaner, meaner takes on rock fundamentals, courtesy of artists such as AC/DC and Alice Cooper.

Even if Mac DeMarco's voice always sounds as if he's just woken up, his sturdy melodicism is undeniable, and these lo-fi troubadours have looked to his music for guidance when crafting their own bedroom recordings. Frankie Cosmos learned from Mac how to make her songs sound vulnerable and playful at the same time, while Rex Orange County's blissed-out "Television / so Far so Good” channels DeMarco's wistful-at-the-cookout demeanor.