tune-yards is the creative project of Merrill Garbus, known for blending experimental pop with vibrant layers of rhythm, vocal loops, and bold social commentary. Emerging from Oakland’s indie scene in the late 2000s, tune-yards gained acclaim with *w h o k i l l* (2011), which earned the prestigious Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics’ poll. Drawing from Afrobeat, folk, electronic, and art-pop influences, Garbus crafts music that’s both sonically adventurous and lyrically incisive, continually reinventing the boundaries of contemporary pop.