Clockwise from upper left: The Smile, Brittany Davis, Arcade Fire, Andrew Bird, Valerie June Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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Willie Jones. His latest full-length, Right Now, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on Jan. 22. Gordon Clark/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Typhoon's Offerings comes out Jan. 12. Jeremy Hernandez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Laura Burhenn, Run The Jewels, The Flaming Lips, Sadie Dupuis of Sad13, John Prine Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Kyle Morton and Matthew Thomas Ross. Courtesy of the artist. hide caption
Typhoon. Jaclyn Campanaro/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Typhoon On World Cafe
Typhoon performs a Tiny Desk Concert in October 2013. Meredith Rizzo/Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption
Typhoon, the Portland, Ore. band led by Kyle Morton, features a dozen musicians playing precise and complicated arrangements. Jaclyn Campanaro/Courtesy of the artist hide caption