Joni Mitchell, photographed in 1970. An album of Mitchell's early recordings, Archives Volume 1: The Early Years, was among the best archival releases of 2020. Roy Jones/Getty Images hide caption
Pylon Pylon artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
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Bree Runway. Her debut mixtape, 2000AND4EVA, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on Nov. 6. Lucero Glow/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
From left: Randy Bewley, Curtis Crowe, Vanessa Briscoe Hay and Michael Lachowski. Over two albums and a handful of singles released from 1979-1983, Pylon's music roared with a danceable chaos. Brian Shanley/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The only known photo from Pylon's farewell show in 1983 at the Mad Hatter — a performance which makes up the recordings heard on Live. Courtesy of Bob Hay hide caption