Lars Gotrich

Clockwise from top left: Heather Leigh, Messa, Lonely Leary and Kate Carr. Courtesy of the artists hide caption

This winter, think pink (and red and green and white). Morgan Noelle Smith & Kaylee Domzalski/NPR hide caption

Amy Grant performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Nov. 7, 2018. Cameron Pollack/NPR hide caption

Sunwatchers' Illegal Moves comes out Feb. 22. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell and Amythyst Kiah are Our Native Daughters. Their debut album comes out Feb. 22. Terri Fensel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

American Football's third self-titled album comes out March 22. Atiba Jefferson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Maxine Funke with her son. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Steve Gunn's The Unseen in Between comes out Jan. 18. Clay Benskin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Holly Herndon's new track was born out of an artificial neural network, her "AI baby" called Spawn. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

A still from La Dispute's "Rose Quartz / Fulton Street I" video. YouTube hide caption

Stream all 50 of NPR Music's Best Albums Of 2018 on Spotify. Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Balms' Mirror comes out Feb. 1, 2019. Naveed Ahmad/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

After releasing collaborations with Janelle Monáe, Poppy and Loona, "We Appreciate Power" is Grimes' first new track since 2015's Art Angels. Eli Russell Linnetz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

The Innocence Mission performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Oct. 23, 2018 (Cameron Pollack/NPR). Cameron Pollack/NPR hide caption