Dessa's new album, Chime, comes out Feb. 23. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Preservation Hall Jazz Band performs at the Tiny Desk on Dec. 3, 2013. John W. Poole/NPR hide caption
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Hanson performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Sept. 25, 2017 (Christina Ascani/NPR). Christina Ascani/NPR hide caption
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Sylvan Esso's What Now is Stephen Thompson's favorite album of 2017. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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S. Carey's new album, Hundred Acres, comes out Feb. 23. Cameron Wittig/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Phoebe Bridgers performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Oct. 3, 2017 (Jennifer Kerrigan/NPR). Jennifer Kerrigan/NPR hide caption
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Sufjan Stevens' The Greatest Gift is out Nov. 24. Andrea Morrison/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Aquaman (Jason Momoa), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), The Flash (Ezra Miller), and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) in Justice League. Warner Bros. hide caption
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Patrick Watson's new song is titled "Broken." Pedro Pires/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Rosie Carney's new song is titled "Winter." Kim Benson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The mustache should get second billing: Kenneth Branagh is Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express. Nicola Dove/Twentieth Century Fox hide caption
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Sharon Van Etten's newly reissued debut album, (it was) because i was in love, comes out Nov. 17. Ryan Pfluger/Courtesy of the artist hide caption