In the three decades between her solo debut and this year's Fossora, Björk has turned her singular singing voice toward a more egalitarian ideal. Gabriella Trujillo for NPR hide caption

New Zealand songwriter Aldous Harding is a chameleonic presence on the new album Warm Chris, pulling off one mask only to reveal another. Emma Wallbanks/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Daddy's Home (out May 14), Annie Clark's sixth album as St. Vincent, takes the sounds and sleaze of early-1970s New York as its aesthetic backdrop. Zackery Michael/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Peaches, on tour in Finland in 2001, displays the battle scars of her hyperphysical performances. "Every night I would jump to my knees," she said in a statement to NPR, "and every day I would say, 'Don't do that tonight.' But then I would do it, until I got so bruised from it I had to stop." Lisa Kannakko/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Backxwash's song "Into the Void" is featured on Sasha Geffen's Pride playlist. Merchant Vaporwave/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, photographed in New York on Aug. 19, 2007. The artist, best known for their work in the groups Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, died on March 14, 2020. Neville Elder/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption

Caroline Polachek in the cover art from Pang (out Oct. 18), her first solo release under her own full name. Columbia Records hide caption

St. Vincent performs in Park City, Utah in 2017. Photo Illustration: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images and Angela Hsieh/NPR hide caption