Meg Myers' <em>Take Me To The Disco </em>is on our shortlist for the best albums out on July 20.Brantley Gutierrez/Courtesy of the artisthide caption
All Songs Considered Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton spin new music from emerging bands and musical icons.
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Ólafur Arnalds performs a Tiny Desk Concert on July 3, 2018 (Eric Lee/NPR).Eric Lee/NPRhide caption
The Midnight Hour (Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge) performs a Tiny Desk Concert on June 18, 2018 (Morgan Noelle Smith/NPR).Morgan Noelle Smith/NPRhide caption
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Meg Myers' Take Me To The Disco is on our shortlist for the best albums out on July 20. Brantley Gutierrez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sure, the patron saints of roséwave might be Kacey Musgraves and Haim. But roséwave contains multitudes — and now, it's time to hear it for the boys. Samantha Clark & Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption
"There's a lot of things around success that can distract you and you forget what it is you're even doing this for," Atlanta singer Berhana says. Will Azcona/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Foxing's Nearer My God comes out Aug. 10. Hayden Molinarolo/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
One Eleven Heavy features Wooden Wand's James Toth (right) and Nick Mitchell Maiato of Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura (left), plus members of Royal Trux, the Solar Motel Band. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Villagers, Ohmme, Metric, Mirah Courtesy of the artists hide caption
A still from Dama Scout's "Milky Milk" video. YouTube hide caption
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Wiz Khalifa's long-awaited Rolling Papers 2 is on our short list for the best albums out on July 13. Jimmy Fontaine/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A still from Michael Beharie and Teddy Rankin Parker's "Paper Tiger" video. YouTube hide caption
What One Pairing could ever be more True than that of roséwave and romance fiction? Samantha Clark & Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption
The archives of Tom Petty, who died in October 2017, have been trawled and the gems retrieved for a new box set coming this year. Jerod Harris/Getty Images hide caption
A still from Madeline Kenney's "Cut Me Off" video. YouTube hide caption
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Margo Price (left) with John Prine and Jeremy Ivey outside the Ernest Tubb Record Shop in downtown Nashville. YouTube hide caption
Roy Montgomery enlists Circuit Des Yeux's Haley Fohr, Julianna Barwick and others to sing on his new album, Suffuse, out Aug. 17. Maeve Montgomery McCarthy/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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David Bazan's cover of Now, Now's "Thread" appears on volume eight of Kevin Devine's Devinyl Splits series. Ryan Russell/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
This playlist is for you, your friends and the guy you tell yourself you'll stop seeing but never do. Samantha Clark/NPR hide caption
Leon Bridges' "If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be)" is one of our favorite songs of 2018 (so far). Jack McKain/Courtesy of the artist hide caption