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Freddie Gibbs performs during a Tiny Desk concert, on Sept. 26, 2019. (Mhari Shaw/NPR)Mhari Shaw/NPRhide caption
Raphael Saadiq with Lucky Daye performs during Tiny Desk Fest, on Oct. 31, 2019. (Mhari Shaw/NPR)Mhari Shaw/NPRhide caption
Sheryl Crow performs during Tiny Desk Fest, on Oct. 29, 2019.Mhari Shaw/NPRhide caption
Jack Rose's ramblin' ragas, sun-drenched drones and hiccuping blues were guitar-picked with a big dang heart and even bigger hands. Tim Bugbee/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sheryl Crow didn't hold back in her interview with NPR pop critic Ann Powers. Mhari Shaw/NPR hide caption
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Kilo Kish's glitchy, pithy "SPARK" sets fire to procrastination, pushing you to keep creating. Kish Robinson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Kendrick Lamar, Mitski, Beyoncé from the Lemonade cover, Janelle Monáe, Sufjan Stevens, Robyn, Bon Iver Courtesy of the artists except Kendrick Lamar, Rich Fury/Getty Images hide caption
As one of the few bilingual tracks off Girl Ultra's debut album, Nuevos Aires, "f***him" reminds us to be thankful for our ride or dies. Ricardo Martinez Roa/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Holly Herndon performs live on stage with her laptop. Chris McKay/Getty Images hide caption
Beck. His 14th full-length, Hyperspace, is on our shortlist for the best new albums out on Nov. 22. Peter Hapak/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Blood Incantation's Hidden History of the Human Race features artwork by science fiction and fantasy painter Bruce Pennington. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Esmé Patterson, Jesca Hoop, Wished Bone, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Madison Cunningham Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Denzel Curry's Super Saiyan energy offsets Glass Animals' eerie, horn-submerged production on "Tokyo Drifting." Elliot Arndt /Courtesy of the artists hide caption
The world is changing in hues of amber and maroon. Do you have the appropriate soundtrack? Mint Images/Getty Images hide caption
Rapper Lil Peep. His posthumous, third full-length, Everybody's Everything, is on our shortlist for the best new albums out on Nov. 15. Adam DeGross/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Luis Fonsi (left) and Daddy Yankee perform "Despacito" during the 60th Annual Grammy Awards in 2018. Lester Cohen/Getty Images for NARAS hide caption
Kajsa Lindgren's neoclassical ambient album Everyone is here is featured on this week's Viking's Choice. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Joan Shelley Amber Estes Thieneman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
With rich, cascading runs, Ayoni's "September" is a stand-out on this week's Heat Check. Caleb Griffin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
FKA Twigs. Her sophomore full-length, Magdalene, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on Nov. 8. Matthew Stone/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Angel Olsen. Her latest album, produced by John Congleton, is All Mirrors. Cameron McCool/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Maria Chávez's Plays is sourced completely from a soundless, locked-groove double LP. Courtesy of the artist hide caption