Upper left: Alvvays; Upper right: Nilüfer Yanya; Bottom left: Big Thief; Bottom right: Special Interest Courtesy of the artists hide caption
All Songs Considered Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton spin new music from emerging bands and musical icons.
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DJ and producer Honey Dijon's album Black Girl Magic is on our shortlist of the best releases out on Nov. 18. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Top row, left to right: Lisa O'Neill, Yo La Tengo, Philip Selway; bottom row: Among Authors Courtesy of the artists hide caption
RTJCU4TRO, the Spanish language remix from Run The Jewels, is on our shortlist of the best albums out on Nov. 11. Jonathan Mannion/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Atlanta duo Coco & Clair Clair's debut full-length SEXY makes our shortlist for the best new albums out this week. Shervin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Artists featured on the best music of October episode (from top left, clockwise): Maral, Open Mike Eagle, Natalia Lafourcade, Víkingur Ólafsson, Plains. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
NPR's favorite music of October, from ancestral grooves to hip-hop nostalgia
The Super Deluxe version of The Beatles album Revolver includes a remixed version of the original recordings, outtakes, demos and more. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
St. Louis rapper Smino's new album, Luv 4 Rent, tops our shortlist of the best releases out on Oct. 28. Denita Turner/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Top row, left to right: Phoebe Bridgers, Andrew Bird, Sunny War; Bottom row, left to right: John Cale, Weyes Blood Courtesy of the artists hide caption
A Halloween mix: Phoebe Bridgers and Andrew Bird, Sunny War, John Cale, more
Taylor Swift's Midnights tops our shortlist for the best albums out on Oct. 21 Courtesy of the artist/Beth Garrabrant hide caption
Upper left: The Arcs; Upper right: Eszter Balint; Bottom right: Billy Strings (R) with his father, Terry Barber; Bottom left: Mabe Fratti; Middle: Sevdaliza Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Tove Lo's Dirt Femme is on our shortlist for the best new albums out this week. Moni Haworth/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Sigur Rós, Lydia Ramsey, Okaidja Afroso, JFDR, Samia Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A Sigur Rós masterpiece turns 20, plus Samia, JFDR, the sounds of Ghana and more
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The best music of September includes releases from (top left, clockwise) Björk, Makaya McCraven, Sudan Archives, Alex G and Tyler Childers. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
NPR's favorite music of September, from untraditional gospel to mushroom music
Icelandic icon Björk is back with a deeply inventive set called Fossora. Vidar Logi/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Julia Jacklin, Steady Holiday & Bedouine, cover art for Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Brian Eno, Jean Dawson Courtesy of the artists hide caption
The 20th anniversary edition of Wilco's 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot,' Julia Jacklin, more
Beth Orton's new record, Weather Alive, finds the singer taking control of her own sound. Eliot Lee Hazel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Left: Miya Folick; Top: Will Sheff; Bottom right: Beth Orton; Middle: Courtney Marie Andrews Courtesy of the artists hide caption
BLACKPINK's new album is titled Born Pink. YG Entertainment/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Anna Tivel, The Comet Is Coming, Winter, Horace Andy Courtesy of the artists hide caption
The new album out this week from Ari Lennox is age/sex/location. Courtesy of the artist hide caption