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D Smoke plays a Tiny Desk Home concert.NPR/NPRhide caption
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Wire plays a Tiny Desk concert.Kisha Ravi/NPRhide caption
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Ondara (formerly known as JS Ondara). He's latest release, Folk N Roll Vol. 1 – Tales of Isolation, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on May 29. Ian Flomer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Justin Trawick and The Common Good entered the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest with the song "Goodbye." YouTube/NPR hide caption
Amaarae cuts it up better than a moon-walking Samurai on "Body Count." Philip Boakye/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Top row left to right: Palehound, Soccer Mommy, Jay Som; Bottom row left to right: Caroline Spence, Joseph Shabason, Lucy Dacus Courtesy of the artists hide caption
The 1975. The English band's latest release, Notes on a Conditional Form, tops our list of the best new albums out on May 22. Jordan Hughes/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Lauren Eylise entered the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest with the song "Peaks and Valleys." YouTube/NPR hide caption
Charli XCX. Her latest release, How I'm Feeling Now, tops our list of the best new albums out on May 15. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. Alysse Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Bengsons entered the song "Pulls Out" to the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest. YouTube/NPR hide caption
Kraftwerk standing in phone booths in Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, September 1981. Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images hide caption
Jenevieve collides with BENZIBOY for a bossa nova update to Groove Theory's "Tell Me." Viven Sainz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Little Richard photographed in 1966. AP hide caption
Hayley Williams. Her debut solo album, Petals For Armor, tops this week's list of the best new albums out on May 8. Lindsey Byrnes/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Darling Din entered the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest with the song "Velvet." YouTube/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Upper left: Big Thief; Top right: Pezzettino; Lower right: serpentwithfeet; Bottom left: Samia Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Dreya Mac spits bars at a level far beyond a novice on her debut track "Skippin." Clara Setian/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Car Seat Headrest. The band's latest, Making a Door Less Open, tops our shortlist of the best new albums out on May 1. Carlos Cruz Sol/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Alisa Amador entered the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest with the song "Together." YouTube/NPR hide caption
Top row: Khruangbin; Middle row, left to right: Protomartyr, Lucinda Williams; Bottom row, left to right: Tenci, The Lovely Eggs Courtesy of the artists hide caption