Cassettes released by Znous, Bacon Grease, Wendy Eisenberg, Morbo, Maraudeur, Myriam Gendron, Cara Neir, Felinto, Neo Geodesia and Lucy Liyou appear on this Viking's Choice episode. Photo Illustration by Renee Klahr, Lars Gotrich/NPR hide caption
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Clockwise from top row: Duma, Стереополина, Moor Mother, Meurtrieres, Maral, Backxwash. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Serpent Column's new EP is called Endless Detainment — quite the 2020 mood. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
On its new album Underneath, Code Orange just wants to crack open metal's skull and suck the marrow. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
This is the single artwork for "Eraser III." We can't even print the acronym of the Toronto punk band it's from. Carlos Velasquez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Elyse Weinberg rolled with Neil Young and Joni Mitchell in the late '60s, and released only one LP before leaving the music industry. David Elliot/Courtesy of Numero Group hide caption
The Kraken Quartet collaborates with Hikes singer/guitarist Nay Wilkins on a lily-pad-jumping post-rock EP. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"Lord Invader will never surrender / Me one alone," the calypso singer boasts on 1960's Calypso Travels. Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways hide caption
Goblinsmoker's grubby artwork really just sets the vibe, you know? Adam C Design/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Traced in Air not only reinvigorated but reinvented Cynic, a metal band co-founded by guitarist Paul Masvidal and drummer Sean Reinert, who died Friday. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Today's Active Lifestyles, Polvo's second album from 1993, gets a slight makeover from its original, puke yellow-and-green color scheme for a vinyl reissue. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A ripping track from Nosebleed's Outside Looking In 7-inch single is featured on this week's playlist. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Fire-Toolz, Maria W Horn, Rakta, Haunt Courtesy of the artists hide caption
NEON's debut album spirals through some brain-rewiring punk. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Eilean Records was always built to end. The French label was conceived as an elaborate art project, based on a map with 100 points. Courtesy of the artist hide 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
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
Kajsa Lindgren's neoclassical ambient album Everyone is here is featured on this week's Viking's Choice. 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
M. Sage's Bias Folklore was just released in the final batch of cassette tapes from Patient Sounds. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tauba Auerbach's sculptures adorn the artwork for Meara O'Reilly's Hockets for Two Voices. Tauba Auerbach/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Blenderhead is featured on an episode of the Labeled podcast about the '90s Christian punk movement. Courtesy of Tooth & Nail Records hide caption