Tiny Desk Contest standout Yasmin Williams from Woodbridge, Va., lays a guitar face up, taps on the frets and plays percussion in the NPR studio. Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption
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Friday
Naia Izumi performs at Lagunitas in Petaluma, Calif. Bob Boilen hide caption
Florence the Machine's High as Hope is on our short list of the best albums out on June 29. Vincent Haycock/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Florence + The Machine's new album, High As Hope, comes out June 29. Vincent Haycock/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Thursday
Beezewax. David Torch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Creedence Clearwater Revival, "It Ain't Me" YouTube hide caption
Wednesday
Kacey Musgraves may have the breakup ballad of 2018, but "Space Cowboy" has solid sobbing company. Samantha Clark & Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption
St. Paul and the Broken Bones. McNair Evans/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tuesday
Saturday Night. Sami Cola/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chaka Khan, "Like Sugar" YouTube hide caption
Mitski's Be the Cowboy is out August 17 on Dead Oceans. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Shy Boys, The Decemberists, Hauschka, Bermuda Triangle Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Friday
Kamasi Washington, backed by professional gamer Gootecks, marches to challenge gamer ComboFiend in the video for "Street Fighter Mas." YouTube hide caption
Our readers expressed an outpouring of love for Janelle Monae Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Atticus Ross (left) and Trent Reznor (right) of Nine Inch Nails, whose new album Bad Witch is on our short list for the best releases of June 22. Corinne Schiavone/Courtesy of the artist hide caption