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Cale Tyson Bridgette Aikens/Courtey of the artist hide caption

This week's episode of The Thistle & Shamrock features music by Robin Bullock. Stephen Houseworth/Isis Music Hall/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Sunwatchers' Illegal Moves comes out Feb. 22. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell and Amythyst Kiah are Our Native Daughters. Their debut album comes out Feb. 22. Terri Fensel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: Florence and the Machine, Janelle Monáe, Pusha-T, Father John Misty, Cardi B and John Prine Courtesy of the artists hide caption

SoCal vocalist Nancy Sanchez rings in the holidays with a new track this week. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: Son Lux, Camp Cope, The Low Anthem, Mabel Courtesy of the artists hide caption

American Football's third self-titled album comes out March 22. Atiba Jefferson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Maxine Funke with her son. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Meat Puppets Jim Hesterman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

(L-R) Tonina, Snail Mail, Boy Pablo and Dermot Kennedy were voted into the top 10 Slingshot Artists of 2018 by listeners. Benjamin Hovlandsdal; Daniel King/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Steve Gunn's The Unseen in Between comes out Jan. 18. Clay Benskin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

This week's episode of The Thistle & Shamrock includes music by Brass Lassie. Melissa Buss/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Holly Herndon's new track was born out of an artificial neural network, her "AI baby" called Spawn. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

A still from La Dispute's "Rose Quartz / Fulton Street I" video. YouTube hide caption

This month's Heavy Rotation features music by Calvin Arsenia. Jenny Wheat/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Chance The Rapper performs during Spotify's RapCaviar Live in Brooklyn, New York. Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Spotify hide caption

Citizen Cope's Heroin and Helicopters is out March 1. Michael Sterling Eaton/Courtesy of the artist hide caption