Clockwise from top left: Jerry Paper, John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus, Avishai Cohen, Ben Lukas Boysen Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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Don't play with Kari Faux. Play with your kids. Quil Lemons /Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Laura Marling. Her latest release, Song For Our Daughter, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on April 10. Justin Tyler Close/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Stone & Snow submitted its entry "Cruel" to the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest. YouTube/NPR hide caption
Ed O'Brien Eliot Lee Hazel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Empress Of's "Void" feels like a euphoric cross-genre culture clash, a dance party in a summer storm. Dorian Lopez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
In his "Toosie Slide" video, a masked and gloved Drake social-distances in style. YouTube hide caption
Frank Ocean performs at the 2017 Panorama Music Festival on Randall's Island in New York. Angela Weiss/Getty Images hide caption
Thundercat. His latest, It Is What It Is, is one of our picks for the week's best new albums. Parker Day/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Phish surprised fans with a new album Sigma Oasis Thursday. Rene Huemer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Top row: TV On The Radio; Middle row, left to right: Billie Holiday, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon; Bottom row: Talking Heads Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Bongeziwe Mabandla's "masiziyekelele" sends you racing through the streets of Johannesburg. Justice Mukheli/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Rihanna accepts the President's Award onstage during the 51st NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 22, 2020. Rich Fury/Getty Images hide caption
Bob Dylan, seen here in 2015, surprised his fans with a new song called "Murder Most Foul." Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson says he thinks of the composers on his new album, Debussy – Rameau, as "painters in sound." Ari Magg/Deutsche Grammophon hide caption
The hip-hop producer, Knxwledge. His latest project, 1988, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on March 27. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Linda Diaz submitted the song "Green Tea Ice Cream" to the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest. YouTube/NPR hide caption
KORDELYA's futuristic electro-pop globalism can capture imaginations. Jonathan Gonzaga/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
Bright Eyes. Shawn Brackbill/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Serpent Column's new EP is called Endless Detainment — quite the 2020 mood. Courtesy of the artist hide caption