All Songs Considered

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

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

Real Life Rock & Roll Band applies minimalist techniques to rumbling, dueling guitar histrionics on its debut album, Hollerin' the Spirit. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Gatecreeper's Deserted keeps old-school death metal bangin' on. Courtesy of the artist hide caption