Tesla drummer Troy Luccketta gets it done. Sayre Berman/Corbis hide caption
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Crypt Sermon. Scott Kinkade/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Will Of The Ancient Call
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Top row: Death Cab For Cutie; middle row, left to right: Laura Marling, Asaf Avidan, Ibeyi; bottom row: Modest Mouse Courtesy of the artists hide caption
"With Fleuve, I was mostly writing about a potential version of myself — a more bad-ass, f----- up one," Geneviève Castrée says. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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This is all I do anymore. Morgan McCloy/NPR hide caption
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Music isn't for everyone. Cristian Casanelles/iStockphoto hide caption
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Percussionist Bobbye Hall has played with everyone from Marvin Gaye and The Funk Brothers to Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks and Pink Floyd. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Ana Tijoux was a big part of NPR Music's SXSW 2014 coverage. Now, we're preparing for this year's festival. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The impressively hirsute Mötley Crüe in 1983. Gary Leonard/Corbis hide caption
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Native Lights. Jeremy Charles/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield. Crackerfarm hide caption
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Liturgy. Erez Avissar/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Dan Deacon, Tanya Tagaq, THEESatisfaction, Jackson Scott Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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Sam Prekop, longtime vocalist for The Sea & Cake, has gone and made a synth album. Courtesy of the artist hide caption