Alisa Amador entered the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest with the song "Together." YouTube/NPR hide caption
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Top row: Khruangbin; Middle row, left to right: Protomartyr, Lucinda Williams; Bottom row, left to right: Tenci, The Lovely Eggs Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Monday
Rooted in languid rhythm, Octavian's "Poison" featuring Santi with OBONGJAYAR sounds like nothing else out. Crowns & Owls/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Friday
Rapper Quelle Chris. His new project with producer Chris Keys, Innocent Country 2, is on our shortlist for the best albums out on April 24. Ahmed Arasah/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Thursday
Danielle Ponder submitted the song "Poor Man's Pain" to the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest. YouTube/NPR hide caption
Wednesday
Clockwise from upper left: Bright Eyes, Nils Frahm, Ela Minus, Jónsi, Noveller Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Monday
Fiona Apple's Fetch the Bolt Cutters is her first new album in eight years. Her previous release was 2012's The Idler Wheel... Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kenny Mason unveils his debut project Angelic Hoodrat with a cool-under-pressure, low-lid resolve. Nasser Boulaich/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Friday
Fiona Apple's Fetch the Bolt Cutters is out now. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Fiona Apple. Her long-awaited — and monumental — new album, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, tops our shortlist of the best releases out on April 17. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Thursday
Stacey Joy entered the song "Can't Be Found" for the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest YouTube/NPR hide caption
Tuesday
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
Monday
Don't play with Kari Faux. Play with your kids. Quil Lemons/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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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
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Stone & Snow submitted its entry "Cruel" to the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest. YouTube/NPR hide caption