Tiny Desk Unit - 9:30 Club circa 1980 (Michael Barron, Terry Baker, Susan Mumford, Lorenzo "Pee Wee" Jones, Bob Boilen Mark Gulezian/Mark Gulezian hide caption
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Upgrade Your PlaylistFriday
Ondara (formerly known as JS Ondara). He's latest release, Folk N Roll Vol. 1 – Tales of Isolation, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on May 29. Ian Flomer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Animal Collective Shantel Mitchell/for NPR hide caption
Thursday
Justin Trawick and The Common Good entered the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest with the song "Goodbye." YouTube/NPR hide caption
Tuesday
Amaarae cuts it up better than a moon-walking Samurai on "Body Count." Philip Boakye/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Top row left to right: Palehound, Soccer Mommy, Jay Som; Bottom row left to right: Caroline Spence, Joseph Shabason, Lucy Dacus Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Friday
The 1975. The English band's latest release, Notes on a Conditional Form, tops our list of the best new albums out on May 22. Jordan Hughes/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tuesday
Far left: Katie Von Schleicher; Top middle: Liza Anne; Middle: Asher Gamedze; Bottom: Muzz; Top right: Lou Canon Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Every Day Feels The Same; Here's Something New
Monday
Lauren Eylise entered the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest with the song "Peaks and Valleys." YouTube/NPR hide caption
Friday
Charli XCX. Her latest release, How I'm Feeling Now, tops our list of the best new albums out on May 15. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Thursday
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. Alysse Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Bengsons entered the song "Pulls Out" to the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest. YouTube/NPR hide caption
Kraftwerk standing in phone booths in Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, September 1981. Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Jenevieve collides with BENZIBOY for a bossa nova update to Groove Theory's "Tell Me." Viven Sainz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Little Richard photographed in 1966. AP hide caption