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The Jonas Brothers play a Tiny Desk Concert on August 15, 2019 (Claire Harbage/NPR).Claire Harbage/NPRhide caption
Josh Ritter (center) performs with Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell at a Tiny Desk Concert on Aug. 27, 2019. (Emily Bogle/NPR)Emily Bogle/NPRhide caption
Ari Lennox plays a Tiny Desk Concert (Ben de la Cruz/NPR).Ben de la Cruz/NPRhide caption
David Byrne performing in "American Utopia" on Broadway. Catalina Kulczar hide caption
Gatecreeper's Deserted keeps old-school death metal bangin' on. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Daniela Andrade's "Ayayai" (single artwork pictured here) shows off the artist's linguistic versatility. Yi-Shuan Lee/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tegan and Sara. Their new album, Hey, I'm Just Like You, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on Sept. 27. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Koenjihyakkei's 2005 album Angherr Shisspa, just recently reissued, makes progressive music simultaneously challenging and fun. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: (Sandy) Alex G, Leonard Cohen, Soccer Mommy, Fran, Chastity Belt Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Tove Lo. Her latest full-length, Sunshine Kitty, is on our shortlist for the best new albums out Sept. 20. Moni Hayworth/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Be it prog-rock, free jazz, musique concrète, Krautrock, deranged punk or psych-rock, the experimental music found on the Nurse With Wound List from 1979 could split open a third eye. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy in a scene from a video for the new song "Everyone Hides." YouTube hide caption
Hobo Johnson is otherwise known as Frank Lopes Jr. His new album, out now on Warner Records, is The Fall of Hobo Johnson. Jade Ehlers/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
KIRBY's "Kool Aid" injects just the right doses of doo-wop and soul. Courtney Loo & David Karp/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Charli XCX. Her latest release, Charli, is on our shortlist for the best new albums out on Sept. 13. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
San Francisco's Aquarius Records wrote over 500 New Arrivals lists from 1995 until the store closed in 2016. Courtesy of Aquarius Records hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Arthur Moon, Overcoats, Wynton Marsalis, Thom Yorke, Ride Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Pusha T performs at the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in April 2019. Push's latest single, "Coming Home" is on this week's Heat Check. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
The band, photographed in 1969. The photo is just one of the images included in the upcoming 50th anniversary edition of Abbey Road. Bruce Mcbroom/Apple Corps ltd hide caption
British R&B; singer Mahalia. Her debut full-length Love and Compromise is on our shortlist for the best new albums out on Sep. 6. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Yes, the apocalyptic cover of Historia Natural does accurately portray the warped whims of Los Pirañas' cumbia. hide caption
Sudan Archives' "Confessions" is included in this week's Heat Check. Alex Black/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Jenny Hval, Sudan Archives, Anna Meredith, Mellotron Variations (Robby Grant, Jonathan Kirkscey, John Medeski, Pat Sansone) Courtesy of the artists hide caption