Robin Hilton

Hear the singers reunite for a soul-stirring cover of Townes Van Zandt's "You Are Not Needed Now," from their upcoming album Wildflower Blues.

We follow the Father's Day weekend with a mix of powerful new pop and rock from a lot of incredible women, including a raging, cathartic song from Zola Jesus and roaring doom metal from Chelsea Wolfe.

In his first interview since the loss of Grandaddy bassist Kevin Garcia, Jason Lytle talks about the band's indefinite hiatus and a new video that documents, in deadpan, his love of inanimate objects.

The singer's latest album is a love letter to urban areas he loves and the people who live there.

Tell us who your favorite new artist is of the year so far — we'll tally the results and share the most popular picks on an upcoming episode of All Songs Considered.

The former Vampire Weekend singer and producer says his new album Half-Light takes a hopeful and optimistic look at the future in difficult times.

This week's essential new music includes the frenetic pop of Guerilla Toss, a long-awaited solo return from Metric singer Emily Haines, bruising hardcore rock from Thoughts Of Ionesco and more.

It's hard to know what's real in a new video for the English actor and musician's song "In The Deepest." A meteor streaking across the sky could be the end of the world or a complete hoax.

The band's long-awaited performance at the Tiny Desk was both beautiful and, at times, intense, featuring three deeply personal songs by frontman Mike Hadreas.

The song, "Mississippi," perfectly captures the strange unease and surreal mystery of Twin Peaks, with slow-burning, two-part harmonies.

The song, recorded during sessions for the band's 1997 album OK Computer, is an acoustic meditation on themes common throughout the record, including alienation and paranoia.

The band channels '80s-era Bruce Springsteen on its latest song, with glockenspiel chimes set against gritty guitars and synths.

On this week's essential new releases Mitski covers One Direction, Kevin Morby pays homage to The Ramones, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy goes solo acoustic, and much more.

A thrilling dance sequence unfolds at a high school sock hop to the gritty chug of Chuck Berry's "Big Boys."

It's true: Harry Styles of One Direction has released a fantastic, solo rock album inspired by The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd. That, the return of Fleet Foxes and more in this week's show.

"Critics can be so mean sometimes." The singer's latest single is a brooding, woozy ode to coming of age, with spare electronic beats and reflections on her place in the world

The band's latest song and video is both eerie and beautiful, filled with anguish and longing.

This week we share the incredible stories listeners shared about the songs that remind them of their mothers, from Ella Fitzgerald to Shania Twain and The Mamas & The Papas.

Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad, the sweetly synchronized guitarist and bassist for Girlpool, aren't really feeling it in a new video for their song, "Powerplant."

Mike Hadreas, the creative force behind Perfume Genius, shares the stories behind his boldest album to date.