Robin Hilton

Listen to "Amputation," the lead single from Damage And Joy, due out March 24.

The All Songs Considered host's list includes many records that felt particularly appropriate for such a turbulent year.

We take a chronological audio stroll through 2016, looking at memorable moments and important releases with NPR Music's Ann Powers and Stephen Thompson.

Tell us what your top five new albums were in 2016. We'll compile a list of the 25 most popular picks and share them in the All Songs Considered podcast Dec. 13.

On this week's show: Songs about the indomitable human spirit. Plus, music plucked from a honey jar (seriously).

OK Go's latest (and astonishing) video, for the song "The One Moment," took only 4.2 seconds to film. But the whole thing was slowed down to fill the four minutes it takes the band to sing the song.

Before being consumed by our year-end coverage, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton hit the pause button to catch up on some of the great music they missed this year.

The latest video from Regina Spektor, for her song "Bleeding Heart," is an endearing, beautifully conceived ode to youth and the awkward stumble toward self-discovery and young adulthood.

The latest video from the band, for the song "No Hard Feelings," is a deeply emotional and, at times, profound reflection on what it means to be human and the ties that bind us.

Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt says the new album, 50 Song Memoir, is largely autobiographical. He began recording on his 50th birthday, with a single song about every year of his life.

When profound change happens in life, the meaning of the music you hear tends to change, too. On this week's show: Songs both light and dark in a post-election world.

Reflection is due out Jan. 1 on Warp Records. It's a single, 54-minute track similar to Eno's moody, meditative 1985 album Thursday Afternoon.

Segall's new, self-titled album, out Jan. 27 on Drag City, includes the heartfelt, largely acoustic love ballad "Orange Color Queen."

The conversation with KCRW's Chris Douridas was recorded just after Leonard Cohen's 82nd birthday. The two talked about the singer's health and final album, You Want It Darker.

Pink Floyd's music stirs up powerful feelings. NPR listeners share some of their favorite memories of the band and why the group's music matters to them.

If you love Pink Floyd like we do, chances are you've got a story or two to tell about how the band's music has figured into your life. Whatever it is, we want to hear it.

The singer who brought Pharrell to tears with her viral earworm "Alaska" is back with a worthy followup called "Dog Years."

In the video for "Follow The Leader," singer Sam France twists, turns and skips through a park as a group of befuddled friends attempts to keep up with every move.

The musical easter eggs buried in HBO's Westworld are now available to hear in their entirety, including solo piano versions of Radiohead's "No Surprises" and The Cure's "A Forest."

This week's show features new music from D.C.'s Priests, as well as a selection of joyful tunes from Crystal Fighters, Fialta and more.