Robin Hilton

On this week's All Songs Considered: psychedelic rock from the '90s, new songs from Tiny Desk veterans and electro-folk from the Israeli sisters in A-WA.

Watch Patterson's gorgeously produced hymn to the fragile and endlessly flawed human condition.

The DJ and producer's new video is one of the most visually arresting works to come out this year.

On this week's show we share songs about longing, loss and healing, with premieres from The Tallest Man On Earth, LP and more.

Paul McCartney talks about his solo career-spanning compilation Pure McCartney, his creative process, how he stays inspired and why he sometimes thinks he should take songwriting more seriously.

A montage of old home movie clips show members of the band as they age from dancing toddlers to skateboarding teens on the brink of adulthood.

On this week's show: Songs about facing fears, being true to yourself and not worrying what everyone else thinks, plus an interview with singer Angel Olsen about her surprising new single.

For this week's +1 podcast, Lennon discusses working with Les Claypool, their new album and a famous pet chimpanzee.

Olsen's latest work is an extended tease that appeared on YouTube without notice — or even a name.

New York singer Margaret Glaspy's "You And I" is one of the year's best earworms. Now it has an equally striking video, set in a monochromatic but vivid world.

Carrie Brownstein returns to All Songs to chat about relentless earworms, annoying novelty songs and other songs our hosts think of as quite possibly the worst of all time.

On this week's episode we've got one of the sunniest bands of all time, mesmerizing music from the Sahara and an elegy to growing old.

The visually twisted video for the Lucius song "Gone Insane" took more than 20,000 photos and a week to shoot.

The Saskatchewan singer-songwriter visits the NPR Music offices to perform three quietly affecting songs, two of them from his new album The Party.

The latest video from Brooklyn-based singer Anthony D'Amato — for a song from his forthcoming album Cold Snap — follows a man on his disastrous morning commute.

Host Bob Boilen rejoins co-host Robin Hilton for this week's essential mix of new music, tales from Bob's week on the road and a heart-stopping amount of coffee.

The results of our entirely unscientific and not at all comprehensive poll are in: James Blake's "I Need A Forest Fire" is the most popular song right now with NPR Music listeners.

An airport terminal becomes the stage for a joyful singalong in a new video for The Avett Brothers' latest foot-stomper, "Ain't No Man."

There's been no shortage of new music to listen to these past couple of weeks. Have you fallen in love with a new song that you can't stop listening to?

Weezer singer and guitarist talks about what it's like to reach middle age, having kids, and how he stays inspired to write songs that still resonate with young people.