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The sinister pop of Billie Eilish, lyrical rap from Quelle Chris and a long-shelved album from Marvin Gaye are just some of the albums on our short list of the week's best new releases.

The charismatic, genre-smashing masked rapper closes NPR Music's big night with intensity, joy and free-wheeling fervor.

Hear rock guitar heroics from Ex Hex, Andrew Bird's "finest work yet," mind-blowing sonics from Lafawndah, Emily Wells and much more on our sprint through the week's best new albums.

Fragile Rock's rowdy emo songs are performed by bickering puppets. Onstage at a church in Austin, the band savages the patriarchy in "Smile More."

Hear the shredded noise rock of Rev Rev Rev, the thundering soul of Yola Carter, Afro-Cuban grooves from Cimafunk, the warped and woozy pop of Rose Droll and much more in our 2019 SXSW wrap-up.

The former Fugees star brought an electric guitar and a young protégé.

We couldn't pick just one song from the trio's appearance at the Tiny Desk Family hour. So we went with three.

The former Civil Wars star performed a new song that even makes his kids cry.

Karen O teams with Danger Mouse, Stephen Malkmus rushes the "acid frat," and The Cinematic Orchestra releases its first album in 12 years.

The Brooklyn-based artist, in addition to offering up an impeccable vocal performance, brought perhaps the only flute solo of SXSW 2019 to NPR Music's Tiny Desk Family Hour.

The former Tiny Desk Contest winner brought the crowd to its collective feet.

Cut through the noise at this year's SXSW music festival with our daily highlight reel.

Discover some of The Austin 100's best artists from past years before they return to SXSW this week.

Musicians and their fans are gathered in Austin, Texas, for the annual South by Southwest Festival. We'll preview some of the music that the festival has to offer this year.

We've listened to more than a thousand songs by bands playing this year's festival. On this episode, we share some of our best discoveries before we hit the ground to see as many shows as possible.

Thousands of musicians will soon converge on Austin, Texas, for one of the world's great music showcases: The South by Southwest Music Festival. NPR Music has hand-picked a hundred highlights.

Recommended if you like Arctic Monkeys and The Hold Steady.

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Recommended if you like Sigur Ros, Slowdive and Cocteau Twins.

Recommended if you like Weezer, The Smashing Pumpkins and Radiohead.