Bob Boilen

On this week's All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton have a bleakly funny track from The Decemberists, jangly-pop from Shy Boys, gentle folk from Bermuda Triangle and more.

The band Mothers is back with new music that is sonically more challenging and lyrically intriguing. It imagines a device that that can shift or imply guilt onto a particular person, group, or idea.

The bassist and drummer from D.C.'s pioneering punk band Fugazi join guitarist Anthony Pirog for a set of thrilling, sometimes loud and frenetic instrumentals.

Many of your favorite musicians of 2018 (so far) defy genres and expectations, from the idiosyncratic wonder of Superorganism to the stirring, swirling ballads of serpentwithfeet.

Death Cab for Cutie is coming out with a new album called Thank You For Today. Lead singer Ben Gibbard talks with All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen about the first single, "Gold Rush."

This week's show features exhilarating art-rock from saxophonist and Bowie backer Donny McCaslin, subtle shade from M. Ward's surprise album, buoyant, heartwrenching pop from Sad Baxter and more.

The 14-year-old singer who signed to Columbia after winning America's Got Talent, dazzles the Tiny Desk with her breathtaking voice.

Songs on this week's episode of All Songs Considered grapple with sweeping, thematically weighty subjects, from xenophobia and immigration to Hurricane Sandy and the inherent meaninglessness of life.

The folk-rock band's ambitious new album confront tribalism, fear, anger and violence.

All Songs Considered hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton share this week's must-hear music, including an incredible new cut from singer James Blake, guitar rock from New Zealand, and more.

Stephen Malkmus shares the songs that have shaped his life and love of music over the years, and talks about his new album with The Jicks, Sparkle Hard.

In a truly uncomfortable video to watch, the Los Angeles-based singer confronts what it feels like to be a woman in the workplace and how going numb is actually painful.

For her new compilation, the Danish singer makes unusual and beautiful connections between the music of Henry Mancini, a Bulgarian folk choir, the German experimental rock band Can and many others.

Members A. Savage and Austin Brown talk white privilege, violence in America and the need for love as they break down the band's new album, Wide Awake!

This trio from Houston, Texas makes trance-inducing music heavily inspired by 1960s and '70s funk and soul from, of all places, Thailand.

In the early 1980s, hearing the work of the avant-garde guitarist for the first time — familiar sounds layered into something overwhelming and powerful — was a form of liberation.

The sister duo's song and dance-filled video is an uplifting and life-affirming ballad for challenging times.

Mitski's new album is called Be the Cowboy. She talks with All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen about the lead-off single "Geyser," and the near-desperate passion that went into making it.

The winner of this year's Tiny Desk Contest makes his official debut behind the desk.

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn are two American musical treasures. This husband-and-wife banjo duo write original tunes steeped in the roots of folk music.