Robin Hilton

The title track to Lana Del Rey's upcoming album, Lust For Life, is a hazy take on '60s doo-wop and girl groups featuring the lilting falsetto of The Weeknd.

This week's essential new music mix includes the remarkable story of Kendrick Lamar's rise, supremely fuzzy garage rock from Weed, the dream pop duo Gems and more.

You need this video of two very different birds listening to an Elvis Presley song in your life.

Synalpheus pinkfloydi can rapidly open and snap close its large claw, creating a sound that can reach up to 210 decibels, louder than a typical rock concert, and loud enough to kill small fish nearby.

Singer Will Toledo performs a passionate and heartbreaking version of the 1985 Smiths song about depression and time's indifference to everything.

On this week's podcast: Epic country rock, blistering punk and a nearly seven-foot-tall clown mashes up Johnny Cash and The Who. Seriously.

The singer takes aim at all of humanity on his sprawling new masterwork Pure Comedy.

Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton share their favorite songs of the week, including premieres from Elf Power and Big Thief, plus new music from The Walkmen's Walter Martin, Son Lux and more.

The actor busted out the cover during a Tenacious D concert.

The former Dirty Projectors singer's latest single is "No Coffee," a relatively buoyant pop rumination on anxieties over lost love.

Hear the "Fast Car" singer talk about her self-titled debut album in this 1988 interview from All Things Considered.

Swedish singer-songwriter Albin Lee Meldau has a profoundly arresting voice that delivers an emotional gut punch with every brooding phrase.

On her new video for the song "High Forever," the former Giant Drag singer reflects on the false belief that happiness will always last.

This week's essential mix includes a profoundly moving elegy to a lost sister from Hippo Campus, an electro-pop dance track from Sufjan Stevens' latest project, new music from Gorillaz and more.

The singer's latest album is a love letter to cities and the diverse people who live there.

We go to SXSW in order to find music we're unlikely to see in our own backyard, find something thrilling, then shout out our fervent support. In this episode, we do exactly that.

For music lovers, South By Southwest can feel like Christmas, Mardi Gras and Spring Break rolled into one. This week we share some of the discoveries we're most excited to see at this year's festival.

Elliott Smith archivist and engineer Larry Crane discusses the challenges of making Smith's best album sound even better. Either/Or celebrates its 20th anniversary with a deluxe version.

When you watch the strangely illuminated world that unfolds in this new video from singer Elliot Moss, for his song "Closedloop," it's hard to believe any part of it is real.

Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton, bleary-eyed from a mind-bending Flaming Lips show, share this week's favorite music discoveries.