See which albums and EPs fellow NPR music fans loved the most this year, from Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer to Kids See Ghosts, Pusha-T, Father John Misty, Lucy Dacus and more.
Listen to a mesmerizing new song from the artist's narcissist EP, which turns away from country influences and toward Harry Nilsson, Elliott Smith and early Bright Eyes.
Sunwatchers' noise-induced trance sends out an ecstatic call to arms. The Brooklyn band's fourth album in three years, Illegal Moves, comes out Feb. 22.
We all had to kill some darlings to finalize NPR Music's list of the Top 50 Albums and Top 100 Songs. Here are the ones that really should have made the cut.
Paramore's Hayley Williams, Land of Talk's Elizabeth Powell and Slowdive's Rachel Goswell all appear on the emo band's third self-titled album, out March 22.