Lars Gotrich

"Little Death" is wound like a heart clutched tight, ready to burst with love.

The Brooklyn band today announces its second album, Soft Hell, with a hyper-saturated eye-feast for "Fruit." We don't recommend viewing before lunch.

Pig Destroyer has never just been a grindcore band; it also provides an evolutionary timeline of extreme music. Head Cage expands the group's rampaging palette.

J. Spaceman makes a living room sound like a cathedral because, well, he didn't have a choice.

Doe's Nicola Leel has navigated the choppy waters of emotional labor for far too long, and responds with blunt feedback.

The Japanese band takes a trip through psychedelic boogie, floating acid-folk and laid-back funk in the genre-skipping, eight-minute track.

The metal band mixes existential rage, slow-moving sludge and elegant melodies on an album-length examination of the ego.

Goth encompasses a spectrum of dark sounds, moods and fabrics. Zola Jesus, Siouxsie Sioux and Pale Waves put those leather pants to work on the dance floor.

June West's music blooms like a desert wildflower, sweet and resolute in three-digit heat.

Foodman's disjointed beats, clipped samples and flashes of whimsical melody sound like the soundtrack to a lushly deconstructed video game.

The Chicago-based artist, poet and activist makes music that feels like a quietly stoic challenger to a beastly world. Tasha's debut album, Alone at Last, comes out Oct. 26.

The quiet synth-pop song illuminates a delicate to-and-fro with a crush who maybe has eyes elsewhere.

The London post-hardcore band finds strength in sisterhood on a new single from its forthcoming EP, The Future is Dark.

Sarah Davachi's electro-acoustic compositions seek the corners of quiet with a studious and patient curiosity.

DAWN has a breathless enthusiasm for shape-shifting pop music. She strips three songs to just the essentials, illuminating the impeccable songwriting behind her wild combination of sounds.

After a decade, the Charlotte post-hardcore band is back with Arbiter and its thoughtful fusion of Hum-inspired space-rock and metallic textures.

Guitar, bass, drums, vibraphone, synths, you name it — Dave plays it.

The Kansas City-raised, L.A.-based songwriter leans into the pastoral alchemy of her songs on If Only There Was a River, out Oct. 12.

The world may be going to hell. But, while Cursive's forthcoming Vitriola wallops and revels in bleakness, Tim Kasher tells NPR that he's doing everything he can not to be swallowed up by the chaos.

James Blake, Kid Cudi and Stevie Wonder guest on the Astroworld track. The video features a gold-painted Kylie Jenner holding a lamb because why not?