Robin Hilton

The Baton Rouge rapper's new video is a sultry slow-burner beautifully shot against an arid landscape, with Gates standing amid the ruins of a dusty, burned-out building.

The first single from Alone is a jangly pop cut with arpeggiated synths and quirky guitar riffs called "Holy Commotion!"

McCombs' latest video, featuring Angel Olsen, is as strange and uncertain as the song itself. Director Jonny Look says he wanted to "balance beauty and silliness."

Dan Deacon's latest song is the heart-pounding, life-affirming "Change Your Life (You Can Do It)." The video features footage of fans dancing with joyful abandon during Deacon's Gliss Riffer tour.

Sia is back with another powerful video starring the young, talented dancer. This time, it's for the dance-pop anthem "The Greatest."

When Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson settled into the studio for this week's show, a clear theme quickly emerged: They had a whole lot of music by artists they already adore!

The video for Brosseau's new song, "You Can't Stop," is both beautiful and surreal, with seemingly mundane moments that shiver with a strange unease.

The new song from Kishi Bashi is a synth-heavy, pulsing pop song full of both drive and heartache. It documents a difficult period the violinist and singer went through.

The Obama administration is collaborating with SXSW to host a miniature version of the festival at the White House. It'll be called South by South Lawn and will be held Oct. 3.

In its new incarnation, featuring rapper Vince Staples, the icy soul ballad is moodier, more propulsive and bristling with tension.

The original version of "Carolina Drama" is an electrified blues slow-burner. Here, the song sounds more like an old-time murder ballad, with banjo, fiddle and lap slide guitar.

In the L.A. duo's sun-dappled world, everyone is free to be anyone or anything they want — even if that's a neon-pink yeti strutting on the beach with a surfboard.

The new video from the Brooklyn noise duo throbs with rage and fiery defiance. The song is from the band's upcoming full-length, Jessica Rabbit, due out in November.

All Songs Considered heads to Splitsville with a look at some of the bands they've broken up with or grown apart from over the years, along with some of the artists they'll stand by no matter what.

Partly a reflection on past mistakes in romance and relationships, "Someone To Lose" perfectly captures the almost comical cluelessness that we all occasionally suffer from.

"33 'God,'" from the upcoming album 22, A Million, starts as a dewy piano ballad before erupting into a disjointed, drum-and-bass-heavy strutter.

The latest song from Angel Olsen, "Sister," is both epic and reflective, a melancholy meditation on heartache and coming to terms with lost love.

The short film for "Nobody Speak," brilliantly directed by Sam Pilling, is a powerful — if sometimes comical — statement on the dysfunction of this year's political season.

The wait is over: American Football has a new record coming Oct. 21 and a beautifully wistful new song called "Ive Been Lost For So Long."

The song, "Not Myself," is a gorgeous and haunting elegy.