All Songs Considered

Lucy Dacus' sophomore album, Historian, tops the list of Bob Boilen's favorite albums in 2018. Dustin Condren/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

NPR Music has compiled a list of great headphones at different price points — covering everything from casual listening to professional mixing and mastering. Deborah Lee/NPR hide caption

This winter, think pink (and red and green and white). Morgan Noelle Smith & Kaylee Domzalski/NPR hide caption

A shoe can say so much about a band's sound. Bob Boilen/NPR Music hide caption

Sunwatchers' Illegal Moves comes out Feb. 22. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: Florence and the Machine, Janelle Monáe, Pusha-T, Father John Misty, Cardi B and John Prine Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Maxine Funke with her son. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Steve Gunn's The Unseen in Between comes out Jan. 18. Clay Benskin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Holly Herndon's new track was born out of an artificial neural network, her "AI baby" called Spawn. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

A still from La Dispute's "Rose Quartz / Fulton Street I" video. YouTube hide caption