The Decemberists Holly Andres/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Billy Allen + The Pollies Abraham Rowe/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Prince's Purple Rain Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Paul Weller Nicole Nodland/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Red Clay Strays Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Ani DiFranco Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Cibo Matto's 1999 album, Stereo Type A Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Eric Slick Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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T Bone Burnett in front of a painting by Larry Poons. Jason Myers/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
From left: Robyn, Christine and the Queens, Janelle Monáe, MUNA, Arlo Parks and Perfume Genius From left: Heji Shin, Eloïse Labarbe-Lafon, Mason Rose, Isaac Schneider, Alexis Waespi and Gilles Laurent/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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Jon Muq Larry Niehues/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Gary Clark Jr. Mike Miller/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bad Bunny performs on SNL on Oct. 21, 2023. NBC/WIll Heath/NBC hide caption
The retro-pop artist Cindy Lee doesn't sit for interviews, use social media and rejects the streaming era's demands on independent artists. Photo by Meaghan Garvey/Illustration by Jackie Lay/NPR hide caption
'I Saw the TV Glow' dives deep into the pop cultural obsession of two outcast suburban teenagers, with a curated soundtrack that matches their malaise. Photo by A24/Illustration by Jackie Lay/NPR hide caption
Telemarket Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Artists like Superchunk, Neurosis, Pixies, Low, Mogwai and Joanna Newsom came to recording engineer Steve Albini when they had something righteous or defiant to proclaim. Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty hide caption
Wuxtry Records in Athens, Ga. Kimberly Junod/WXPN hide caption
"When I first started being in Bikini Kill, I thought of myself as a feminist performance artist who was in a punk band," Kathleen Hanna says. Rachel Bright/Ecco hide caption