![This week on <em>All Songs: </em>the triumphant return of a very dear band and much more. This week on <em>All Songs: </em>the triumphant return of a very dear band and much more.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022170625im_/http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/10/21/collage20141021_wide-a7b744645447b1ed2648bf2086be35a20955f49f-s6-c15.jpg)
Clockwise from upper left: Sleater-Kinney, Elle Varner, GRMLN, The Flaming LipsCourtesy of the artistshide caption
Chumped. Rebecca Reed/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Sleater-Kinney, Elle Varner, GRMLN, The Flaming Lips Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Black Clouds. Chris Bavaria/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Wildhoney. Pat McQuade/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Janet Weiss (left), Carrie Brownstein (center) and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney. The trio's first album since 2005 will be out on Jan. 20. Brigitte Sire/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A reader grew up listening to Rick Astley and now needs to know: Is it too late? Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Charlie Watts, still laying down beats for The Rolling Stones, in a 2010 New York concert. Brock Miller/Splash News/Corbis hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Röyksopp, Hozier, Helado Negro, Deerhoof Courtesy of the artists hide caption
With Twin Peaks coming back in 2016, it's a perfect time to let Angelo Badalamenti's score return to your headphones. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Drummer Stella Mozgawa, performing with Warpaint at South By Southwest earlier this year. Jessica Alexander/Geisler-Fotopr/dpa/Corbis hide caption
Producer, engineer and musician John Congleton. Jeaneen Lund/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Lone Bellow's second album, Then Came The Morning, comes out early next year. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Hungry Cloud Darkening. Kenneth M. Piekarski / Paul Benson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Singer, Asaf Avidan Dudi Hasson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The "Playlist" feature will help keep you from losing track of the albums you absolutely must hear. Stephen Thompson/NPR hide caption
The soundtrack to Guardians of the Galaxy was the first soundtrack composed entirely of previously released songs to top the Billboard 200 album chart. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Xosar's full-length for Opal Tapes' vinyl imprint Black Opal is scheduled for a December release. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: The 2 Bears, Thom Yorke, Robert Plant, Aphex Twin, Mina Tindle, Jon Hopkins Courtesy of the artists hide caption