Happy 65th birthday, Brian Eno! Hear the innovative artist and producer join All Songs Considered to spin some of the music he’s most passionate about — from the hallowed doo-wop records that caught his fancy as a child to newcomers such as Anna Calvi.

If the experimental, idiosyncratic filmmaker Jim Jarmusch formed a band, what kind of music would it play? On this episode of All Songs Considered, you can hear the answer with a new song and EP from the group Jarmusch calls SQÜRL.

Also on the show: Remarkable new electronic music from Baths; the atmospheric English pop trio Daughter; beautiful, ramshackle pop from singer Sam Phillips; power punk and a healthy dose of humor from The Front Bottoms and the melodic and transfixing rock of Lemuria.

This week, All Songs Considered goes big with massive, heart-thumping new music from the gloriously exuberant, sprawling pop group The Polyphonic Spree, and the brilliantly experimental folk-rock band Akron/Family. We also check out a gritty album from a Swedish group known as Goat, whose music is part prog-rock, part Afro-pop and undeniably awesome. Also on the show: New solo music from Eleanor Friedberger, formerly half of the duo Fiery Furnaces, and electronic music genius Jon Hopkins.

As they filled up their moving boxes to relocate to NPR’s new offices, All Songs Considered hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton sent out a plea to listeners for the best songs about how to deal with change: breakups and letdowns, graduation, big moves, etc. You responded in huge numbers, and we picked a few standouts to play on this week’s show.

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“I absolutely get up every day and think, ‘let’s make some cool music.’” says Wayne Coyne. Hear the Flaming Lips frontman discuss his musical influences (Tom Jones?), the creative process, and the band’s amazing new album The Terror on All Songs Considered.

It’s that time of year again! NPR’s All Songs Considered is headed on another musical trek to Austin for this year’s South By Southwest festival. Before hitting the road they listened to songs from more than a thousand bands scheduled to play the festival, in search of some great new discoveries. On this edition of the show hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton, NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson and NPR Music critic Ann Powers come together to share some of what they found, and talk about the bands they’re most excited to see.

For more coverage of the festival, head over to our SXSW hub, which includes the live broadcast schedule for our showcase with Nick Cave and Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the SXSW keynote with Dave Grohl. And don’t forget to download the complete Austin 100 mix of what we can’t wait to discover on stage this year. You can also follow our coverage via @nprmusic.

Hear a new song by The Flaming Lips, “Look… The Sun is Rising,” on the latest episode of All Songs Considered.

It begins with a heartbeat. Released in 1973, The Dark Side of the Moon was Pink Floyd’s eighth studio album. It would become one of the best-selling albums of all time, and its iconic cover image still hangs in college dormitories everywhere.

The record turned 40 this week. To mark the occasion, Weekend Edition asked All Songs Considered hosts Robin Hilton and Bob Boilen where they were when they heard Dark Side for the first time.

It’s always easier for me to write the sad songs and sing the sad songs. The moments I feel more creative are when I’m feeling introspective and maybe a bit sad. It’s rather a lonely occupation, writing songs.

— For Valentine’s Day, All Songs Considered tapped the crooner of lost love, Roxy Music’s Bryan Ferry, to pick some of his favorite love songs

Hear a brand new Tegan and Sara song, “I Couldn’t Be Your Friend,” on the latest episode of All Songs Considered.