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Jenny Lewis' bold confrontation of anger and her ability to mourn in such a raw way on the band's breakthrough album made her stand out in a sea of sad dudes; it made her an emo pioneer.

The guitarist and arranger for one of the world's biggest rock bands is also a composer, whose work on Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film is up for an Oscar.

You can still enter the Tiny Desk Contest for a few more weeks, but here are some entries that have caught the eyes — and ears — of NPR Music already.

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, the drummer for The Roots, has been a musician since he was a teen. In Mo' Meta Blues, he explains how his musician father groomed him for a life in show business.

The Indiana band mixes breezy SoCal harmonies, anthemic sing-along spirit and swampland stomp.

Watch the L.A. roots-rock group perform "Things Happen" from its new album, All Your Favorite Bands.

Watch the L.A. band perform the sunlit indie-pop jam "Dancing At The Blue Lagoon" in its hometown.

Watch the British alt-rock band perform "Gethsemane" live in Boston.

The band's moody, autumnal "Arms Unknown" receives a welcome jolt of gritty electric guitar.

The band lifts the riff-heavy "Mountain" from sludgy depths into a woozy, psychedelic headspace.