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7/18/2025
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View original7/18/2025
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Alex G. Paramore's Zac Farro. Lord Huron. It's a packed release week, and we've got Chelsea O from Buffalo/Toronto Public Media on the show to unpack all the greatness. Intro: • Sly & The Family Stone, 'The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967' The Starting 5: • Alex G, 'Headlights' ( Stream ) • Jim Legxacy, 'black british music (2025)' ( Stream ) • Zac Farro, 'Operator' ( Stream ) • Lord Huron, 'The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1' ( Stream ) • Disiniblud, s/t ( Stream ) The Lightning Round: • Cam, 'All Things Light' • Forth Wanderers, 'The Longer This Goes On' • Jess Ribeiro, 'Mixtape' • Billie Marten, 'Dog Eared' • Two Shell, 'Iicons' See our long list of albums out July 18 and sample more than 50 of them via our New Music Friday playlists on npr.org . Credits: Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: Chelsea O (BTPM) Producer: Simon Rentner Editor: Otis Hart Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original7/15/2025
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Robin Hilton, Anamaria Sayre and Hazel Cills gather to share songs that feel like summer — and that means staying indoors to avoid the heat as well as partying on a Brooklyn rooftop. (Note: A version of this conversation appeared in this feed last July.) ' All Songs Considered' 25th anniversary segment: Our No. 1 songs from 2020 Weekly reset: Grilling on a summer night just ahead of a thunderstorm Enjoy the show? Share it with a friend and leave us a review on Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org Hear new songs from past episodes in the All Songs Considered playlists in Apple Music and Spotify . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original7/2/2025
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Our selections this week feature a crate diggers' delight from Colombia and the sound of modern rap in Mexico. Featured artists and songs: • Óscar Agudelo y El Combo Moderna, "Está Como Mango" • Isabella Lovestory, "Fresa Metal," "Eurotrash," "Tu Te Vas" • Grecia Albán, "YO POR TI" • Vicente García, "Mambo Violento," "El Huracán," "Abusadora" • BALTHVS, "Flesh and Soul" • Gera MX, "Ciclo Vital," "1 Millón" Credits Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Noah Caldwell. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original7/1/2025
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This week we share our wildly incomplete list of the year's best tracks so far, including bangers from PinkPantheress and HAIM, a slow-burner from Lana Del Rey, dystopian rap from clipping and more. Featured artists and songs: 1. PinkPantheress: "Stateside," from 'Fancy That' 2. HAIM: "Relationships," from 'I quit' 3. clipping.: "Keep Pushing," from 'Dead Channel Sky' 4. Lana Del Rey: "Henry, come on" (single) 5. Oklou: "Blade Bird," from 'choke enough' 6. Miya Folick: "This Time Around," from 'Erotica Veronica' 7. Perfume Genius: "It's A Mirror," from 'Glory' 8. FKA twigs: "Room Of Fools," from 'EUSEXUA' 9. Lucius: "Gold Rush," from 'Lucius' ' All Songs Considered' 25th anniversary segment: Our No. 1 songs from 2018 Weekly reset: Summer afternoon at the pool Enjoy the show? Share it with a friend and leave us a review on Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org Hear new songs from past episodes in the All Songs Considered playlists in Apple Music and Spotify . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original6/27/2025
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Madison McFerrin. Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas. Durand Jones & The Indications. KALW's Wonway Posibul joins NPR Music's Stephen Thompson to share their favorite new releases of the week. Intro: • Bruce Springsteen, 'Tracks II: The Lost Albums' (Read our guide to the box set on npr.org ) • Lorde, 'Virgin' (Read our review on npr.org ) The Starting 5: • Laura Stevenson, 'Late Great' • Adrian Quesada, 'Boleros Psicodélicos II' • Madison McFerrin, 'Scorpio' • Durand Jones & The Indications, 'Flowers' • Herbert & Momoko, 'Clay' The Lightning Round: • Frankie Cosmos, 'Different Talking' • Dana and Alden, 'Speedo' • Brighde Chaimbeul, 'Sunwise' • Mocky, 'Music Will Explain (Choir Music Vol. 1)' • Tim Barnes, 'Lost Words / Noumena' Check out our Long List of new albums out June 27 and sample more than 50 of them via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org . Credits Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: Wonway Posibul, KALW Producer: Simon Rentner Editor: Otis Hart Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original6/24/2025
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This week's update to our running list of the year's best songs includes some scorchers from Atlanta's Upchuck, the shoegaze group Just Mustard, jazz trumpeter Brandon Woody and more. Featured artists and songs: 1. Upchuck: "Plastic" (single) 2. The Westerlies (with Sam Amidon): "Paradise," from 'Paradise' 3. Just Mustard: "POLLYANNA" (single) 4. Brandon Woody: "Beyond the Reach of Our Eyes," from 'For The Love Of It All' ' All Songs Considered' 25th anniversary segment: Our No. 1 songs from 2017 Weekly reset: Frogs and crickets chattering in a rice field in Okazaki, Japan Enjoy the show? Share it with a friend and leave us a review on Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org Hear new songs from past episodes in the All Songs Considered playlists in Apple Music and Spotify . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original6/20/2025
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HAIM. Hotline TNT. Yaya Bey. World Cafe's Raina Douris joins Stephen Thompson to give you a quick tour through the best records out this week. Featured albums: • HAIM, 'I quit' ( Stream ) • Hotline TNT, 'Raspberry Moon' ( Stream ) • Yaya Bey, 'do it afraid' ( Stream ) • Kelsey Waldon, 'Every Ghost' ( Stream ) • S.G. Goodman, 'Planting by the Signs' ( Stream ) Check out the long list of albums out June 20 and sample more than 50 of them via our New Music Friday playlist on NPR.org . Credits • Host: Stephen Thompson • Guest: Raina Douris, WXPN • Producer: Simon Rentner • Editor: Otis Hart • Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original6/18/2025
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A look at some of the most intriguing music released during the first six months of the year. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original6/17/2025
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The latest additions to our list of the year's best songs include a joyful new banger from The Beaches, a wondrous tapestry of sounds from singer Patrick Watson, twisted pop from Fever Ray and more. Featured artists and songs: 1. The Beaches: "Last Girls At The Party," from 'No Hard Feelings' 2. Patrick Watson: "Peter And The Wolf," from 'Uh Oh' 3. Deb Talan: "A Glimmer In The Grass," from 'I Thought I Saw You' 4. Fever Ray: "I'm Not Done (Therapy Session)" (single) 5. Ethel Cain: "Nettles," from 'Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You' ' All Songs Considered' 25th anniversary segment: Our No. 1 songs from 2016 Weekly reset: A day at the beach Enjoy the show? Share it with a friend and leave us a review on Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org Hear new songs from past episodes in the All Songs Considered playlists in Apple Music and Spotify . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original6/13/2025
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Brandee Younger. The Cure. Annahstasia. WRTI's Nate Chinen joins Stephen Thompson to discuss our favorite albums of the week. Featured albums: • Annahstasia, 'Tether' ( Stream ) • Mary Halvorson, 'About Ghosts' ( Stream ) • Brandee Younger, 'Gadabout Season' ( Stream ) • Joe Armon-Jones, 'All The Quiet (Part II)' ( Stream ) • The Cure, 'Mixes for a Lost World' ( Stream ) See our long list of albums out June 13 and sample more than 50 of them via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org . Credits Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: Nate Chinen, WRTI Producer: Simon Rentner Editor: Otis Hart Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original6/11/2025
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This week Anamaria Sayre continues to scour her part of the internet for great new tracks that will impress Felix Contreras, while he continues to explore Latinos who sing country music. Featured artists and songs: • Alleh & Yorghaki, "me late" • Alleh & Yorghaki, "capaz (merengueton)" • Louie TheSinger, "Quicker Way To Jesus" • pablopablo, "Dónde Estás!" • Bruce Springsteen, "Adelita" • Bruce Springsteen, "Sinaloa Cowboys" • Belafonte Sensacional, "Llamas Rexio" • Belafonte Sensacional, "Todavía DF" • David Byrne and Brian Eno, "Mea Culpa" • Juana (feat. ELENI), "La Paloma" Credits Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Editorial support from Hazel Cills. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original6/10/2025
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We look at the most anticipated albums coming this summer, from Wet Leg, Big Thief, Superchunk, Lucrecia Dalt and more. WNXP's Celia Gregory joins NPR Music's Sheldon Pearce and host Robin Hilton. Featured artists and albums: 1. Wet Leg: 'moisturizer' (featured song: "CPR") 2. Marissa Nadler: 'New Radiations' (featured song: "New Radiations") 3. Superchunk: 'Songs in the Key of Yikes' (featured song: "Everybody Dies") 4. Indigo De Souza: 'Precipice' (featured song; "Crying Over Nothing") 5. Lucrecia Dalt: 'A Danger to Ourselves' (featured song: "divina") 6. Kokoroko: 'TUFF TIMES NEVER LAST' (featured song: "Three Piece Suit") 7. Parcels: 'LOVED' (featured song: "yougotmefeeling") 8. Big Thief: 'Double Infinity' (featured song: "Incomprehensible") 9. Georgia Harmer: 'Eye Of The Storm' (featured song: "Can We Be Still") ' All Songs Considered' 25th anniversary segment: Our No. 1 songs from 2015 Weekly reset: Summer weekend in the neighborhood with sprinkler, birds, lawnmower. Enjoy the show? Share it with a friend and leave us a review on Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org Hear new songs from past episodes in the All Songs Considered playlists in Apple Music and Spotify . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original6/6/2025
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Pulp. Turnstile. Little Simz. It's a packed release week, and NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is here to walk you through it, along with friend of the program Izzi Bavis of WTMD in Baltimore. Featured albums: • Turnstile, 'NEVER ENOUGH' ( Stream ) • Pulp, 'More' ( Stream ) • Little Simz, 'Lotus' ( Stream ) • McKinley Dixon, 'Magic, Alive!' ( Stream ) • Lifeguard, 'Ripped and Torn' ( Stream ) Check out the long list of albums out today and sample more than 50 of them via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org . Credits Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: Izzi Bavis, WTMD Producer: Simon Rentner Editors: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original6/4/2025
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The influence of Eastern Europe immigration in Latin America can be heard in the way the accordion was adapted and adopted in countries like Mexico, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Brazil and beyond. This week we take a deep dive into those traditions with our guide, Eduardo Díaz, former director of Latino cultural information for the Smithsonian Institution. Featured artists and songs: • Narciso Martínez, "Nix" • Carlos Vives, "Hijo de Vallenato" • Los Corraleros de Majagual, "La Pollera Colorada" • Luis Gonzaga, "Asa Branca" • Grupo Alma Serrana, "Puerto Tirol" • Francisco Ulloa, "El Farolito" • Tatico Henriquez, "La Invasión de Deiziseis" Credits Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original6/3/2025
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We update our running list of the year's best songs with old-school guitar rock from Ty Segall, a playful left turn for rapper Little Simz, yeule's pop from the ether and more. Featured artists and songs: 1. Little Simz: "Young," from 'Lotus' 2. yeule: "Dudu," from 'Evangelic Girl Is a Gun' 3. Wednesday: "Elderberry Wine" (single) 4. Ty Segall: "Shining," from 'Possession' 5. Nourished By Time: "Max Potential," from 'The Passionate Ones' ' All Songs Considered' 25th anniversary segment: Our No. 1 songs from 2014 Weekly reset: Ringing bells at a neighborhood shrine near Osaka Enjoy the show? Share it with a friend and leave us a review on Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org Hear new songs from past episodes in the All Songs Considered playlists in Apple Music and Spotify . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original5/30/2025
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The National's Matt Berninger. Low's Alan Sparhawk. yuele. KXT's Jackson Wisdorf joins NPR Music's Stephen Thompson to talk about their favorite records out May 30. Featured albums: • Matt Berninger, 'Get Sunk' ( Stream ) • yeule, 'Evangelic Girl is a Gun' ( Stream ) • Ben Kweller, 'Cover the Mirrors' ( Stream ) • Alan Sparhawk, 'With Trampled by Turtles' ( Stream ) • Amy Millan, 'I Went To Find You' ( Stream ) Check out our long list of albums out May 30 and sample more than 50 records out today via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org . Credits Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: Jackson Wisdorf, KXT Producer: Simon Rentner Editor: Otis Hart Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original5/29/2025
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Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras was a Tiny Desk Contest judge this year, and on this episode, he brings six of his favorite entries to the show. Artists and songs featured: • Esotérica Tropica, "Despierta" • Mario Diaz, Bachi and Los Salvajes, "Ropa de Colores" • alegrías, "Daygo" • Charly Siaba, "Lejos de Aquí" • Los Pleneros de la Cresta, "Rayo del Sol" • Taisha Estrada, "El Abstracto" Credits Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original5/27/2025
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In a conversation with All Songs Considered' s Robin Hilton, Stevens shares a complex and conflicted view of the album he wrote about his mother in the wake of her death from cancer. Enjoy the show? Share it with a friend and leave us a review on Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org Hear new songs from past episodes in the All Songs Considered playlists in Apple Music and Spotify . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
View original5/23/2025
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Stereolab. Ganavya. Marc Ribot. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Robert Moore, host of 'Sonic Spectrum' on 90.9 The Bridge in Kansas City , to the show to discuss their favorite albums out May 23. Featured albums: • Stereolab, 'Instant Holograms On Metal Film' ( Stream ) • Ganavya, 'Nilam' ( Stream ) • Robert Forster, 'Strawberries' ( Stream ) • Marc Ribot, 'Map of a Blue City' ( Stream ) • Thalia Zedek Band, 'The Boat Outside Your Window' ( Stream ) Read the long list of albums out May 23 and sample more than 50 full-lengths out today via our New Music Friday playlists on npr.org . Credits Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: Robert Moore, 90.9 The Bridge Producer: Simon Rentner Editors: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
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