All Songs Considered

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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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' • Hotline TNT, 'Raspberry Moon' • Yaya Bey, 'do it afraid' • Kelsey Waldon, 'Every Ghost' • S.G. Goodman, 'Planting by the Signs' 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 Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

A look at some of the most intriguing music released during the first six months of the year. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Brandee Younger. The Cure. Annahstasia. WRTI's Nate Chinen joins Stephen Thompson to discuss our favorite albums of the week. Featured albums: • Annahstasia, 'Tether' • Mary Halvorson, 'About Ghosts' • Brandee Younger, 'Gadabout Season' • Joe Armon-Jones, 'All The Quiet (Part II)' • The Cure, 'Mixes for a Lost World' 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 Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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' • Pulp, 'More' • Little Simz, 'Lotus' • McKinley Dixon, 'Magic, Alive!' • Lifeguard, 'Ripped and Torn' 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 Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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 Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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 Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre share six new songs from across the spectrum of Latin music. Featured artists and songs: • Paloma Morphy, "1 tipo nuevo" • Camila Meza, "Persistir" • Rusowsky, "Malibu" • Ines Velasco, "Todo Es Para Decir" • Pachmyan, "Hard to Part" • Las Chorizeras, "Blue Eyed Man" Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

We've got another update to our running list of the year's best songs with the return of Fiona Apple, Laufey, deep reflections from Lord Huron and more. Featured artists and songs: 1. Fiona Apple: "Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)" (single) 2. Jerskin Fendrix: "SK1" (single) 3. Lord Huron: "Looking Back," from 'The Cosmic Selector, Vol. 1' 4. Eph See: "Malachi The Uber Driver" (Tiny Desk Contest entry) 5. Kacy Hill: "Please Don't Cry" (single) 6. Laufey: "Tough Luck," from 'A Matter Of Time' 'All Songs Considered' 25th anniversary segment: Our No. 1 songs from 2013 Weekly reset: Neighborhood birds on a spring morning 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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Tune-Yards. Aminé. Lido Pimienta. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and KCRW's Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras give you a quick roundup of the most exciting albums out May 16. Featured albums: • Aminé, '13 Months of Sunshine' (Stream) • Guitarricadelafuente, 'Spanish Leather' (Stream) • Tune-Yards, 'Better Dreaming' (Stream) • Rico Nasty, 'LETHAL' (Stream) • Lido Pimienta, 'La Belleza' (Stream) See our long list of albums out May 16 and sample more than 80 albums via our New Music Friday playlists on npr.org. Credits Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras, KCRW Producer: Simon Rentner Editors: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Co-host Anamaria Sayre finally gets to share the new Guitarricadelafuente album with the world, and catch the NPR audience on the viral sensation Macario Martínez. Felix Contreras spotlights Lido Pimienta's symphonic pivot. Featured artists and songs: • Guitarricadelafuente, "BABIECA!" • Haydée Milanés, "Un amor que se demora" • Macario Martínez, "Sueña Lindo, Corazón" • Macario Martínez, "Otra Vez" • Macario Martínez, "¿qué somos hoy?" • Macario Martínez, "Hey destino" • Lido Pimienta, "Quiero Que Me Beses" • Marco Mares & Sabino, "digo que no, pero si" • Adri Paíz, "Quererte o No" 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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

We update our running list of the year's best songs with a plainspoken but moving story from Chris Staples, a wildly unpredictable piece from soprano Barbara Hannigan, Natalia Lafourcade and more. Featured artists and songs: 1. Third Coast Percussion: "Please Be Still," from 'Standard Stoppages' 2. Chris Staples: "Two Carat Diamond," from 'Don't Worry' 3. Barbara Hannigan, David Chalmin: "Che t'ho fatt'io?," from 'Electric Fields' 4. Natalia Lafourcade: "Cocos en la playa," from 'Cancionera' 5. Brooklyn Rider: "Tenebrae," from 'The Four Elements' 'All Songs Considered' 25th anniversary segment: Our No. 1 songs from 2012 Weekly reset: Airing out and beating futons on a Saturday morning in Toyohashi, 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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes WXPN's John Morrison to discuss billy woods, Thom Yorke, PinkPantheress and more. Featured albums: • billy woods, GOLLIWOG (Stream) • Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke, Tall Tales (Stream) • PinkPantheress, Fancy That (Stream) • MIKE & Tony Seltzer, Pinball II (Stream) • mclusky, the world is still here and so are we (Stream) See our long list of records out May 9 and sample more than 40 new albums via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org/music. Credits Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: John Morrison, WXPN Producer: Simon Rentner Editors: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy