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New Music Friday: The best albums out June 20
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.
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9 months, 3 weeks ago
Alt.Latino's Favorite music of 2025 (so far)
A look at some of the most intriguing music released during the first six months of the year.
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9 months, 3 weeks ago
Fever Ray, The Beaches, Patrick Watson, more: The Contenders, Vol. 13
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 Pat…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
New Music Friday: The best new albums out June 13
Brandee Younger. The Cure. Annahstasia. WRTI's Nate Chinen joins Stephen Thompson to discuss our favorite albums of the week.
Featured albums:
• Annahs…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Alt.Latino: Bruce Springsteen, Louie TheSinger, more
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 ex…
10 months ago
Summer '25 Album Preview
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 NP…
10 months ago
New Music Friday: The best albums out June 6
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 p…
10 months ago
Alt.Latino: Accordions!
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, …
10 months, 1 week ago
Little Simz, Ty Segall, yeule, more: The Contenders, Vol. 12
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 p…
10 months, 1 week ago
New Music Friday: The best albums out May 30
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 reco…
10 months, 1 week ago