All Songs Considered

We get a jump on the upcoming fall releases we’re most excited about, including new ones from Skullcrusher, S. Carey, Silvana Estrada and more.

Featured artists and albums:


1. Snōōper: ‘Worldwide’ (Oct. 3)
2. Sudan Archives: ‘The BPM’ (Oct. 17)
3. Claire Rousay: ‘Little Death’ (Oct. 31)
4. Crushed: ‘No Scope’ (Sept. 26)
5. Cate Le Bon: ‘Michelangelo Dying’ (Sept. 26)
6. S. Carey: ‘Watercress’ (Oct. 3)
7. Emily Sprague: ‘Cloud Time’ (Oct. 10)
8. Skullcrusher: ‘And Your Song Is Like A Circle’ (Oct. 17)
9. Silvana Estrada: ‘Vendrán Suaves Lluvias’ (Oct. 17)

Weekly reset: Walking through the woods on an autumn afternoon

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The songs that take us back to 2007, the golden age of indie pop and rock.

Note: This is a recurring feature in celebration of the show's 25th anniversary. A shorter version of this episode ran earlier in the year.

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Sabrina Carpenter. The Beaches. Margo Price. This week, Stephen Thompson chats with NPR Music's Hazel Cills and WMOT's Jessie Scott about the best new albums out this new music Friday.

The Starting 5:

• The Beaches, 'No Hard Feelings'

• The Beths, 'Straight Line Was A Lie'

• Margo Price, 'Hard Headed Woman'

• Rodney Crowell, 'Airline Highway'

• Anna Tivel, 'Animal Poem'

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The Lightning Round:

• Blood Orange, 'Essex Honey'

• Jaelee Roberts, 'Let Me Be Lonely'

• Brad Mehldau, 'Ride Into the Sun'

• CMAT, 'EURO-COUNTRY'

• Tiwa Savage, 'This One Is Personal'

See the long list of albums out Aug. 29 and sample dozens of them via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org.

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This week, NPR Music reporter Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento is back on the mic, bringing host Anamaria Sayre new music in the vein of her 2010s Tumblr era. Think emo bangs, bright blue skinny jeans and a Warped Tour T-shirt. Sonically, this week’s picks run through bedroom pop, sultry balladry and Bronx-Dominican rap over post-punk basslines.

Featured artists and songs:

• Titanic (I. la Católica and Mabe Fratti), “Escarbo dimensiones"

• Mon Laferte, “Esto Es Amor"

• Planta Industrial, “Teteo in The Bronx”

• Santi Muk and Zenon Pereyra, “seu carinho,” “CUÁNTO FALTA PARA CONOCERTE?” and “ANA BAILABA”

• Maria Usbeck, “Mar”

• LATIN MAFIA and Omar Apollo, “Hecho para ti”

This episode was produced by Noah Caldwell and edited by Otis Hart. Suraya Mohamed is the Executive Producer of NPR Music and the madrina of Alt.Latino.

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We update our running list of the year’s best songs with a bunch of glitched-out ear candy, raging rock, and tracks that seek real, human connections in an increasingly artificial landscape.

Featured artists and songs:

1. Disiniblud: “Give-upping (feat. Julianna Barwick),” from ‘Disniblud’
2. ear: “Fetish” (single)
3. Emily Yacina: “Talk Me Down,” from ‘Veilfall’
4. Anamanaguchi: “Rage (Kitchen Sink),” from ‘Anyway’
5. james K: “Play,” from ‘Friend’

Weekly reset: A day at the county fair

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