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When Merge Records released Arcade Fire’s debut album, Funeral, on Sept. 14, 2004, nothing else sounded quite like it. With ramshackle, frenetic arrangements, thrift-store instrumentation and madcap performances, the sprawling group of twentysomethings delivered a portrait of grief and existential dread as euphoria. It was a surprisingly affecting approach that came at a time when […]

For Miranda Lambert’s 10th studio album, Postcards From Texas, the country star recorded in her home state for the first time since she was a teenager. James Macari/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption James Macari/Courtesy of the artist For Miranda Lambert’s 10th studio album, Postcards From Texas, the country star recorded in her […]

Angélica Garcia’s “El Que” is one of the songs we can’t stop playing this week. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist The latest update to our running list of the year’s best songs includes the wild, shape-shifting rock of Caleb Landry Jones, dystopian grooves from Angélica Garcia, […]

  LL Cool J is back with a new album, The FORCE, produced by Q-Tip. Chris Parsons/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption   Chris Parsons/Courtesy of the artist   LL Cool J is back with a new album, The FORCE, produced by Q-Tip.   Chris Parsons/Courtesy of the artist   NPR Music’s Daoud […]

<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/02/nusratfatehalikhan_robert_leslie2-a6d59a1943674904285a4b4ea13b32a19dc85f48.jpg' alt='A recently discovered lost recording from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, titled Chain of Light, is one of the most-anticipated albums due out this fall.’/> We look ahead to the final big push of releases for 2024, with fall albums from Mount Eerie, SOPHIE, Soccer Mommy, a newly discovered Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan recording […]

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ epic new album, Wild God, is among the most exciting new albums out August 30. Megan Cullen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Megan Cullen/Courtesy of the artist Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ epic new album, Wild God, is among the most exciting new albums out August […]

The Peter Cat Recording Co. Salihah Saadiq/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Salihah Saadiq/Courtesy of the artist This week we check back in on our running list of the year’s best songs — they’re contenders for a spot on the inevitable best-of 2024 lists we’ll post at the end of the year. Our […]

With the Fourth of July week here, we look at an album all about the messy, complicated and wonderful culture of America: Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A., which recently turned 40 years old. Source link

“Let Me Go,” the latest masterpiece by Luca-Dante Spadafora, MOTi, and VIZE, is a collaborative excellence at its best. This track kicks off with a bang, and before you know it, soothing piano chords sweep in, whisking you away to a dream-like realm and building up the excitement. Then comes the crescendo: a hard-techno drop […]

Omar Apollo’s latest album, God Said No, includes “Plane Trees (feat. Mustafa),” one of the songs we can’t stop playing this week. Aitor Laspiur/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Aitor Laspiur/Courtesy of the artist On this week’s All Songs Considered we update our running list of the songs we can’t stop playing — […]