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1950 - New Music Friday: The best albums out June 12

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1950 - New Music Friday: The best albums out June 12

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Episodes

New Music Friday: The best albums out June 12

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New Music Friday: The best albums out June 5

All Songs Considered: Wet Leg, Vince Staples, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien

New Music Friday: The best albums out May 29

Alt.Latino: The Vaqueros of Hawaii

What’s the defining Millennial song?

New Music Friday: The best albums out May 22

Alt.Latino: Gipsy Kings are back, Julieta Venegas' norteña roots and more

All Songs Considered: Gracie Abrams hits a wall, more best new songs

Interview: Isaiah Rashad is ready to bare his soul

New Music Friday: The best albums out May 15

Alt.Latino: Our favorite Latin Tiny Desk Contest entries

All Songs Considered: Charli xcx, Mike D, Boards of Canada

New Music Friday: The best albums out May 8

All Songs Considered: Call your mom

New Music Friday: The best albums out May 1

Alt.Latino: Flamenco meets Música Mexicana

All Songs Considered: Olivia Rodrigo, Nine Inch Nails, Rosalía

New Music Friday: The best albums out April 24

Alt.Latino: Argentine indie, Venezuelan reggaeton and punk from San Antonio

All Songs Considered: Jack White, Boards of Canada

Interview: Beck returns to the spotlight

New Music Friday: The best albums out April 17

Alt.Latino: Jorge Drexler returns home

All Songs Considered: Need a reset?

New Music Friday: The best albums out April 10

Alt.Latino: Sonic Bloom: Fresh, funky new tracks from Rio, Granada and more

Alt.Latino: Isabella Lovestory, Vicente García, more

Little Simz, Ty Segall, yeule, more: The Contenders, Vol. 12

New Music Friday: The best albums out April 25

All Songs Considered: José González's hope, Jungle's sunshine

New Music Friday: The best albums out April 3

Alt.Latino: Dominican indie, Peruvian cumbia and experimental Argentine pop

All Songs Considered: Our favorite Tiny Desk Contest entries

New Music Friday: The best albums out March 27

Alt.Latino: Songs she loves: Sofia Rei and the magic of the human voice

All Songs Considered: Bon Iver talks to God, plus Tori Amos

Interview: Mitski

New Music Friday: The best albums out March 20

Alt.Latino: A Tejano master gets his flowers. Plus, Yahritza y Su Esencia returns

All Songs Considered: Olivia Rodrigo covers The Magnetic Fields, Noah Kahan channels his mom, and more

Interview: Kacey Musgraves on her new album, 'Middle of Nowhere'

New Music Friday: The best albums out March 13

Alt.Latino: If the singer falls silent, life falls silent: Female power anthems

All Songs Considered: Cruelly ranking the best original song Oscar nominees

New Music Friday: The best albums out March 6

Alt.Latino: From church basement to salsa immortality: Remembering Willie Colón

All Songs Considered: Even more songs to calm the nerves

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