All Songs Considered

This week, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras round up their favorite music from the last few months, including Mexican bedroom pop from Bratty, jazz from Argentinian composer Dario Acosta Teich, a new song from rising regional star DannyLux and more. To hear more of Alt.Latino's favorite music, follow our Spotify and Apple Music playlists. Audio for this episode of 'Alt.Latino' was edited, mixed and produced by Janice Llamoca. Our show editor is Hazel Cills and our project manager is Grace Chung. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.

Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter for The Band, died Aug. 9 at the age of 80. For this remembrance, we're sharing an encore presentation of a conversation Robertson had with All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen in 2018, on the 50th anniversary of The Band's seminal album Music From Big Pink.Note: This interview originally published Aug. 8, 2018.

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Noname's long-awaited Sundial, Karol G's Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season), a long-lost Neil Young release and more.Featured Albums:1. Noname — SundialFeatured Songs: "Oblivion (feat. Atyoni & Common)," "Beauty Supply," "Namesake"2. Jungle — VolcanoFeatured Songs: "Us Against the World," "Candle Flame (feat. Erick the Architect)," "Dominoes," Every Night"3. Neil Young — Chrome DreamsFeatured Songs: "Will to Love," "Like a Hurricane," "Look Out for My Love"4. Joell Ortiz & L'Orange — SignatureFeatured Songs: "Uncle Chris Car," "Therapeutic," "OG," "One Day"5. Son Lux — Alternate FormsFeatured Songs: "Ransom (All Innocence)," "Alternate Worlds (Alternate Life)," "Easy (Fight to Forget)," "No Crimes (New History)"Lightning Round: Bonnie "Prince" Billy — Keeping Secrets Will Destroy YouG Flip — DrummerKarol G — Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season)Tash Sultana — "Bitter Lovers (feat. BJ The Chicago Kid)" (Single)Other notable releases for Aug. 11:K.A.A.N. — The Death of a Rapper Lawrence English & Lea Bertucci — Chthonic Les Imprimés — Rêverie Louis Cato — Reflections Peter McPoland — Piggy Public Image Ltd. — End of WorldSpencer Zahn — Statues I $uicideboy$ — I No Longer Feel The Razor Guarding My Heel (V)Suzi Quatro & KT Tunstall — Face to Face Trippe Redd — A Love Letter To you 5

When DJ Kool Herc spun records at a small party in the Bronx in August of 1973, no one would have predicted his unique style would give birth to the most influential and dominant music in the world: hip-hop. In this special episode, we're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the genre by looking at how and why the music has managed to remain a local phenomenon, even as it's taken hold of the world, and what's happening in some of the country's most vibrant scenes.

This week, Son Lux returns with Alternate Forms, the band's first new album since releasing its beloved score to the film Everything Everywhere All At Once. To mark the occasion, we're sharing an encore presentation of our interview with Son Lux frontman Ryan Lott about how the band managed to score one of the most awarded — and bonkers — films of all time.This interview originally ran on Feb. 20, 2023.

Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with the Puerto Rican hip-hop artist Eladio Carrión to discuss what drives him, learning Spanish through music and how he's changing the game of Latin rap. Audio for this episode of 'Alt.Latino' was edited and mixed by Cher Vincent, with production support from Suraya Mohamed and Robin Hilton. Our show editor is Hazel Cills and our project manager is Grace Chung. Our production assistant is Sofia Seidel. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.

NPR Music's Lars Gotrich joins All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen to share their favorite new tracks of the week.Featured Songs And Artists:1. Meurtrières: "Ronde De Nuit," from Ronde De Nuit2. Sally Anne Morgan: "Awake," from Carrying3. Mitski: "Bug Like an Angel," from The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We4. GUJI: "I Like to Hang Out in China," from GUJI5. Irreversible Entanglements: "Free Love," from Protect Your Light6. Activity: "Careful Let's Sleepwalk," from Spirit in the Room

The best albums out this week include new ones from Post Malone, Carly Rae Jepsen, composer and singer Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Joni Mitchell's surprise performance at Newport last year and more.Featured Albums:1. Post Malone — AUSTINFeatured Songs: "Texas Tea," "Something Real," "Don't Understand," "Mourning"2. Georgia — EuphoricFeatured Songs: "It's Euphoric," "Give It up for Love," "Live Like We're Dancing (Part II)," "Friends Will Never Let You Go"3. Beverly Glenn-Copeland — The Ones AheadFeatured Songs: "Harbour (Song For Elizabeth)," "People of the Loon," "Stand Anthem"4. Carly Rae Jepsen — The Loveliest TimeFeatured Songs: "Anything to Be With You," "Shy Boy," "Kollage," "So Right," "Stadium Love"5. Joni Mitchell — At Newport Featured Songs: "Both Sides, Now," "Just Like This Train," "Amelia (feat. Taylor Goldsmith)," "Summertime"Lightning Round:Chika — SAMSON: THE ALBUMMadeline Kenney — A New Reality Mind Paris Texas — MID AIRStevie Nicks — Stevie Nicks Complete Studio Albums & Rarities Other notable releases for July 28:Aphex Twin — Black Box Life Recorder 21f / in a Room7 F760Bethany Cosentino — Natural DisasterThe Budos Band — Frontier's EdgeBush Tetras — They Live in My HeadChief Xian aTunde Adjuah — Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning The Clientele — I Am Not There AnymoreDarlingside — Everything Is AliveFly Anakin — Skinemaxxx (Side B)Jessy Lanza — Love HallucinationNite Bjuti — Nite BjutiTravis Scott — UTOPIA

NPR Music's Hazel Cills and critic Marissa Lorusso join All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen to share their favorite new tracks of the week.Featured Artists And Songs:1. Mary Jane Dunphe: "Stage of Love," from Stage of Love2. Squirrel Flower: "When A Plant Is Dying," from Tomorrow's Fire3. Saya Gray: "DIZZY PPL BECOME BLURRY," from QWERTY4. SPELLLING: "Under the Sun," from SPELLLING & the Mystery School5. Josaleigh Pollett: "Empty Things," from In the Garden, by the Weeds6. Sivan Levy: "Jacaranda," from side:s EP7. Big Thief: "Vampire Empire" (Single)

K-Pop convention-breakers NewJeans drop their second EP this week, along with new ones from Andrew Bird, Fatboi Sharif, the super-stacked Barbie soundtrack, a rare Nina Simone recording and more.Featured Albums:1. New Jeans — Get UpFeatured Songs: "ETA," "Super Shy," "ASAP" 2. Fatboi Sharif & Steel Tipped Dove — DecayFeatured Songs: "Designer Drugs," "Phantasm," "The 6th Floor," "Dimethyltryptamine," "Green Winged Shoulder Padding"3. Andrew Bird — Outside ProblemsFeatured Songs: "Festivus," "Mormon House Party," "Mancey"4. Various — Barbie The AlbumFeatured Songs: Dua Lipa, "Dance the Night"; Lizzo, "Pink"; Sam Smith, "Man I Am"; GAYLE, "butterflies"; Billie Eilish, "What Was I Made For"; Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice (with Aqua), "Barbie World"5. Nina Simone — You've Got to LearnFeatured Songs: "Blues for Mama," "Mississippi Goddamn," "You've Got to Learn"Lightning Round: Blur — The Ballad of DarrenLucki — s*x m*ney dr*gs (released July 14)MJ Lenderman — "Rudolph" (Single)Mother Tongues — Love in a Vicious WayOther notable releases for July 21:Allegra Krieger — I Keep My Feet on the Fragile PlaneBabyface Ray — Summer's MineGuided By Voices — Welshpool FrilliesGreta Van Fleet — StarcatcherMehmet Ali Sanlıkol & Whatsnext? — Turkish Hipster: Tales From Swing To Psychedelic Nils Lofgren — MountainsParis Texas — MID AIR