All Songs Considered

We gather to share songs that feel like summer, whether it means staying indoors to avoid the heat or partying on a rooftop.

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is back with Celia Gregory of Nashville public radio station WNXP to talk through this week's best new music.

Our update to the running list of the year's best songs includes new shoegaze from Wisp, heart-thumping dance beats from Sherelle and more.

Kesha. Kae Tempest. Nilüfer Yanya. It's an abbreviated Independence Day edition of New Music Friday.

Our wildly incomplete list of the year's best tracks so far includes bangers from PinkPantheress and HAIM, a slow-burner from Lana Del Rey and more.

Adrian Quesada throws a psychedelic fiesta. Madison McFerrin sings through the heartache. Durand Jones is thankful for what he's got.

We discuss our favorite albums out today as Haim leaves it all behind, Hotline TNT turns it up to 11 and Yaya Bey threatens fear with a good time.

The latest additions to our list of the year's best songs include a joyful new banger from The Beaches, twisted pop from Fever Ray and more.

Annahstasia enters the chat. The Cure reimagines a lost world. Mary Halvorson demonstrates why she's a MacArthur genius.

Turnstile ascends. Pulp returns. Little Simz blooms. WTMD's Izzi Bavis joins Stephen Thompson to discuss the week's most compelling new releases.