All Songs Considered

Kacey Musgraves. American Football. Tori Amos. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson chats with Jewly Hight about their favorite albums out May 1.

Honey Dijon. Yaya Bey. Shadowy pop from Sofia Isella. It's our favorite albums from New Music Friday for April 17.

We check in with our running list of new tracks, including Olivia Rodrigo’s cover of a classic from The Magnetic Fields and Noah Kahan’s anthemic single.

Ratboys. Beverly Glenn-Copeland. Caribou's club alter-ego. A familiar 88Nine voice joins Stephen Thompson on this New Music Friday.

Dry Cleaning. Jenny on Holiday. An introspective debut from Mon Rovîa. It's our first batch of favorite new albums from 2026.

Earlier this month, we opened the polls and invited All Songs Considered's listeners to tell us their top five records of the year.

It's the last episode of New Music Friday for 2025 on 'All Songs Considered,' and Radio Milwaukee's own Erin Wolf joins the fun.

We’ve got some late additions to our running list of the year’s best songs, including Robyn’s first new release in seven years.

The latest adds to our list of the year’s best songs include (possibly twisted) dance pop, brutal but affecting storytelling, power pop and more.

Labels and artists try to capitalize on spooky season, but these are the songs that belong in the canon, from the truly terrifying to autumnal and nostalgic.