All Songs Considered

We cover the most exciting albums out this week, including LL Cool J and Q-Tip's collaboration, and MJ Lenderman's potential breakthrough.

We look ahead to the final big push of releases for 2024, with fall albums from Mount Eerie, SOPHIE, Soccer Mommy, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and more.

In this week's crop of new albums, we find an abundance of boundary-pushing entries that give us something that feels brand new.

The latest update to our running list of the year's best songs includes tips for staying engaged, being happy and letting go.

We talk about the most anticipated albums out Aug. 23, along with the mercurial nature of the album format in 2024.

We survey the new albums out Aug. 9, from Ravyn Lenae's focused R&B to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's scuzzed-up glam-rock.

We dig deep into the latest release by bassist Meshell Ndegeocello, Khalid, Orville Peck, Moses Sumney, Maren Morris, Smashing Pumpkins, Killer Mike and more.

These aren't the big bangers and Top 40 hits designed to capitalize on summer vibes. Instead, we play the songs that feel like summer or say summer to us.

We update our running tally of the year's best songs with Moses Sumney, 2022 Tiny Desk Contest winner Alisa Amador, Orville Peck's collab with Beck and more.

We cover Childish Gambino's finale(?), as well as releases from Los Campesinos and Dr. Dog. Plus, what happened to the blockbuster soundtrack?