We asked listeners to tell us about the one song they couldn't stop listening to because of how it made them feel. On this episode we share some of their picks and the stories behind them.

Note: This episode originally aired in Dec. 2024

Weekly reset: Mochi street vendor, Japan

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Julien Baker & Torres. Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson. TV On The Radio's Tunde Adebimpe. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Brian Burns of North Carolina public radio station WUNC to the show to discuss the best albums out today.

Featured Albums:

• Torres & Julien Baker, 'Send a Prayer My Way' (Stream)

• Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson, 'What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow' (Stream)

• Tunde Adebimpe, 'Thee Black Boltz' (Stream)

• BEIRUT, 'A Study of Losses' (Stream)

• Sarah Siskind, 'Simplify' (Stream)

Check out our long list of records out April 18 and sample more than 50 new albums in our New Music Friday playlist at npr.org/music.

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Anamaria continues to impress Felix with new female voices, while he shares more jazz and Puerto Rican bomba fusion.

Featured artists and songs:

• Queralt Lahoz, "LA FE"

• Bardo, "Renacer" (feat. Combo Chimbita)

• Vanessa Zamora, "GRAVEDAD" (feat. Çantamarta)

• BEATrio, "Archipelago"

• Mon Laferte, "Otra Noche de Llorar"

• El Laberinto del Coco, "Todo Se Nubla"

Credits

Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.

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Stereolab is back with its first new music in 15 years. We give it a spin on this week's show, along with the scorched rock of feeble little horse, a relentlessly catchy earworm from Yaeji and more.

Featured artists and songs:
1. Stereolab: "Aerial Troubles," from 'Instant Holograms On Metal Film'
2. Yaeji & E Wata: "Pondeggi" (single)
3. Snuggle: "Dust" (single)
4. feeble little horse: "This Is Real" (single)
5. Lyra Pramuk: "Rewild," from 'Hymnal'

Weekly reset: Street musicians on the Piazza del Duomo, Florence, Italy

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Bon Iver returns. Valerie June branches out. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Erin Wolf of Radio Milwaukee's 88Nine to the show for a quick run-through of the best new albums out April 11.

Featured albums:

• Bon Iver, 'SABLE, fABLE' (Stream)

• Valerie June, 'Owls, Omens, and Oracles' (Stream)

• Gerald Clayton, 'Ones & Twos' (Stream)

• Real Lies, 'We Will Annihilate Our Enemies' (Stream)

• Kills Birds, 'Crave' EP (Stream)

Check out our long list of albums out April 11 and stream our New Music Friday sampler playlist of more than 60 songs at npr.org/music.

Credits
• Host: Stephen Thompson
• Guest: Erin Wolf, Radio Milwaukee's 88Nine
• Producer: Simon Rentner
• Editor: Otis Hart
• Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
• Vice President, Music & Visuals: Keith Jenkins


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Bad Bunny's Tiny Desk concert was the most watched premiere in the series' history. In this episode, Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre speaks with the superstar at the Desk and takes you behind the scenes of the performance. NPR reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, who also was in the audience, sits in for Felix Contreras this week.

Featured artists and songs:

• Bad Bunny, "PIToRRO DE COCO" (Tiny Desk Version)

• Bad Bunny, "VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR" (Tiny Desk Version)

• Bad Bunny, "KLOuFRENS" (Tiny Desk Version)

• Bad Bunny, "LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii" (Tiny Desk Version)

• Bad Bunny, "LA MuDANZA" (Tiny Desk Version)

Credits:

Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.

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Our third installment of calming songs includes Max Richter's tribute to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ambient sounds from Ryuichi Sakamoto, Brazilian jazz from Wayne Shorter and more.

Featured artists and songs:
01. The Choir: "You Don't Have To Smile," from 'Translucent'
02. Orbitalpatterns: "Cant Tell If Im Awake," from 'Extended Impostor Syndrome'
03. alva noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto: "Logic Moon," from 'Insen'
04. Lea Bertucci: "Vapours," from 'Of Shadow And Substance'
05. Hayden Pedigo: "Long Pond Lily," from 'I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away'
06. Max Richter: "All Human Beings," from 'Voices'
07. Wayne Shorter & Milton Nascimento: "Tarde," from 'Native Dancer'
08. Mabe Fratti: "El Sol Sigue Ahí," from 'Pies sobre la tierra'
09. Ida: "Don't Get Sad," from 'Will You Find Me?'
10. David Zinman, Dawn Upshaw & London Sinfonietta: "Lento," from Henryk Górecki's 'Symphony No. 3'

Weekly Reset: Walking through Okazaki neighborhood at night

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The Hold Steady's Craig Finn. Momma. Newcomers Lily Seabird and duendita. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson teamed up with Zach McCormick of Minnesota Public Radio's The Current to highlight their favorite albums out April 4.

Featured albums:

• Craig Finn, 'Always Been' (Stream)

• Momma, 'Welcome to My Blue Sky' (Stream)

• Lily Seabird, 'Trash Mountain' (Stream)

• duendita, 'a strong desire to survive' (Stream)

• Dumb Things, 'Self Help' (Stream)

Check out our long list of albums out April 4 and listen to our New Music Friday playlist at npr.org/music.

Credits:
Host: Stephen Thompson
Guest: Zach McCormick, MPR's The Current
Producer: Simon Rentner
Editor: Otis Hart
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins


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Alt.Latino hosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre play the new music that caught their ears this week, plus Felix delivers a deep dive into the roots of psicodélico.

Featured artists and songs:

• Eslabón Armado, "Esa noche"

• Adrian Quesada, "Ojos Secos" (feat. Cuco)

• Jessie Reyez, "**I NEVER SAID I WAS SANE**"

• BALTHVS, "Year of the Snake"

• Grateful Dead, "Dark Star"

• Os Mutantes, "A minha menina"

• Duane Eddy, "Rebel Rouser"

• Valeria Castro, "debe ser"

• Valeria Castro "sentimentalmente"

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Wet Leg is back with another burst of wildly infectious, frenetic rock. We've got that, the original version of an Oscar-worthy Sufjan Stevens song, and some music that NPR's Tom Huizenga says is "better than Xanax."

Featured artists and songs:

1. Wet Leg: "Catch These Fists," from 'moisturizer'

2. Ashley Jackson: "Unrest," from 'Take Me To The Water'

3. Sufjan Stevens: "Mystery of Love (Demo)," from 'Carrie & Lowell (10th Anniversary Edition)'

4. Alexander Knaifel: "Stanza I-VII," from 'Chapter Eight'

5. George Xiaoyuan Fu: "Passacaglia on a Theme by Radiohead," from 'Colouring Book'

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