The National's Matt Berninger. Low's Alan Sparhawk. yeule. KXT's Jackson Wisdorf joins NPR Music's Stephen Thompson to talk about their favorite records out May 30.

Featured albums:

• Matt Berninger, 'Get Sunk' (Stream)
• yeule, 'Evangelic Girl is a Gun' (Stream)
• Ben Kweller, 'Cover the Mirrors' (Stream)
• Alan Sparhawk, 'With Trampled by Turtles' (Stream)
• Amy Millan, 'I Went To Find You' (Stream)

Check out our long list of albums out May 30 and sample more than 50 records out today via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org.

Credits

Host: Stephen Thompson
Guest: Jackson Wisdorf, KXT
Producer: Simon Rentner
Editor: Otis Hart
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins

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Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras was a Tiny Desk Contest judge this year, and on this episode, he brings six of his favorite entries to the show.

Artists and songs featured:

• Esotérica Tropica, "Despierta"

• Mario Diaz, Bachi and Los Salvajes, "Ropa de Colores"

• alegrías, "Daygo"

• Charly Siaba, "Lejos de Aquí"

• Los Pleneros de la Cresta, "Rayo del Sol"

• Taisha Estrada, "El Abstracto"

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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In a conversation with All Songs Considered's Robin Hilton, Stevens shares a complex and conflicted view of the album he wrote about his mother in the wake of her death from cancer.

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Stereolab. Ganavya. Marc Ribot. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Robert Moore, host of 'Sonic Spectrum' on 90.9 The Bridge in Kansas City, to the show to discuss their favorite albums out May 23.

Featured albums:

• Stereolab, 'Instant Holograms On Metal Film' (Stream)

• Ganavya, 'Nilam' (Stream)

• Robert Forster, 'Strawberries' (Stream)

• Marc Ribot, 'Map of a Blue City' (Stream)

• Thalia Zedek Band, 'The Boat Outside Your Window' (Stream)

Read the long list of albums out May 23 and sample more than 50 full-lengths out today via our New Music Friday playlists on npr.org.

Credits

Host: Stephen Thompson

Guest: Robert Moore, 90.9 The Bridge

Producer: Simon Rentner

Editors: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion

Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed

Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins


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Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre share six new songs from across the spectrum of Latin music.

Featured artists and songs:

• Paloma Morphy, "1 tipo nuevo"

• Camila Meza, "Persistir"

• Rusowsky, "Malibu"

• Ines Velasco, "Todo Es Para Decir"

• Pachmyan, "Hard to Part"

• Las Chorizeras, "Blue Eyed Man"


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We've got another update to our running list of the year's best songs with the return of Fiona Apple, Laufey, deep reflections from Lord Huron and more.

Featured artists and songs:
1. Fiona Apple: "Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)" (single)
2. Jerskin Fendrix: "SK1" (single)
3. Lord Huron: "Looking Back," from 'The Cosmic Selector, Vol. 1'
4. Eph See: "Malachi The Uber Driver" (Tiny Desk Contest entry)
5. Kacy Hill: "Please Don't Cry" (single)
6. Laufey: "Tough Luck," from 'A Matter Of Time'

'All Songs Considered' 25th anniversary segment: Our No. 1 songs from 2013

Weekly reset: Neighborhood birds on a spring morning

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Tune-Yards. Aminé. Lido Pimienta. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and KCRW's Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras give you a quick roundup of the most exciting albums out May 16.

Featured albums:

• Aminé, '13 Months of Sunshine' (Stream)

• Guitarricadelafuente, 'Spanish Leather' (Stream)

• Tune-Yards, 'Better Dreaming' (Stream)

• Rico Nasty, 'LETHAL' (Stream)

• Lido Pimienta, 'La Belleza' (Stream)

See our long list of albums out May 16 and sample more than 80 albums via our New Music Friday playlists on npr.org.

Credits
Host: Stephen Thompson
Guest: Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras, KCRW
Producer: Simon Rentner
Editors: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins

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Co-host Anamaria Sayre finally gets to share the new Guitarricadelafuente album with the world, and catch the NPR audience on the viral sensation Macario Martínez. Felix Contreras spotlights Lido Pimienta's symphonic pivot.

Featured artists and songs:

• Guitarricadelafuente, "BABIECA!"

• Haydée Milanés, "Un amor que se demora"

• Macario Martínez, "Sueña Lindo, Corazón"

• Macario Martínez, "Otra Vez"

• Macario Martínez, "¿qué somos hoy?"

• Macario Martínez, "Hey destino"

• Lido Pimienta, "Quiero Que Me Beses"

• Marco Mares & Sabino, "digo que no, pero si"

• Adri Paíz, "Quererte o No"

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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We update our running list of the year's best songs with a plainspoken but moving story from Chris Staples, a wildly unpredictable piece from soprano Barbara Hannigan, Natalia Lafourcade and more.

Featured artists and songs:
1. Third Coast Percussion: "Please Be Still," from 'Standard Stoppages'
2. Chris Staples: "Two Carat Diamond," from 'Don't Worry'
3. Barbara Hannigan, David Chalmin: "Che t'ho fatt'io?," from 'Electric Fields'
4. Natalia Lafourcade: "Cocos en la playa," from 'Cancionera'
5. Brooklyn Rider: "Tenebrae," from 'The Four Elements'

'All Songs Considered' 25th anniversary segment: Our No. 1 songs from 2012

Weekly reset: Airing out and beating futons on a Saturday morning in Toyohashi, Japan

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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes WXPN's John Morrison to discuss billy woods, Thom Yorke, PinkPantheress and more.

Featured albums:

• billy woods, GOLLIWOG (Stream)

• Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke, Tall Tales (Stream)

• PinkPantheress, Fancy That (Stream)

• MIKE & Tony Seltzer, Pinball II (Stream)

• mclusky, the world is still here and so are we (Stream)

See our long list of records out May 9 and sample more than 40 new albums via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org/music.

Credits

Host: Stephen Thompson

Guest: John Morrison, WXPN

Producer: Simon Rentner

Editors: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion

Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed

Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins

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