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The latest update to our running list of the year's best songs includes new ones from Wilco and Omar Apollo, an ode to friendship from Charli XCX and Lorde and more.

Featured songs and artists:

1. Wilco: "Hot Sun," from 'Hot Sun Cool Shroud'
2. Charli XCX and Lorde: "The girl, so confusing version with lorde" (single)
3. Sondre Lerche: "You Are Impossible," from 'Two Way Monologue (20th Anniversary Edition)'
4. Omar Apollo: "Plane Trees" (feat. Mustafa), from 'God Said No'
5. Remy Bond: "Summer Song" (feat. Air) (single)
6. Cassandra Jenkins: "Petco," from 'My Light, My Destroyer'

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With the Fourth of July week here, we look at an album all about the messy, complicated and wonderful culture of America: Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A., which recently turned 40 years old.

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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Anamaria Sayre give you the lowdown on Omar Apollo's new LP, Lil Yachty's collaboration with James Blake, and the fourth album by Hiatus Kaiyote.

Featured albums:
- Omar Apollo, 'God Said No'
- Lil Yachty & James Blake, 'Bad Cameo'
- Hiatus Kaiyote, 'Love Heart Cheat Code'

Visit npr.org/music to see the entire list of albums out June 28 and stream our New Music Friday playlist.

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Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras visit the Miami studio of the Latin pop super-producer.

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Our updated list of the year's best songs includes a sweet reflection from beabadoobee, Nathy Peluso's wildly infectious "Aprender A Amar," the mind-blowing virtuosity of pianist Yuja Wang and more.

Featured songs and artists:
1. Nathy Peluso: "APRENDER A AMAR," from 'GRASA'
2. Jakob Lindberg: "Musette" and "Tombeau" from 'Robert de Visée: Theorbo Solos'
3. Brijean: "Workin' On It," from 'Macro'
4. Yuja Wang: "Danzón No. 2 (Marquez)," from 'The Vienna Recital'
5. beabadoobee: "Coming Home," from 'This Is How Tomorrow Moves'
6. Grupo Frontera & NICKI NICOLE: "DESQUITE," from JUGANDO A QUE NO PASA NADA'

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The first half of 2024 has been stuffed with blockbuster albums, and as we reach the midpoint of the year, we've got one more to add to the list. On this week's episode of New Music Friday from All Songs Considered, Hazel Cills and Anamaria Sayre discuss the new album from the breakout star of the Mexican Regional movement. Peso Pluma's new Éxodo sees the singer branching out with new sounds and new collaborators.

Also out this week: the always captivating Kehlani gets adventurous on Crash and the Icelandic singer Emiliana Torrini fashions an album of songs out of letters written to a friend's mother.

Featured Albums:
• Peso Pluma, 'Éxodo'
• Kehlani, 'Crash'
• Emiliana Torrini, 'Miss Flower'

Other notable albums out June 21:
• Wild Up, 'Julius Eastman Vol. 4: The Holy Presence'
• Gracie Abrams, 'The Secret of Us'
• Lake Street Dive, 'Good Together'
• Linda Thompson, 'Proxy Music'
• Various Artists, 'Miles Away: One'
• Been Stellar, 'Scream from New York, NY'
• Daryl Hall, 'D'
• Jim Lauderdale, 'My Favorite Place'
• Kate Nash, '9 Sad Symphonies'
• Sumac, 'The Healer'
• Various Artists, 'Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty'

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With the first half of the year almost behind us, we hit pause to reflect on some of the best tracks we've gotten so far, from Chappell Roan, Brittany Howard, Pedro The Lion and more.

Featured songs:
• Chappell Roan: "Good Luck, Babe!" (single)
• Pedro the Lion: "Modesto," from 'Santa Cruz'
• Tyla: "Safer," from 'TYLA'
• Blondshell: "Docket (feat. Bully)" (single)
• Helado Negro: "Colores Del Mar," from 'Phasor'
• Jessica Pratt: "World on a String," from 'Here In The Pitch'
• Mk.gee: "I Want," from 'Two Star & The Dream Police'
• Madi Diaz: "God Person," from 'Weird Faith'
• Brittany Howard: "Power to Undo," from 'What Now'

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This week, NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers steer the New Music Friday podcast straight into the oncoming Father's Day weekend, following the lead of country superstar Luke Combs, whose new album Fathers & Sons is a heartfelt meditation on what it means to fill both of those roles. It's Combs' first album since his cover of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" landed him on the pop charts last year.

Also this week: Raveena, whose won over many fans at NPR Music with her 2022 album Asha's Awakening, excavates the sounds of millennial pop and R&B on Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain and a long-celebrated 1974 bootleg of Paul McCartney and Wings playing live in the studio gets an official release.

Featured Albums:
• Luke Combs, 'Fathers & Sons'
• Raveena, 'Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain'
• Paul McCartney & Wings, 'One Hand Clapping'

Other notable albums out June 14:
• The Decemberists, 'As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again'
• Normani, 'Dopamine'
• PJ Morton, 'Cape Town to Cairo'
• This is Lorelei, 'Box for Buddy, Box for Star'
• Jess Cornelius, 'Care/Taking'
• Sadler Vaden, 'Dad Rock'
• Don Tolliver, 'Hardstone Psycho'
• Hermanos Gutiérrez, 'Sonido Cósmico'
• Sam Morton, 'Daffodils & Dirt'
• John Cale, 'POPtical Illusion'
• Isobel Campbell, 'Bow to Love'
• John Grant, 'The Art of the Lie'
• Lalah Hathaway, 'VANTABLACK'
• Moby, 'always centered at night'
• Zsela, 'Big For You'

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To mark the halfway point of 2024, Felix Contreras, Anamaria Sayre and NPR Culture Desk producer Isabella Gomez Sarmiento run down their favorite releases of the year so far, from a career-defining release from Nathy Peluso, a leveling up from Argentina rapper Trueno, introspective jazz from Melissa Aldana and so much more.
Songs featured in this episode:

•Trueno, "Tranky Funky"
•Kali Uchis, "Dame Beso //Muévete"
•Lau Noah ft. Gaby Moreno, "Aunque Suene Bonito"
•Carlos Ares, "Amigo"
•Angelica Garcia, "Gemini"
•Melissa Aldana, "I Know You Know"
•Nathy Peluso, "Legendario"
•Reyna Tropical, "Cartagena"
•Daymé Arocena (feat. Vicente García), "A Fuego Lento"
•Akapellah (feat. Al2 El Aldeano, Faker), "Ni Con Money"
•The Marias, "Run Your Mouth"
•Grupo Frontera, "Me Hizo Un Favor"
•Alvaro Diaz, Feid, "Gatitas Sandungueras Vol. 1"

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Actor, comedian and music superfan Jason Mantzoukas joins us to update our running list of the year's best songs, with lots of crate-digging curiosities. With host Robin Hilton and NPR Music's Lars Gotrich.

Featured artists and songs:
1. Dancer: "Bluetooth Hell," from '10 Songs I Hate About You'
2. The Superwomen: "Lowlands," from 'Someone Like Me'
3. Oluko Imo: "Glory of Om," from 'Glory of Om'
4. Mekit Dolan Muqam Group: "Jula Muqam" from 'Bayawan'
5. The Short Dark Strangers & The Shady M************: "We're Not Animals," from The Short Dark Strangers & The Shady M************
6. Morgul Blade: "Heavy Metal Wraiths," from 'Heavy Metal Wraiths'

Also Noted:
- Mary Lattimore * Walt McClements: "Nest of Earrings," from 'Rain on the Road'
- Somesurprises: "Be Reasonable," from 'Perseids'
- Mohammad Syfkhan: "Do You Have a Lover or Not?" from 'I Am Kurdish'

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