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On this edition of All Songs Considered, we asked NPR member stations to pick their favorite new artists of 2023.

1. Blondshell: "Olympus," from 'Blondshell'
2. Hannah Jadagu: "What You Did," from 'Aperture'
3. Nat Myers: "Yellow Peril," from 'Yellow Peril'
4. Abraham Alexander: "Tears Run Dry," from 'SEA/SONS'
5. Madison McFerrin: "Stay Away (From Me)," from 'I Hope You Can Forgive Me'
6. Peter One: "Cherie Vico," from 'Come Back To Me'

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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include a self-titled dopamine hit from Coi Leray, the return of Big Freedia, Kelly Clarkson, a debut from Tommy Prine and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Coi Leray — COI
Featured Songs: "Black Rose," "Bops," "Bitch Girl," "My Body"
2. Big Freedia — Central City
Featured Songs: "$100 Bill (feat. Ciara)," "Central City Freestyle," "Bigfoot," "Big Time"
3. Tommy Prine — This Far South
Featured Songs: "Crashing Again," "By the Way," "Some Things"
4. Kelly Clarkson — Chemistry
Featured Songs: "favorite kind of high," "my mistake," "skip this part"
5. Arthur Russell — Picture of Bunny Rabbit
Featured Songs: "The Boy With a Smile," "Picture of Bunny Rabbit"

Lightning Round:
Bishop Briggs — When Everything Went Dark
Lloyd Cole — On Pain
Portugal. The Man — Chris Black Changed My Life
Sleep Sinatra — Incorruptible Saints (feat. Televangel)

Other notable releases for June 23:
Amanda Shires, Bobbie Nelson — Loving You
Eliza Gilkyson — Home
Jason Mraz — Mystical Magical Rhythmical Ride
Kim Petras — Feed The Beast
Lunice — OPEN
M. Ward — Supernatural Thing
Peso Pluma — Genesis
Wallice — Mr. Big Shot
The Watson Twins — Holler
Wye Oak — Every Day Like the Last
Young Thug — BUSINESS IS BUSINESS


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Alt.Latino's Felix Contreras sits down with percussion icon Sheila Escovedo, aka Sheila E., to talk about the influence of the Bay Area on her music, holding her own in the face of music industry sexism and why drumming is a language of its own.

Audio for this episode of 'Alt.Latino' was edited and mixed by Suraya Mohamed. Our show editor is Hazel Cills and our project manager is Grace Chung. Our production assistant is Sofia Seidel. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.

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Have you heard dodie's new band? Looking for some ethereal sonic adventures? On this week's All Songs Considered, NPR Music's Hazel Cills along with Marissa Lorusso (hopefully) turn you on to something new, beginning with FIZZ, the new crazy fun band from dodie.

Featured Artists And Songs:
1. FIZZ: "High In Brighton," from The Secret To Life
2. L'Rain: "New Year's UnResolution," (Single)
3. Glasser: "Vine," from crux
4. Allegra Krieger: "Lingering," from I Keep My Feet on the Fragile Plane
5. Silvana Estrada: "Milagro y Desastre," from (Single)
6. Luluc: "Diamonds," from Diamonds


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The best releases out this week include Killer Mike's first solo album in more than a decade, the majestic return of Iceland's Sigur Rós, the legendary Bettye LaVette, Asake and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Bettye LaVette — LaVette!
Featured Songs: "Mess About It (feat. Ray Parker & Jon Batiste)," "Hard to Be a Human," "Plan B"
2. Killer Mike — Michael
Featured Songs: "Two Days (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)," "Motherless," "Down By Law (feat. Cee-Lo Green)," "Scientists & Engineers (feat. Andre 3000, Future & Eryn Allen Kane)," "Something for the Junkies (feat. Fabo & Minister Louis Farrakhan)"
3. Sigur Rós — ÁTTA
Featured Songs: "Klettur," "Skel," "Mór"
4. Asake — Work Of Art
Featured Songs: "2:30," "Lonely at the Top," "What's Up My G"
5. Meshell Ndegeocello — The Omnichord Real Book
Featured Songs: "Georgia Ave. (feat. Josh Johnson)," "Good Good (feat. Jade Hicks & Josh Johnson)," "Call the Tune"

Lightning Round:
Ambré — who's loving you?
Hand Habits — Sugar the Bruise
Memorrhage — Memorrhage
Wild Up — Julius Eastman Vol. 3: If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?

Other notable releases for June 16:
Balmorhea — Pendant World
Ben Howard — Is It?
Boris & Uniform — Bright New Disease
Deer Tick — Emotional Contracts
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard — PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
Kool Keith — Black Elvis 2
Queens of the Stone Age — In Times New Roman
Son Volt — Day of the Doug
Yusuf / Cat Stevens — King of a Land

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On this special edition of All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen speaks with Jónsi, from the Icelandic band Sigur Rós, about ÁTTA, that group's first studio album in more than 10 years. Coming out 26 years after they released their first album, ÁTTA is music the group made over years, first in informal reunions in Jónsi's basement before and during the COVID pandemic, and eventually in collaboration with the London Contemporary Orchestra. The unmistakable singer talks about how it felt to have the band playing together again after a decade and reveals some of the meaning behind the first single from the album.

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Bob Boilen shares new songs (in one case, a new recording) from a few of his favorite artists, plus discoveries from Montana and Alaska.

Featured Artists And Songs:
1. Bob Dylan: "When I Paint My Masterpiece," from Shadow Kingdom
2. Annie Bartholomew: "All for the Klondike's Gold," from Sisters of White Chapel
3. Darlingside: "Eliza I See," from Everything Is Alive
4. Sparks: "Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is," from The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
5. Alaska Reid: "Back To This," from Disenchanter
6. Buck Meek: "Haunted Mountain," from Haunted Mountain


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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new ones from Amaarae, Janelle Monáe, King Krule, Keaton Henson and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Amaarae — Fountain Baby
Featured Songs: "Counterfeit," "Angels in Tibet," "Sex, Violence, Suicide Pt. 2," "Come Home to God"
2. King Krule — Space Heavy
Featured Songs: "Hamburgerphobia," "That Is My Life, That Is Yours," "Pink Shell"
3. Jenny Lewis — Joy'All
Featured Songs: "Joy'All," "Chain of Tears," "Puppy and a Truck"
4. Janelle Monáe — The Age of Pleasure
Featured Songs: "Champagne Shit," "Black Sugar Beach," "Phenomenal (feat. Doechii)," "Lipstick Lover"
5. Keaton Henson — House Party
Featured Songs: "I'm Not There," "Holiday," "Envy," "Hooray"

Lightning Round:
Emile Mosseri — Heaven Hunters
Feeble Little Horse — Girl With Fish
Squid — O Monolith
Youth Lagoon — Heaven is a Junkyard

Other notable releases for June 9:
Andy Stack & Jay Hammond — Inter Personal
Christine and the Queens — Paranoia, Angels, True Love
The Dead Milkmen — Quaker City Quiet Pills
Dream Wife — Social Lubrication
Gabriel Ólafs — Lullabies For Piano And Cello
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit — Weathervanes
Jayda G — Guy
Jess Williamson — Time Ain't Accidental
Jonny Greenwood and Dudu Tassa — Jarak Qaribak
This Is The Kit — Careful Of Your Keepers




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This week, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras round up their favorite music from the last few months, including new work from the prolific Eduardo Cabra, surprisingly straight-ahead regional from Santa Fe Klan and a premiere of a new song from Elsa y Elmar.

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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen and NPR Music's Lars Gotrich share their favorite new tracks including new music from the Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara, the Swedish ambient rock artist SOLE and more.

Featured Artists And Songs:
1. Dorotheo: "Las Nubes," from Nada Escrito
2. Fatoumata Diawara: "Dambe," from London Ko
3. High Rise: "Outside Gentiles," from Dispersion
4. Anjimile: "The King," from The King
5. Laure Boer: "Lapin," from Les cit​é​s englouties
6. SOLE: "nous (feat. Chamoon)," from våra liv

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