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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including a collaboration between Fred again.. and Brian Eno, the return of Youth Lagoon, the dub ensemble African Head Charge and more.

Featured Songs And Artists:
1. Youth Lagoon: "The Sling," from Heaven Is a Junkyard
2. This Is The Kit: "More Change," from Careful of Your Keepers
3. dodie: "Special Girl," from dodie (Live at NPR's Tiny Desk) - EP
4. African Head Charge: "Microdosing," from A Trip to Bolgatanga
5. Brian Eno & Fred again..: "Come On Home," from Secret Life
6. Grandbrothers: "Adrift," from Late Reflections


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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include debuts from singer Madison McFerrin, the U.K. electronic duo Overmono, deep grooves from Rahill, Céline Dion, Belinda Carlisle and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Overmono — Good Lies
Featured Songs: "Good Lies," "Is U," "Skulled"
2. Madison McFerrin — I Hope You Can Forgive Me
Featured Songs: "Fleeting Melodies," "Utah," "God Herself," "Run"
3. Belinda Carlisle — Kismet
Featured Songs: "Sanity," "If U Go"
4. Rahill — Flowers At Your Feet
Featured Songs: "Fables (feat. Beck)," "I Smile for E," "Tell Me," "Gone Astray," "Ode to Dad"
5. Céline Dion — Love Again (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Featured Songs: "Love Again (from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)," "Love of My Life," "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"

Lightning Round:
Aespa — MY WORLD - The 3rd Mini Album - EP
BOKANI DYER — RADIO SECHABA
RP Boo — Legacy Volume 2
Midwife & Vyva Melinkolya — Orbweaving

Other notable releases for May 12:
Alison Goldfrapp — The Love Invention
BC Camplight — The Last Rotation of Earth
Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer — As We Speak (feat. Rakesh Chaurasia)
Bruce Cockburn — O Sun O Moon
Daisies — Great Big Open Sky
Eluvium — (Whirring Marvels In) Consensus Reality
The Jonas Brothers — The Album
Moby — Resound NYC
Sexmob — The Hard Way
Various — KPOP (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
War — The Remixes

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On this episode of Louder Than A Riot, we talk with Saucy Santana, a viral TikTok rapper who isn't shy about rocking a beat face, trimmed beard, acrylic nails and booty shorts, all of which have become his calling card. But in an industry that values marketability and reinforces masculinity to a toxic level, how can femme-presenting gay men sidestep from being considered viral jokes to become undeniable stars?

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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including a new one from PJ Harvey ahead of her first studio album in seven years, a Neil Young cover by Rufus Wainwright and more.

Featured Artists And Songs:
1. Rhiannon Giddens: "You're the One," from You're the One
2. Rufus Wainwright: "Harvest," from Folkocracy
3. Hand Habits: "Private Life," from Sugar the Bruise
4. PJ Harvey: "A Child's Question, August," from I Inside the Old Year Dying
5. Wila Frank: "Tonight," from Black Cloud
6. Strange Ranger: "She's On Fire," from Pure Music


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The best albums out this week include the nostalgia-fueled, future-looking Soul,PRESENT from Q, a staggering collaboration between billy woods and Kenny Segal, yMusic's self-titled album and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Q — Soul,PRESENT
Featured Songs: "WELCOME TO THE SOUL, PRESENT," "TODAY," "STEREO DRIVER," "LOVE"
2. Emily King — Special Occasion
Featured Songs: "Medal," "Who Wants My Love," "This Year"
3. Artemis — In Real Time
Featured Songs: "Empress Afternoon," "Penelope," "Timber," "Whirlwind"
4. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal — Maps
Featured Songs: "Soft Landing," "Facetime (feat. Samuel Herring)," "Waiting Around (feat. Aesop Rock)," "Soundcheck (feat. Quelle Chris)"
5. yMusic — YMUSIC
Featured Songs: "Three Elephants," "The Wolf"

Lightning Round:
Atmosphere — So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously
Durand Jones — Wait Til I Get Over
Magos Herreras — Aire
Roomful of Teeth — Rough Magic

Other notable releases for May 5:
The Album Leaf — Future Falling
Armani White — The Road to Casablanco.
Bailen — Tired Hearts
Cian Nugent — She Brings Me Back to the Land of the Living
Conway the Machine — Won't He Do It
David Wax Museum — You Must Change Your Life
Drain — Living Proof
Ed Sheeran — - [Subtract]
Gaby Moreno — X Mí (Vol. 1)
Immaterial Possession — Mercy of the Crane Folk
Onyx — Blood On Da X
Rodney Crowell — The Chicago Sessions
Rudy Royston — DAY
Sam Sweeney & Louis Campbell — Shapes
SBTRKT — The Rat Road
Smashing Pumpkins — Atum
SQÜRL — Silver Haze


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How has hip-hop affected perceptions of Black masculinity? We unpack that question through the story of iLoveMakonnen, a rapper who has navigated different realms of masculinity his entire life, and faced backlash from the industry for being unapologetically himself.

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NPR Music's Lars Gotrich joins All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen to share his favorite new sonic adventures in the loud and weird, including Bodywash, the Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective and more.

Featured Artists And Songs:
1. Julie Christmas: "Not Enough" (single)
2. Bodywash: "Perfect Blue," from I Held The Shape While I Could
3. Rắn Cạp Đuôi: "What Cherubs," from *1
4. Hayden Pedigo: "Elsewhere," from The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored
5. Balmorhea: "Step Step Step," from Pendant World
6. The Aaltos: "Känner du en vän," from GRAMMOFON - MISSIONEN


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The singer and rapper Labrinth, beloved for his score to the HBO show Euphoria, drops his latest album this week, along with new ones from Jessie Ware, Smokey Robinson, Joy Oladokun and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Labrinth — Ends & Begins
Featured Songs: "Kill For Your Love," "Everything," "Power Couple"
2. Jessie Ware — That! Feels Good!
Featured Songs: "Freak Me Now," "Beautiful People"
3. Joy Oladokun — Proof of Life
Featured Songs: "Spotlight (available only on CD and vinyl)," "Changes," "Taking Things For Granted," "We're All Gonna Die"
4. Baby Rose — Through And Through
Featured Songs: "Fight Club (feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow)," "Stop the Bleeding," "I Won't Tell (feat. Smino)"
5. Smokey Robinson — Gasms
Featured Songs: "How You Make Me Feel," "Beside You," "Gasms"

Lightning Round:
Dreamer Isioma — Princess Forever
Indigo De Souza — All of This Will End
The National — First Two Pages of Frankenstein
Tony Shhnow — Love Streak

Other notable releases for April 28:
Arturo O'Farrill — Legacies
Avalon Emerson — & the Charm
Bebe Rexha — Bebe
Diplo — Thomas Wesley: Chapter 2, Swamp Savant
Great Lake Swimmers — Uncertain Country
JFDR — Museum
Jim Legxacy — homeless n**** pop music
Josh Ritter — Spectral Lines
Joseph — The Sun
Neil Gaiman & Fourplay String Quartet — Signs of Life
New Breed Brass Band — Made in New Orleans
Peach PRC — Manic Dream Pixie
Rickie Lee Jones — Pieces Of Treasure
Skinny Pelembe — Hardly the Same Snake
Taj Mahal — Savoy
Y La Bamba — Lucha
YUNGMORPHEUS — From Whence It Came


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In this episode of Louder Than A Riot, we ask what it means to speak up in a culture where it's always been safer to keep quiet. In 2006, Kim Osorio, then editor-in-chief of The Source, sued the magazine and its owners for workplace sexual harassment. Nearly two decades later, hip-hop still has not had a true reckoning around sexual misconduct. The Louder team talks with former Source writers who take us behind the scenes at the hip-hop bible and the circumstances that led to the suit. Activist Tarana Burke, creator of "Me Too," also reflects on how this case could have put hip-hop ahead of the curve on reckoning with misogynoir.

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This week, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras round up their favorite music from the last few months, kicking things off with a surprising collab from Bad Bunny and regional Mexican group Grupo Frontera. Plus, new music from Becky G, Gaby Moreno, Esteman and more.

This episode of 'Alt.Latino' was produced by Robin Hilton. Our editor is Hazel Cills and our project manager is Grace Chung. Our production assistants are Jerusalem Truth and Sofia Seidel and our intern is Pilar Galván. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.

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