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WILLOW's first single, "Whip My Hair," came out just shy of the singer's 10th birthday. Now 21, she's returned with her fifth full-length album, titled . The record has big arena-rock vibes to go with its spiky pop-punk songcraft, and it effectively captures WILLOW's gift for conveying deeply felt emotions and the thrum of anxiety. We've also got new albums from genre-smashing singer, rapper and multi-instrumentalist NNAMDÏ, arty rapper Open Mike Eagle, dance-music producer TSHA and the venerated space-jazz ensemble Sun Ra Arkestra.

Featured Albums:

1. WILLOW —
Featured Songs: "WHY?," "ur a "
2. NNAMDÏ — Please Have a Seat
Featured Songs: "Armoire," "ANXIOUS EATER," "Careful"
3. Open Mike Eagle — Component System With the Auto Reverse
Featured Songs: "79th and Stony Island," "I Retired Then I Changed My Mind," "Peak Lockdown Raps"
4. TSHA — Capricorn Sun
Featured Songs: "OnlyL (feat. Nimmo)," "Giving Up (feat. Mafro)," "Running," "Sister," "Anxious Mind (feat. Clementine Douglas)"
5. Sun Ra Arkestra — Living Sky
Featured Songs: "Somebody Else's Idea," "Marshall's Groove," "Night of the Living Sky," "Firefly"

Lightning Round:

Quavo & Takeoff — Only Built for Infinity Links
Fatnice — Vanglorious
Say She She — Prism
Collapsing Stars — Chapter

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From our friends at Alt.Latino, Felix Contreras sits down with Carla Morrison to talk about her new sound, the importance of mental health and the art of the Parisian non.

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Tyler Childers went to church, Makaya McCraven sampled himself, Sudan Archives got silly and sexy, Alex G distilled his production quirks and Björk stuck her toes in the earth.

Featured Tracks and Artists:
1. Tyler Childers: "Old Country Church (Jubilee Version)" from Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?
2. Makaya McCraven: "Seventh String" from In These Times
3. Sudan Archives: "Selfish Soul" from Natural Brown Prom Queen
4. Alex G: "Miracles" from God Save the Animals
5. Björk: "Fungal City" from Fossora

Our panel's additional recommendations for August:
• Lou Turner, Microcosmos
• SiR, "Nothing Even Matters"
• Sonja, Loud Arriver

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• Makaya McCraven, In These Times
• Sudan Archives, Natural Brown Prom Queen
• Alex G, God Save the Animals

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It's been five years since Björk last released an album, but now the Icelandic icon is back with a deeply inventive set called Fossora. Every sound on the record feels as if it's springing into the mix from a different direction, as her vibrant voice shares space with everything from bass clarinets to the voices of Björk's own offspring. Fossora was inspired, at least in part, by the death of the singer's mother, but joy also abounds.

We've also got the star-packed major-label debut of veteran rapper Freddie Gibbs, a reinvention for the long-running jazz group The Bad Plus, the return of U.K. pop star Craig David and a wild electro-pop record from Shygirl.

Featured Albums:

1. Björk — Fossora
Featured Songs: "Fossora," "Mycelia," "Sorrowful Soil"
2. Freddie Gibbs — $oul $old $eparately
Featured Songs: "Pain and Strife (feat. Offset)," "CIA"
3. The Bad Plus — The Bad Plus
Featured Songs: "Sun Wall," "Stygian Pools," "In the Bright Future"
4. Craig David — 22
Featured Songs: "DNA," "My Heart's Been Waiting for You," "Teardrops"
5. Shygirl — Nymph
Featured Songs: "Firefly," "Coochie (a bedtime story)," "Nike," Missin u"

Lightning Round:

Kid Cudi — Entergalactic
Various Artists — The Birdsong Project Vol. V
Adam Blackstone — Legacy (out Sept. 23)
Various Artists — Blue Note Re:imagined II
Ashley McBryde — Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville
Tyler Childers — Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?

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From our friends at Alt.Latino, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras sit down with Tiny Desk Contest winner Alisa Amador to talk about intentionality in community building, almost quitting music and finding nourishment in her art.

Correction: An earlier version of this episode incorrectly said Linda Diaz won the 2021 Tiny Desk Contest. She won in 2020.

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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen samples a massive, 20th anniversary edition of Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and shares his favorite new tracks of the week, from Brian Eno, Julia Jacklin and more.

Featured Songs And Artists:
1. Wilco: "Ashes of American Flags (Stravinsky mix)," from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Deluxe Edition)
2. Brian Eno: "We Let It In," from FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE
3. Luke Sital-Singh: "Blind Missiles," from Dressing Like a Stranger
4. JEAN DAWSON: "PIRATE RADIO*," from CHAOS NOW*
5. Julia Jacklin: "Moviegoer," from PRE PLEASURE
6. Steady Holiday & Bedouine: "People Take Pictures of Each Other" (Single)


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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include veteran folksinger Beth Orton, Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré and more.

Featured Albums:

1. Peter Matthew Bauer — Flowers
Featured Songs: "Chiyoda, Arkansas, Manila," "Flowers"
2. Beth Orton — Weather Alive
Featured Songs: "Lonely," "Fractals"
3. Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin — Ali
Featured Songs: "Mahine Me," "Savanne"
4. Caroline Shaw & Attacca Quartet — Evergreen
Featured Songs: "Other Song," "The Evergreen Stem"
5. Makaya McCraven — In These Times
Featured Songs: "Dream Another," "The Title"

Lightning Round:

The Comet Is Coming — Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
Young RJ — World Tour
Angelica Sanchez Trio — Sparkle Beings
Alex G — God Save the Animals
Nils Frahm — Music for Animals

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From our friends at Alt.Latino, Anamaria Sayre sits down with Spanish superstar Rosalía, who just earned eight Latin Grammy nominations, to talk about her musical inspirations, divine sensuality and constant pull to transform.

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All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including the return of Beth Orton, a solo debut from Okkervil River's Will Sheff, Miya Folick and more.

Featured songs and artists:
1. Courtney Marie Andrews: "These Are The Good Old Days," from Loose Future
2. Beth Orton: "Forever Young," from Weather Alive
3. Miya Folick: "Oh God," from 2007 - EP
4. Hand Habits & Amelia Meath: "Under The Water" (Single)
5. Will Sheff (feat. Cassandra Jenkins): "In the Thick of It," from Nothing Special
6. Hammered Hulls: "Boilermaker's Notch," from Careening


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The superstar K-pop girl group BLACKPINK is one of the biggest pop juggernauts in the world, with billions of streams and massive world tours to its name. Born Pink, its second full-length album — and "full-length" is relative here, since we're talking about eight songs in under 25 minutes — promises to further expedite BLACKPINK's domination of the U.S. charts.

We've also got new projects from Brazilian-born electro-pop artist LYZZA, Afropop-inspired R&B singer-songwriter Miloe, Tiny Desk Contest-winning singer-songwriter Quinn Christopherson and dance-pop star Rina Sawayama. On this week's New Music Friday, Radio Milwaukee's Tarik Moody and NPR Music contributors Christina Lee and Cyrena Touros join guest host Stephen Thompson.

Featured Albums:

BLACKPINK — Born Pink
Featured Songs: "Typa Girl," "Pink Venom," "Hard to Love"
LYZZA — Mosquito
Featured Songs: "Lucky You," "Hold Me," "Heathens Call (feat. Backxwash)"
Miloe — gaps
Featured Songs: "elastic," "rewind (feat. PawPaw Rod)"
Quinn Christopherson — Write Your Name In Pink
Featured Songs: "Uptown," "Evelene"
Rina Sawayama — Hold the Girl
Featured Songs: "Catch Me in the Air," "Hold the Girl," "Forgiveness"

Lightning Round:

Mura Masa — Demon Time
Pink Siifu & Real Bad Man — Real Bad Flights
The Beths — Expert in a Dying Field
Jesca Hoop — Order of Romance
Death Cab for Cutie — Asphalt Meadows
Wilco — Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Super Deluxe Edition)
Gogol Bordello — Solidaritine

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