NPR: All Songs Considered Podcast

The Contenders, Vol. 4: Our running list of the year's best songs

Brittany Luse, host of NPR's It's Been A Minute, joins NPR's Stephen Thompson and host Robin...

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New Music Friday: The best albums out March 1

Ann Powers and Sheldon Pearce discuss Faye Webster's Underdressed at the Symphony and a handful...

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Beck's 'Loser' at 30 and the golden age of slacker rock

Nothing on mainstream radio sounded like Beck's "Loser" when it dropped in 1994. Thirty years...

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New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 23

Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen discuss Hurray for the Riff Raff's career-defining new album The...

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Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Residente, La Yegros and El Cuarteto de Nos

Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre round up their favorite new music, including Southern Cone...

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Chilling out with the songs we can't stop listening to this week

Host Robin Hilton hangs with composer and artist Julia Holter and NPR's Lars Gotrich to gab about...

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New Music Friday: 5 albums out Feb. 16, plus 'Rhapsody in Blue' still thrills at 100

NPR Music's Felix Contreras and WRTI's Nate Chinen run down new albums by Gaby Mareno, Les...

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Mix messages: Listeners share the songs that say 'I've got a crush on you'

We asked listeners to tell us about a time they put a song on a mixtape or playlist to woo a...

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New Music Friday: Brittany Howard and a new era of musical masters

Ann Powers and Sheldon Pearce listen to the new albums out on Feb. 9 — including Brittany...

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The greatest Boleros of all-time

Nothing captures the agony of love, loss, hope and redemption like the song form known across all...

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The Billy Joel single is actually great, and other songs we had to share this week

Host Robin Hilton hangs with NPR's Hazel Cills and Sheldon Pearce to geek out about the new Billy...

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A recap of the 2024 Grammys

Our friends at NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour break down the major winners and highlights from the...

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New Music Friday: What Were The Grammys Made For?

Ann Powers, Sidney Madden and Stephen Thompson make predictions ahead of Sunday night's 66th...

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Why we still love Green Day

With Green Day's stellar new album Saviors, the 20th anniversary of American Idiot and 30th...

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New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 26 (and why they deserve reviews)

There's plenty about Wall of Eyes, the new album by the British rock trio The Smile, to remind...

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In Conversation: Ana Tijoux returns after a 10-year break

In this week's Alt.Latino episode, Chilean rapper and singer Ana Tijoux talks to hosts Felix...

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Why the Oscar-winning score for 'All Quiet On The Western Front' still gives chills

With the announcement of the 96th annual Oscar nominees, we're revisiting our conversation with...

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New Music Friday: 21 Savage's 'American Dream'

NPR Music's Sheldon Pearce, Rodney Carmichael and Sidney Madden dig into hip-hop superstar 21...

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The songs we can't stop playing this week

Host Robin Hilton hangs with NPR Music's Anamaria Sayre and Tom Huizenga to share their current...

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Setting our sights on the biggest music stories of the 2024

To ring in the new year, NPR Music's critics take over the latest episode of New Music Friday to...

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