New Music

Anderson .Paak's Ventura arrives just five months after his previous full-length, Oxnard and is a return to form.

Music & Culture

New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out On April 12

5:00am April 12, 2019

Anderson .Paak drops his followup to Oxnard, Norah Jones collaborates with Jeff Tweedy, and Sia joins Labrinth and Diplo for "LSD." Those and more make our shortlist of the week's best new albums.

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Anna Tivel's The Question is out April 19 on Fluff and Gravy.

Music & Culture

First Listen: Anna Tivel, 'The Question'

3:07pm April 11, 2019

by Jerad Walker

You don't just hear these stories, you can almost feel them.

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Mega Bog Shares Gorgeous New Single 'Diary Of A Rose'

2:21pm April 11, 2019

by Adelaide Sandstrom

The multi-instrumentalist Erin Birgy announces her new album Dolphine, out June 28.

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The End Is Near! Dead To A Dying World Writes A Metallic Epitaph For The Planet

1:00pm April 11, 2019

by Lars Gotrich

The band's dark metallic prophecies give the end times a gracefully vicious soundtrack in "The Seer's Embrace."

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Jawbox's J. Robbins Announces First Solo Album, Releases New Single

11:00am April 11, 2019

by Lars Gotrich

Before Jawbox reunites for a summer tour, singer J. Robbins will drop a new solo album called Un-Becoming, out May 31. Hear "Soldier On" now.

Daniel Norgren's Wooh Dang is out April 19 on Superpuma.

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First Listen: Daniel Norgren, 'Wooh Dang'

10:32am April 11, 2019

by Bob Boilen

There's a beauty buried deep inside these lazy and woodsy songs just waiting for you to dig them out.

The Tiny Desk Contest entries we loved this week (clockwise from top left: La Fille; Elizabeth Moen;The Rare Occasions; Dxtr Spits & Nexus J.)

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Here Are The Tiny Desk Contest Entries We Can't Stop Watching This Week

10:28am April 11, 2019

While you're working on your last-minute Contest entry (the deadline is this Sunday, April 14), check out these videos below to see what's caught our attention lately.

Angelique Kidjo's Celia is out April 19 on Decca Records.

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First Listen: Angélique Kidjo, 'Celia'

5:00am April 11, 2019

by Felix Contreras

Angélique Kidjo rearranges the molecules of the Celia Cruz songs that many of us know by heart. The results are glorious.

(From left) Angie McMahon, MorMor and Devon Gilfillian

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Station Breaks: The Best New Songs From NPR Music Stations

7:22pm April 10, 2019

This month on Station Breaks, Samm Henshaw takes listeners to Sunday service, the crisp spring air summons Lovers Leap and MorMor searches for the sun.

Hear Lila Downs' new Peruvian cumbia classic on this week's Alt.Latino music roundup.

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'Medicine' To Make You Feel 'Inmortal': Our Favorite Latin Songs This Week

2:31pm April 10, 2019

On Alt.Latino, hear Aventura reemerge from the shadows with its first song in 10 years, Jennifer Lopez duet with French Montana and Lila Downs sing a Peruvian cumbia classic.