Heat Check: Euphoric Shuffle Play
From Empress Of to Poundside Pop, this week's Heat Check selects reflect a brain refreshed.
New Music
Heavy Rotation: September Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing
This month's list of songs includes upbeat folk from Gruff Rhys, an electronica cut from Octo Octa, and a new track from Cigarettes After Sex.
Miles Davis' Illustrations Drive A Classic Recording In New Video For 'Moon Dreams'
The video, part of a series in which pre-MTV artists retroactively join the video age, brings Davis' late-life visual art in dialogue with a classic piece of his music.
Alt.Latino Playlist: Slow Grooves To Close Out Summer
The end of summer brings things to a shimmer and a simmer, with new music by Luis Muñoz, Ambar Lucid, Estereomance and Girl Ultra.
Mount Eerie Revisits 'Lost Wisdom' In Part 2 Of His Album With Julie Doiron
After two albums and a live record that grieved the death of his wife Geneviève Castrée, Phil Elverum not so much returns, but revisits an older Mount Eerie to reshape the elastic meaning of love.
Viking's Choice: Japanese Prog-Rock, Heavy Shoegaze, Demented Dancehall
On this week's playlist, Koenjihyakkei's operatic punk-prog opus gets a vital reissue, Lacing bursts a sweet melody through cloudy shoegaze and a Swiss-Togo duo injects noise into the riddim.
New Mix: Soccer Mommy, Chastity Belt, Leonard Cohen, (Sandy) Alex G, More
This week's All Songs Considered includes an all-new song from the late Leonard Cohen, lyrically devastating work from (Sandy) Alex G, a battle of inner demons from Chastity Belt and more.
Leonard Cohen Gives 'Thanks For The Dance' From Beyond The Grave
With an assist from past collaborators, including his singer-songwriter son Adam, Cohen's new posthumous album will drop Nov. 22. Hear "The Goal" now.
Gang Starr, Hip-Hop's Chilliest Pair Of Heads, Returns
The East Coast kings of understated confidence and louche jazz interpolation drop a surprise on their fans, with an assist from J. Cole.
The Cuban Roots Of Rock And Roll
Can you hear the cha-cha-cha in "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"? Or the mambo in "What I'd Say"? Dive into early rock and roll's Cuban DNA.