New Mix: Jay Som, Moon Hooch, Ada Lea, More

EThis week's must-hear mix includes the mind-blowing sax band Moon Hooch, guitarist-singer Jay Som, whose latest builds to a fever pitch, and new discoveries from Wednesday, Momma and more.Playlist:1. Wednesday: "Fate Is"2. Momma: "Double Dare"3. Moon Hooch: "Candlelight"4. Ellis: "Fall Apart"5. Jay Som: "A Thousand Words"6. Ada Lea: "woman, here"7. Shabaka & the Ancestors: "Go My Heart, Go To Heaven"

New Music Friday: Feb. 21

ENew albums from the K-pop band BTS, Grimes and Best Coast are among our picks for this week's best new releases.Featured Albums:1. BTS — 'Map of the Soul: 7'Featured Song: "On"2. Grimes — 'Miss_Anthrop0cene)'Featured Song: "You'll Miss Me When I'm Not Around"3. Best Coast — 'Always Tomorrow'Featured Song: "Rollercoaster"4. Royce da 5'9" — 'The Allegory'Featured Songs: "Overcomer" and "Mr. Grace"5. Katie Pruitt — 'Expectations'Featured Song: "Normal"6. Moses Sumney — 'græ: Part 1'Featured Songs: "Conveyor" and "Gagarin"7. Agnes Obel — 'Myopia'Featured Song: "Camera's Rolling"8. King Krule — 'Man Alive!'Featured Song: "Stoned Again"9. Klangstof — 'The Noise You Make is Silent'Featured Song: "Blank Page"Other notable releases for Feb. 21: Banoffee — Look at Us Now Dad; Greg Dulli — Random Desire; Guided by Voices — Surrender Your Poppy Field; MILCK: Into Gold; Ozzy Osbourne — Ordinary Man; Sarah Harmer — Are You Gone; Six Organs of Admittance — Companion Rises; Wilsen ...

Breathe Deeply: Music To Quiet The Mind And Inspire

We premiere a new song from Roger and Brian Eno, plus the ambient sounds of Jon Hopkins, Skylar Gudasz and more artists who offer a soothing mix to slow the blood, calm the nerves and inspire the mind.Playlist:1. Jon Hopkins: "Scene Suspended" (Single)2. Roger & Brian Eno: "Celeste" from Mixing Colours3. Lambert: "Vienna" from True4. Ian Urbina & Teen Daze: "Reel In (Sea Slavery)" from Pure Water5. Niklas Paschburg: "Duvet" from Svalbard6. Skylar Gudasz: "Actress" (Single)

New Music Friday: Feb. 14

ETame Impala, the K-pop band Monsta X and a new solo album from Nathaniel Rateliff top our shortlist for this week's best new releases.Featured Albums:1. Tame Impala — 'The Slow Rush'Featured Song: "Is It True?"2. Monsta X — 'All About Luv'Featured Song: "Someone's Someone"3. The Ballroom Thieves — 'Unlovely'Featured Song: "Unlovely"4. Carly Pearce — 'Carly Pearce'Featured Song: "Call Me"5. The Heliocentrics — 'Infinity of Now'Featured Song: "People Wake Up!"6. Nathaniel Rateliff — 'And It's Still Alright'Featured Song: "Mavis"7. Moses Boyd — 'Dark Matter'Featured Songs: "Dancing in the Dark" and "Shades of You"8. Beach Bunny — HoneymoonFeatured Song: "Colorblind"Other notable releases for Feb 14: Bambara — Stray; Cindy Lee — What's Tonight to Eternity?; DRAMA — Dance Without Me; EDEN — No Future; Habibi — Anywhere But Here; Huey Lewis and the News — Weather; Justin Bieber — Changes; Katie Gately — Loom; Noah Gundersen — A Raven and a Dove; Puss N Boots — Sister; Ta...

The Love Song I Wish I'd Written

EAs we barrel toward Valentine's Day, M. Ward, Phoebe Bridgers, Perfume Genius, Raveena and more musicians share the love songs they wish they'd written.1. Torres' Pick: "Hounds of Love" by Kate Bush2. Matt Berninger's Pick: "Don't Know How to Keep Loving You" by Julia Jacklin3. Perfume Genius' Pick: "Consummation" by Nina Simone4. Amelia Meath's Pick: "Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits5. Raveena's Pick: "Drunk" by Dijon6. Phoebe Bridgers' Pick: "First Day of My Life" by Bright Eyes7. Conor Oberst's Pick: "Lovesong" by The Cure8. M. Ward's Pick: "Baby, I Love You" by The Ramones9. Waxahatchee's: "Not Given Lightly" by Chris Knox

New Music Friday: Feb. 7

EOur list of the best new albums out this week includes the "garage country" of Aubrie Sellers, former Belle and Sebastian singer Isobel Campbell's first solo album in 14 years, Frazey Ford and more.Featured Albums:1. Nada Surf — Never Not TogetherFeatured Song: "Come Get Me"2. Aubrie Sellers — Far From HomeFeatured Song: "Glad"3. Elkhorn — The Storm Sessions4. Envy — The Fallen CrimsonFeatured Song: "Swaying Leaves and Scattering Breath"5. Frazey Ford — U Kin Be The SunFeatured Song: "Azad"6. Hamerkop — RemoteFeatured Song: "The Splendor That Was Rome"7. Isobel Campbell — There is No OtherFeatured Song: "Below Zero"8. Steve Spacek — HousesFeatured Song: "Higher Place"9. Spanish Love Songs — Brave Faces EveryoneFeatured Song: "Routine Pain"10. William Prince — RelieverFeatured Song: "Wasted"Other notable releases for Febl 7: Antibalas — Fu Chronicles; Ásgeir --Bury the Moon; Boldy James and The Alchemist — The Price of Tea in China; Cheerleader — Almost Forever; The Cad...

New Mix: Tré Burt, Sevdaliza, The Homesick, Deserta, More

This week's mix of essential new songs includes sonic adventures from the Dutch artists Sevdaliza and The Homesick, the folk singer Tré Burt, hazy, loud guitars from Deserta and more.Playlist:1. Sevdaliza: "Oh My God" (Single)2. Down Time: "Not a Complicated Person" (Single)3. Deserta: "Hide" from 'Black Aura My Sun'4. Tré Burt: "Real You" from 'Caught It from the Rye'5. Disq: "Daily Routine" from 'Collector'6. The Homesick: "Male Bonding" from 'The Big Exercise'7. Gang of Four: "At Home He's A Tourist" from 'Entertainment!'

New Music Friday: Our Top 10 Albums Out On Jan. 31

ETorres, Kesha, Drive-By Truckers, the British folk singer Sam Lee and more make our shortlist for this week's best new albums.Featured Albums:1. Drive-By Truckers — The UnravelingFeatured Songs: "Armageddon's Back In Town" and "21st Century USA"2. Kesha — High RoadFeatured Song: "The Potato Song (Cuz I Want To)"3. Torres — Silver TongueFeatured Songs: "Good Grief" and "Last Forrest"4. Frances Quinlan — LIkewiseFeatured Song: "A Secret"5. Rafiq Bhatia — Standars Vol. 1Featured Song: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"6. Poliça — When We Stay AliveFeatured Song: "Fold Up"7. Sam Lee — Old WowFeatured Song: "Lay This Body Down"8. Son Little — AlohaFeatured Song: "O Clever One"9. Squirrel Flower — I Was Born SwimmingFeatured Song: "Streetlight Blues"10. Walter Martin — The World At NightFeatured Song: "Hey Joe"Other notable releases for Jan. 31: Andras — Joyful; Ben Watt — Storm Damage; Dan Deacon — Mystic Familiar; Destroyer — Have We Met?; Freddie Gibbs and Madlib — B...

Tank And The Cubans: A Week In Havana

The 2017 winners of the Tiny Desk Contest travel to Havana with NOLA's The Soul Rebels to connect with Cimafunk, Cuban musicians and history.

New Mix: Koffee, Diet Cig, Waxahatchee, Half Waif, More

This week's mix of essential songs includes the bouncy "Night Terrors" from Diet Cig, an examination of regret and forgiveness from Waxahatchee, Jamaican reggae singer Koffee and more.Playlist:1. Koffee: "Raggamuffin" from 'Rapture'2. Waxahatchee: "Fire" from 'Saint Cloud'3. Diet Cig: "Night Terrors" (Single)4. Midwife: "Anyone Can Play Guitar" from 'Forever'5. Half Waif: "Ordinary Talk" from 'The Caretaker'6. Snarls: "Marbles" from 'Burst'