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New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 16

New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 16

Alt.Latino: Every El Tiny song has a secret

A new canon of Halloween music

Interview: Fontaines D.C.'s decadent, dystopian 'Dopamine Chamber'

Interview: Troye Sivan is leaning into loneliness

New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 9

Alt.Latino: Tim, The Beatles and all of Brazil

How The Beatles made ‘Rubber Soul’ and broke up with their past

New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 2

Alt.Latino: Melissa Aldana and Gonzalo Rubalcaba talk jazz

Phoebe Bridgers, Gilla Band, Wednesday, and more of the week’s best songs

New Music Friday: The best albums out Sept. 25

Alt.Latino: YEИDRY's life in six songs

Lizzy McAlpine, Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach, and more of the week's best songs

Sylvan Esso: The NPR Music Interview

New Music Friday: The best albums out Sept. 18

Alt.Latino: Los Texmaniacs keep tradition alive

M83, Shygirl, FKJ and the best songs we heard this week

New Music Friday: The best albums out Sept. 11

Alt.Latino: Brazil and Colombia on our minds

More cover songs that are better than the originals

New Music Friday: The best albums out Sept. 4

Alt.Latino: Guadalajara loves metal?

Dahi, Kendrick and Amber Mark, Dominic Fike, more

New Music Friday: The best albums out Aug. 28

Alt.Latino: Cypress Hill en español

Dolly Parton in her own words

The best Sunday morning albums

New Music Friday: The best albums out Aug. 21

Alt.Latino: Electrónica rising in Mexico

Weezer, Colin Stetson, Jlin, Meredith Monk more

New Music Friday: The best albums out Aug. 14

Alt.Latino: Why Harry Styles and The xx love Latin America

Cover songs that are better than the originals

The Ripple Effect: Deadheads share their stories

New Music Friday: The best albums out Aug. 7

Alt.Latino: Ana's summer playlist

Slayyyter's new single, King Princess covers Neil Young

What's next for the Grateful Dead's legacy?

New Music Friday: The best albums out July 31

Alt.Latino: Is Bill Evans techno?

How to love the Grateful Dead

New Music Friday: The best albums out July 24

Alt.Latino: Spain wins (at music, too)

Sylvan Esso, Phoebe Bridgers, feeble little horse, more

New Music Friday: The best albums out July 17

Alt.Latino: Country twang, Brazilian flow

beabadoobee, The Rolling Stones, Four Tet, more

New Music Friday: The best albums out July 10

Alt.Latino: The best Latin music of 2026 (so far)