All Songs Considered

Icelandic icon Björk is back with a deeply inventive set called Fossora. Vidar Logi/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: Julia Jacklin, Steady Holiday & Bedouine, cover art for Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Brian Eno, Jean Dawson Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Beth Orton's new record, Weather Alive, finds the singer taking control of her own sound. Eliot Lee Hazel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Left: Miya Folick; Top: Will Sheff; Bottom right: Beth Orton; Middle: Courtney Marie Andrews Courtesy of the artists hide caption

BLACKPINK's new album is titled Born Pink. YG Entertainment/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: Anna Tivel, The Comet Is Coming, Winter, Horace Andy Courtesy of the artists hide caption

The new album out this week from Ari Lennox is age/sex/location. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

One of the original works of art created for the Birdsong Project Amy Tan/Courtesy of The Birdsong Project hide caption

Psalm One's new collaboration with Custom Made is titled Bigg Perrm. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

The best music released in August features (from top left, clockwise) Tomu DJ, Eli Winter, Julia Jacklin, Tommy McLain, The Alchemist, Roc Marciano and the Mountain Goats. Courtesy of the artists hide caption

J.I.D's new album is titled The Forever Story. David KA/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Terence Etc.'s Vortex is one of our picks for the best new albums out on Aug. 19. Alima Lee hide caption

Bella Poarch's debut EP Dolls is on our shortlist of the best releases out on Aug. 12. Marcelo Cantu hide caption

Top row, left to right: Vieux Farka Touré, Hermanos Gutiérrez, dodie; Bottom row, left to right: Young Jesus, Spring Summer, Plains Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Doechii's she / her / black bitch tops our shortlist of the best new releases out on Aug. 5. Chris Parsons/Courtesy of the artist hide caption