All Songs Considered

Jorja Smith's long-awaited sophomore full-length, Falling or Flying, tops our shortlist for the best albums out this week. Mike Excell/Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Top row, left to right: Daneshevskaya, Marina Herlop, Sufjan Stevens; Bottom row, left to right: Olivia Rodrigo, Katy Kirby, Katie Von Schleicher Courtesy of the artists hide caption

The Singapore-born artist and producer yeule's new album, softscars, makes NPR Music's shortlist of the best albums out this week. Neil Krug/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

On this episode of All Songs Considered, we hear new music from (top left, clockwise) Matana Roberts, Slant, Svitlana Niano, MxPx, Liam Grant and Daniel Bachman. Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Mitski's The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We is on our shortlist of the best albums out on Sept. 15. Ebru Yildiz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Olivia Rodrigo's new album Guts tops this week's shortlist for the best albums out on Sept. 8. Nick Walker/Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Speedy Ortiz's Rabbit Rabbit tops this week's shortlist of the best albums out on Sept. 1. Chris Carreon/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Burna Boy's I Told Them... tops our shortlist for the best new albums out on Aug. 25. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Coachella hide caption

Jon Batiste's World Music Radio tops our shortlist for the best new albums out on Aug. 18. Emman Montalvan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Noname's Sundial tops NPR Music's shortlist of the best albums out on Aug. 11. Mahaneela/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Left: Mitski; Top middle: Sally Anne Morgan; Top right: Irreversible Entanglements; Bottom right: Activity Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Post Malone's AUSTIN tops this week's shortlist of the best albums out now. Alfred Marroquin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Top row, left to right: Big Thief, SPELLLING; Bottom row, left to right: Josaleigh Pollett, Squirrel Flower, Mary Jane Dunphe Courtesy of the artists hide caption

The latest EP from NewJeans, Get Up, is on our shortlist of the best releases out on July 21. ADOR/Courtesy of the artist hide caption